A 30-year bibliometric analysis of research coverage on HIV and AIDS in Lesotho

Mugomeri, Eltony; Bekele, Bisrat; Mafaesa, Mamajoin; Maibvise, Charles; Tarirai, Clemence; Aiyuk, Sunny

doi:10.1186/s12961-017-0183-y

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“…This finding indicates the need to consider regional, national, and local specificities and interests when determining research priorities. In fact, numerous studies have already signaled the poor alignment between the priorities laid out in African countries' national research agendas and the research topics that are actually financed [12,16,42,43,44,45].…”

Section: Research Interests In Public Health Epidemiology and Treatmentioning

confidence: 99%

HIV/AIDS research in Africa and the Middle East: participation and equity in North-South collaborations and relationships.

González‐Alcaide

Menchi-Elanzi

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Background: HIV/AIDS has attracted considerable research attention since the 1980s. In the current context of globalization and the predominance of cooperative work, it is crucial to analyze the participation of the countries and regions where the infection is most prevalent, African continent being the hardest hit (67.5% of estimated cases). This study assesses the participation of African countries in publications on the topic, as well as the degree of equity or influence existing in North-South relations.Methods : We identified all articles and reviews of HIV/AIDS indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. We analyzed the scientific production, collaboration, and contributions from African and Middle Eastern countries to scientific activity in the region. The concept of leadership was used to determine the equity in research produced through international collaboration. Results: A total of 68,808 documents published from 2010 to 2017 were analyzed. Researchers from North America and Europe participated in 82.14% of the global scientific production on HIV/AIDS, compared to just 21.61% from Africa and the Middle East. Furthermore, the research that did come out of these regions was concentrated in a small number of countries, led by South Africa (41% of the documents). Other features associated with HIV/AIDS research from Africa include the importance of international collaboration from the USA, the UK, and other European countries (75%-93% of the documents) and the limited leadership that is evident (30% to 36% of the documents). Finally, the research to which African countries contributed had a notably different disciplinary orientation, with a predominance of research on public health, epidemiology, and drug therapy.Conclusions: It is essential to foster more balance in research output, avoid the concentration of resources that reproduces the global North-South model on the African continent, and focus the research agenda on local priorities. To accomplish this, the global North should strengthen the transfer of research skills and seek equity in cooperative ties, favoring the empowerment of African countries. These efforts should be concentrated in countries with low scientific activity and high incidence and prevalence of the disease. It is also essential to foster intraregional collaborations between African countries.

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Section: Research Interests In Public Health Epidemiology and Treatmentioning

confidence: 99%

HIV/AIDS research in Africa and the Middle East: participation and equity in North-South collaborations and relationships.

González‐Alcaide

Menchi-Elanzi

Nacarapa³

et al. 2019

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“…For these reasons, Scopus was chosen to perform the bibliometric analysis in this study. Many recent publications have used Scopus to perform bibliometric studies: Judd [55]; Feng, Zhu, and Lai [56]; Mugomeri et al [57]; Mateo-Sanguino [58], and Kokol, Blazun-Vosner, and Zeleznik [59].…”

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Mining Waste and Its Sustainable Management: Advances in Worldwide Research

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Growing social awareness of the need to adequately treat mining waste in order to protect the environment has led to an increase in the research in this field. The aim of this study was to analyze the dynamics of the research focused on mining waste and its sustainable management on a worldwide scale from 1988 to 2017. A systematic review and a bibliometric analysis of 3577 articles were completed. The results show that research into mining waste has increased, with studies focusing on waste management accounting for almost 40% of the total. The most productive journals in this field were Applied Geochemistry and Science of the Total Environment. The five most productive countries were the United States, Canada, Spain, Australia, and China. Works on the sustainable management of mining waste were in the minority, but it is an area of research that has considerable potential given the growing social awareness of the environmental repercussions of mining activities and the demands for increasingly sustainable practices. The findings of this study could prove useful for studies into mine waste, as they depict a global view of this line of research.

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“…In recent years, bibliometric has been utilized as a quantitative and qualitative analysis technique for evaluation of scientific research in medical fields such as HIV/AIDS, toxocariasis, aromatherapy, ovarian cancer, malaria, and cardiovascular imaging . Specifically, the bibliometric method has already been applied to toxicology related topics, such as cocaine intoxication, lithium toxicity, glyphosate intoxication, paracetamol poisoning, and intravenous lipid formulations .…”

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confidence: 99%