EXPLORING NEW ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS: A PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Abstract

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variables Anti-inflammatory Agents, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pharmacology. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2018-2023 with respect to the study of the aforementioned variables, achieving the identification of 126 publications in total. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors regarding the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that China, with 82 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions in that nation. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material related to the study of Anti-inflammatory Agents, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pharmacology was Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceuticals with 101 published documents, and the Type of Publication that was most used during the period indicated above was the Journal Article, which represents 58% of the total scientific production.