Publication activity in the field of medicinal chemistry in 2008–2017: Russian research in the global flow

Resumo

The bibliometric analysis of scientific works on medicinal chemistry published over the last ten years is performed. The data obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection citation database suggest a decrease in the number of studies in the European developed countries and the United States, while this number increased in China, India, and the Latin American countries. There is a growing number of open-access articles on medicinal chemistry among which the portion of review papers increases. In Russia, this field is extensively progressing: the publication activity from 2008 to 2017 increased 2.5-fold.