Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany.
Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Free University and Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2020 Nov;93(8):995-1006. doi: 10.1007/s00420-020-01547-0. Epub 2020 May 5.
Needlestick injuries have caused a deleterious effect on the physical and mental health of millions of health-care workers over the past decades, being responsible for occupational infections with viruses such as HIV or hepatis C. Despite this heavy burden of disease, no concise studies have been published on the global research landscape so far.
We used the New Quality and Quantity Indices in Science platform to analyze global NSI research (n = 2987 articles) over the past 115 years using the Web of Science and parameters such as global versus country-specific research activities, semi-qualitative issues, and socioeconomic figures.
Density-equalizing mapping showed that although a total of n = 106 countries participated in NSI research, large parts of Africa and South America were almost invisible regarding global participation in NSI research. Average citation rate (cr) analysis indicated a high rate for Switzerland (cr = 25.1), Italy (cr = 23.5), and Japan (cr = 19.2). Socioeconomic analysis revealed that the UK had the highest quotient Q of 0.13 NSI-specific publications per bill. US-$ gross domestic product (GDP), followed by South Africa (Q = 0.12). Temporal analysis of HIV versus hepatitis research indicated that NSI-HIV research culminated in the early 1990s, whereas NSI-hepatitis research increased over the observed period from the 1980s until the last decade.
Albeit NSI research activity is generally increasing, the growth is asymmetrical from a global viewpoint. International strategies should be followed that put a focus on NSI in non-industrialized areas of the world.
在过去的几十年里，针刺伤对数百万医护人员的身心健康造成了有害影响，导致了艾滋病毒或丙型肝炎等病毒的职业感染。尽管疾病负担如此沉重，但迄今为止，全球研究领域尚未发表任何关于这方面的简明研究。
我们使用新的质量和数量科学平台，使用 Web of Science 分析了过去 115 年来全球 NSI 研究（n=2987 篇文章），并使用了全球与国家特定研究活动、半定性问题和社会经济数据等参数。
密度均衡映射显示，尽管共有 106 个国家参与了 NSI 研究，但非洲和南美洲的大部分地区在全球参与 NSI 研究方面几乎看不到。平均引文率（cr）分析表明，瑞士（cr=25.1）、意大利（cr=23.5）和日本（cr=19.2）的 cr 较高。社会经济分析显示，英国的 NSI 特定出版物数量最高，为每英镑 0.13 篇（Q=0.13）。紧随其后的是美国的 GDP（Q=0.12）。对 HIV 与肝炎研究的时间分析表明，NSI-HIV 研究在 20 世纪 90 年代达到顶峰，而 NSI-肝炎研究在观察期间从 20 世纪 80 年代到最后十年有所增加。
尽管 NSI 研究活动总体上在增加，但从全球角度来看，增长是不对称的。应遵循国际战略，将重点放在世界非工业化地区的 NSI 上。
