Soosaraei Masoud, Khasseh Ali Akbar, Fakhar Mahdi, Hezarjaribi Hajar Ziaei
Student Research Committee, Department of Parasitology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Department of Knowledge and Information Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2018 Jan 8;26:30-37. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.12.014. eCollection 2018 Feb.
Leishmaniasis is an extremely relevant tropical disease, with global distribution. It still remains a main public health concern in low-income countries, and it is necessary to support more research on this common disease. Thus, a bibliometric analysis of the global scientific production on leishmaniasis was carried out.
All the articles registered in Web of Science with the subject of leishmaniasis between 2006 and 2015 were analysed, using Pajek and VOS viewer as tools.
13,658 records in the field of leishmaniasis were indexed in the Web of Science database for this ten-year study period (2006-2015). This shows that studies on leishmaniasis have been growing, from 1071 in 2006 to 1537 in 2015. "Sundar S" is the most active researcher in the field of leishmaniasis, compiling and participating in 232 Articles. Brazil ranks first in scientific production, by performing 3315 studies on leishmaniasis. The United States, United Kingdom and Australia had the most collaboration in performing the studies of leishmaniasis with each other. In addition, PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES published the most articles, with 483.
Our data shows an increase in the number of publications in the field of leishmaniasis. In addition, Brazil, USA, and India lead scientific production on leishmaniasis research.
利什曼病是一种极为重要的热带疾病,在全球范围内均有分布。在低收入国家,它仍是主要的公共卫生问题,因此有必要支持对这种常见疾病开展更多研究。于是,我们对全球利什曼病科研成果进行了文献计量分析。
以Pajek和VOS viewer为工具,分析了2006年至2015年间Web of Science中登记的所有主题为利什曼病的文章。
在这十年研究期(2006 - 2015年)内,Web of Science数据库中收录了13,658条利什曼病领域的记录。这表明关于利什曼病的研究一直在增长,从2006年的1071篇增至2015年的1537篇。“Sundar S”是利什曼病领域最活跃的研究人员,编撰并参与了232篇文章。巴西在科研成果方面排名第一,开展了3315项利什曼病研究。美国、英国和澳大利亚在利什曼病研究合作方面最为频繁。此外,《PLOS被忽视的热带病》发表的文章最多,达483篇。
我们的数据显示利什曼病领域的出版物数量有所增加。此外,巴西、美国和印度在利什曼病研究的科研成果方面领先。