Xu Xiao-Lin, Zhu Rong, Zhang Li-Juan, Lu Long-Ting, Guo Jia-Gang
National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasia, Shanghai 200025, China.
Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi. 2013 Apr;25(2):160-6.
To reveal the development and evolution pathway of global neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) from the bibliometrics and information visualization perspective.
The research publications on the subject of NTDs from Web of Science, PubMed and PLoS NTD were retrieved and analyzed by using the bibliometrics analysis, visualization analysis and citation strategic diagrams.
The number of publications on the subject of NTDs from 2005 to 2013 had being growing gradually year by year, but there were some differences from disease to disease. The distribution of the authors, organizations and countries of the publications could be classified into two clusters, one was represented by US and UK and the other was represented by Switzerland and China. The research subjects of the publications contained epidemiology, laboratory and social economics based on population and animals. Six key and hot topics were revealed as follows: the disease burden; incorporating the control of NTDs into the programs of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria; comprehensive control strategies and their influence factors; human chemotherapy and its influence factors; vaccine; research and development innovation.
The NTDs research in the globe is on its developing way with both challenges and opportunities, more concerns and investments, as well as the cooperations among different countries, organizations and disciplines are needed.
从文献计量学和信息可视化角度揭示全球被忽视热带病（NTDs）的发展演变路径。
检索Web of Science、PubMed和PLoS NTD上关于NTDs主题的研究出版物，并运用文献计量学分析、可视化分析和引文战略图进行分析。
2005年至2013年关于NTDs主题的出版物数量逐年逐渐增长，但不同疾病之间存在差异。出版物的作者、机构和国家分布可分为两类集群，一类以美国和英国为代表，另一类以瑞士和中国为代表。出版物的研究主题包括基于人群和动物的流行病学、实验室以及社会经济学。揭示了六个关键和热点主题如下：疾病负担；将NTDs控制纳入艾滋病毒/艾滋病、结核病和疟疾项目；综合控制策略及其影响因素；人体化疗及其影响因素；疫苗；研发创新。
全球NTDs研究正处于发展阶段，面临挑战与机遇，需要更多关注和投入，以及不同国家、机构和学科之间的合作。
