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Table 5 Number of medicine – related publications for selected refugee ethnicities

From: Bibliometric analysis of medicine – related publications on refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people: 2000 – 2015

Ethnic group

Number of publications

Top cited article

Reference

Somalia

161

Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Trained Lay Counselors in an African Refugee Settlement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

[71]

Iraq

130

Impact of a long asylum procedure on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Iraqi asylum seekers in The Netherlands

[72]

Afghanistan

126

Physical and mental health of Afghan, Iranian and Somali asylum seekers and refugees living in the Netherlands

[74]

Bosnia- Herzegovina/Kosovo

110

Longitudinal study of psychiatric symptoms, disability, mortality, and emigration among Bosnian refugees

[59]

Sudan

94

A comparison of narrative exposure therapy, supportive counseling, and psychoeducation for treating posttraumatic stress disorder in an African refugee settlement

[57]

Syria

90

Resilience and vulnerability among refugee children of traumatized and non-traumatized parents

[75]

Burma/Mynamar/

(Karenni)

88

Karenni refugees living in Thai-Burmese border camps: Traumatic experiences, mental health outcomes, and social functioning

[76]

Pakistan

58

Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: Risk and protective factors

[77]

Palestine

57

Comorbidity of PTSD and depression among refugee children during war conflict

[73]

Lebanon

57

Mental health and health-related quality of life: A 10-year follow-up of tortured refugees

[78]

Congo

56

Prevalence of HIV infection in conflict-affected and displaced people in seven sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review

[79]

Ethiopi (Oromo)

54

Somali and Oromo Refugees: Correlates of Torture and Trauma History

[80]

Bhutan

51

Psychiatric disorders among tortured Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

[81]

Vietnam

49

Long-term effect of psychological trauma on the mental health of Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia: A population-based study

[61]

China/Tibet

43

Western conceptualizations and eastern experience: A cross-cultural study of traumatic stress reactions among Tibetan refugees in India

[82]

Eritrea

30

Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: Risk and protective factors

[77]

Burundi

20

Prevalence of HIV infection in conflict-affected and displaced people in seven sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review

[79]

Sierra Leon

17

Prevalence of HIV infection in conflict-affected and displaced people in seven sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review

[79]

Rwanda

14

Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Trained Lay Counselors in an African Refugee Settlement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

[71]

  1. Results for each ethnic group was obtained using the following search query within the 2530 retrieved articles: TITLE(“Refugee” OR “asylum seeker” OR “displaced people”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(Ethnic group) AND PUBYEAR > 1999 AND PUBYEAR < 2016 AND (LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,“MEDI”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SRCTYPE,“j”)) AND (EXCLUDE(DOCTYPE,“er”))