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14 MOH-AMM Scientific Meeting 2022 in conjunction with 23 NIH Scientific Conference Abstract Book
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POSTER PRESENTATION

ID02 COLLABORATION NETWORKS AMONG INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS IN
VEGANRELATED RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

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Hong Chuan Loh , Jia Ni Kwan , Yi Fang Lim , Fan Kee Hoo , Irene Looi 1,3
1 Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Seberang Jaya, Ministry of Health Malaysia Neurology Unit, Department of
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Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
3 Medical Department, Hospital Seberang Jaya, Ministry of Health Malaysia

INTRODUCTION: Research partnership is frequently seen as an efficient approach for
developing or newly developed countries to get access to advanced scientific knowledge and
technology. The study aimed to explore international collaboration among
institutions/organisations in vegan-related research.
METHODS: This study was registered with the local National Medical Research Register. We
included 1,440 articles that were indexed in the Scopus database and were published from
1960 to 2020. We performed bibliometric analysis with the open-source R programming
software-based Bibliometrix package.
RESULTS: It is a bibliometric network structure with nodes and edges. The nodes represent
20 institutions/organisations and the edges demonstrate the links between the collaborating
institutions/organisations. We identified seven clusters. The largest cluster has six
institutions/organisations. It is the most diversified cluster and consists of two non-academic
institutions/organisations, one from the United States (Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine) and one from Israel (Institute of Endocrinology), along with a number of
universities: one from the United States (George Washington University), one from Israel (Tel-
Aviv University), one from Canada (University of Toronto), and one from Belgium (Vrije
Universiteit Brussel). The second largest cluster involves solely universities from Italy
(University of Parma, University of Turin, University of Bologna, and University of Bari Aldo
Moro). The other five clusters were comprised of two institutions/organisations each.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: The bibliometric network shows that international collaboration
is still not prominent in vegan-related research. This suggests that there is a potential for
future research from diverse research partners around the world. Perhaps international
conferences and social networking would facilitate greater collaboration.

ID 03 A 60-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF STUDY OUTCOMES IN VEGAN-RELATED
RESEARCH

Hong Chuan Loh , Jia Ni Kwan , Yi Fang Lim , Fan Kee Hoo , Irene Looi
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1 Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Seberang Jaya, Ministry of Health Malaysia
2 Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
3 Medical Department, Hospital Seberang Jaya, Ministry of Health Malaysia

INTRODUCTION: Transparency in reporting research studies, regardless of the outcome,
satisfies an ethical responsibility to the trial's subjects, increases scientific understanding, and
may guide treatment decisions. This study aimed to determine the impact of vegan-related
study outcomes on submission and acceptance metrics for publication in journals.
METHODS: We identified 1,244 related articles that were indexed in the Scopus database
over a span of 60 years. We then determined the publication status of each article by
classifying them as "significant" (perceived favourable outcome for the study), "not

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