Bibliometric analysis of Neurosciences research productivity in Saudi Arabia from 2013-2018.

Objective: To review the dynamics of neuroscience research in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 2013-2018.

Methods: Subject category of Neuroscience was selected in the SciVal feature of Scopus database, which includes all relevant categories of the field limiting it to Saudi Arabia.

Results: Saudi Arabia is ranked 39th in publishing neuroscientific research worldwide.

Targeted therapeutic effect against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 with a CuFeO/silica/cisplatin nanocomposite formulation.

The combination of magnetic nanoparticles with a porous silica is a composite that has attracted significant attention for potential multifunctional theranostic applications. In this study, 30 wt % CuFeO was impregnated into a matrix of monodispersed spherical hydrophilic silica (HYPS) nanoparticles through a simple dry impregnation technique. The chemotherapy drug cisplatin was loaded through electrostatic equilibrium adsorption over 24 h in normal saline solution.