Density equalizing mapping of the global tuberculosis research architecture

Groneberg, David A.; Weber, Esther; Gerber, A.; Fischer, Axel; Klingelhoefer, Doris; Brueggmann, Doerthe

doi:10.1016/j.tube.2015.05.003

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“…The bibliometric analysis of this study shows that the number of scientific publications concerning WNV increased in the last 73 years. These results on WNV are consistent with those obtained from similar previous analysis of the literature related to other infectious diseases [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. This progress may be attributed to the increase in the awareness of the importance of research in the field of WNV [60][61][62][63][64].…”

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“…Recently, bibliometric tools have been widely used to investigate the worldwide contributions in many infectious diseases related research including Ebola [16], dengue [17], John Cunningham virus [18], tuberculosis [19], leishmaniasis [20], Zika virus [21], Mayaro virus fever [22], yellow fever disease [23], Malaria [24,25], toxocariasis [26], campylobacteriosis [27], and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus [28]. Research productivity in WNV field, however, has not been reported to date.…”

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Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Al-Jabi

2017

Global Health

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BackgroundWest Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging infectious disease which is most commonly transmitted to humans through mosquito, and is considered a major public-health problem worldwide. The aim of the current study is to bibliometrically analyze the quantity and quality of publications indexed in Scopus from different countries to reveal the characteristics of global research output regarding WNV.MethodsThis study is a bibliometric analysis based on the Scopus database. This study focused on identifying WNV publication trends with regard to publication year, publication type, prolific countries, language of publication, as well as, prolific journals, citations, and collaboration patterns.ResultsA total of 4729 publications were considered in this study, which were published between 1943 and 2016. The annual quantity of literature published before 2000 followed a low rate of research growth; while the quantity of publications after 2000 were published in a stage of rapid development. The country with the greatest number of publications in WNV research field was the USA with 2304 (48.7%) publications, followed by France with 224 (4.7%) publications, and Canada with 222 (4.7%) publications. Contributions from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) were considerably small, that is, (n = 519 publications; 11%). All publications related to WNV achieved h-index of 140 and were cited 124,222 times. The median [interquartile range] number of citations per article thus amounts to 9 [2-28]. The USA had the highest h-index of 131. Emerging Infectious Diseases is the most productive journal with 227 articles, followed by Journal of Virology with 162 publications. The result designated that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ranked the first in terms of publication output, followed by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.ConclusionsThere is an obvious trend of WNV research after 2000, and countries with high income have more contributions in WNV research field. The research output is low among LMIC. The USA produced the largest number of publications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention obtained the leading position of the institutions in terms of publication output. In general, this study not only presents a full view of global WNV research, but also can contribute for future further research in this field.

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Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Al-Jabi

2017

Global Health

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“…There have been a few recent reviews on P. shigelloides [2,14,48] but no comprehensive surveys of published studies on P. shigelloides have been yet conducted. On the other hand, bibliometric analyses have been applied to global disease research on viral agents such as dengue virus [49], Ebola virus [50], John Cunningham virus [51], Mayaro virus [52], Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus [53] [34], yellow fever virus [54], West Nile virus [55], and Zika virus [56]; and bacterial agents such as Campylobacter [45], Leishmania species [57], and Mycobacterium tuberculosis [58]. Other bibliometric analyses have addressed Plasmodium species and resistant malaria vectors [59,60], Toxocara species [43], and antifungal triazole resistance (especially in Candida and Aspergillus species) [46].…”

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A global bibliometric analysis of Plesiomonas-related research (1990 – 2017)

2018

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Plesiomonas shigelloides is an emerging pathogen with damaging effects on human health such as gastroenteritis and extraintestinal infections. Here, we carried out a bibliometric survey that aimed to examine publication trends in Plesiomonas-related research by time and place, international collaborative works, identify gaps and suggest directions for future research. The search term “Plesiomonas shigelloides” was used to retrieve articles published between 1990 and 2017 from the Web of Science database. Only primary research articles were included in the analysis. A total of 155 articles were published within the survey period, with an average of 5.54±2.66 articles per year and an annual growth rate of −0.8%. Research output peaked in 2000 and 2006 (each accounting for 7.7% of the total). The United States ranked first in terms of numbers of articles (n = 29, 18.1%) and total citations (n = 451). Cameroon, Canada, Cuba, Switzerland and Turkey co-shared the 10th position each with 2 articles (1.3%). Research collaboration was low (collaboration index = 3. 32). In addition to Plesiomonas shigelloides (n = 82, 52.9%), the top Authors Keywords and research focus included lipopolysaccharide and nuclear magnetic resonance (n = 13, 8.4%). Diarrhea (n = 43, 27.7%), Aeromonas species (n = 41, 26.5%) and infections (n = 31, 20.0%) were also highly represented in Keywords-Plus. Authors’ collaborations and coupling networks formed two mega-clusters which nodes were shared solely by authors from high-income countries. The common conceptual framework in retrieved articles determined by K-means clustering revealed three clusters with sizes of 7, 16, and 29, representing research responses focused on extraintestinal and gastroenteritis, P. shigelloides lipopolysaccharide structure, and co-infections, respectively. Our bibliometric analysis revealed a global diminishing research in Plesiomonas; greater research outcomes from high-income countries compared to others and low collaboration with developing countries.

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“…The 10 most prolific countries to publish articles on NRT consist of numerous nations that will be similar to other scientific output rankings [70]. This research output from these countries is possible due to fact that these are: a) countries with more resources [71], b) countries experiencing high rates of tobacco smoking [53], c) countries with a research and publishing culture in relation to tobacco smoking [72][73][74][75], and d) countries that publish most journals in the field of health [76]. In the current study, the performance in research output for every country is different.…”

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Estimates of global research productivity in using nicotine replacement therapy for tobacco cessation: a bibliometric study

Zyoud

2018

Global Health

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BackgroundTobacco use is a major healthcare problem worldwide. Tobacco smoking remains the most important risk factor for both cancer and heart diseases. This study was initiated due to the lack of published data concerning the real progress in research output in the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for tobacco cessation. This study was aimed to use bibliometric analysis to estimate the NRT literature indexed in Scopus database at global level.MethodsCore of the search strategy was the documents that contained specific words or phrases regarding NRT as keywords in the title. Publication output of most prolific countries was adjusted to the gross domestic product and population size. All citations analysis were accomplished on December 22, 2017.ResultsA total of 2138 references were retrieved and published from 56 countries, which were published between 1970 and 2016. The USA has the most number of published articles accounted to 986, followed by the UK (312 publications) and then Australia (102 publications), and Sweden (102 publications). No data related to NRT were published from 156 countries. No significant correlation was found between the country population size or 2016 gross domestic product values and the number of publications of the top-10 most prolific countries in the field of NRT (r = − 0.156, P = 0.664; and r = − 0.173, P = 0.632, respectively). Furthermore, there is no correlation between prevalence of tobacco smoking and number of publications of the top-10 most prolific countries in the field of NRT (r = − 0.235, P = 0.514).ConclusionsThe present data reveal a solid mass of research activity on NRT. The USA was by far the predominant country in the amount of NRT-based research activity. NRT-based research activities were low or not available in most countries. The results of this study delineate a framework for better understanding the situations of current NRT research and prospective directions of the research in this field which could be applied for managing and prioritizing future research efforts in NRT research.

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Density equalizing mapping of the global tuberculosis research architecture

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

A global bibliometric analysis of Plesiomonas-related research (1990 – 2017)

Estimates of global research productivity in using nicotine replacement therapy for tobacco cessation: a bibliometric study

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