Research on Suicide in Muslim majority countries: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

Abstract Objectives. A bibliometric analysis of suicide would identify the potential research gaps in Muslim majority countries. For that purpose, the present study reviews articles on suicide in Muslim majority countries. Methods. The Scopus database was searched to identify publications from inception to the search date using search terms. Results. The search identified 154 articles published from 1970 to 2022 with a recent increase in the number of papers. The highest number of papers was published from Iran (38), followed by Bangladesh (32) and Turkey (23). No studywas found from 28 Islamic States. The highest number of papers was published by the Aga Khan University of Pakistan, followed by the Enam Medical College and Hospital of Bangladesh and theTehran University of Medical Sciences. The greatest number of papers (n=9) was published in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry, followed by the Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (n=7), and the Crisis (n=5). Conclusion. This analysis revealed that there is an extreme dearth of research on suicide in Muslim countries becausemore than half of the countries do not have published articles listed in Scopus.