Characterization of the alcohol research literature.

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A Journal by journal tabulation was made of the articles listed in the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol''s "New Titles in Periodical Literature" section in the years 1967, 1970 and 1973. A total of 4702 publications in 1093 journals were listed for the 3 sample yr; 319 journals contained 80% of the alcohol research publications. Three major types of alcohol-related publications were identified: biomedical, biosocial and psychological. A separate sample of 1241 English-language articles was studied in detail. In the 7-yr period studied the over-all size of the alcohol literature doubled; the proportion of English-language articles grew from 51% in 1967 to 68% in 1973. The biomedical sector of the alcohol literature was both the largest and the fastest growing. The Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol was the dominant journal, containing 8% of the English-language publications. The USA was the major producer of alcohol papers, followed by the United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Poland, Yugoslavia and Sweden. National alcohol research publication patterns generally coincided with national biomedical research publication patterns. With the exception of the USSR, countries publishing unusually large or small quantities of alcohol research have, respectively, large or small alcoholism problems. In the English-language literature, university scientists produced 50% of the alcohol research; hospitals, clinics and other biomedically related organizations produced 25%; and U.S. government scientists produced about 10%. Funding acknowledgments indicated that the U.S. government is the largest group sponsor of alcohol research; major government support also comes from Scandinavia, Canada and West Germany. Private support comes from the licensed beverage industry and pharmaceutical houses; foundation support is scattered.

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