Contaret Cédric, Césaire Raymond, Deloumeaux Jacqueline, Joachim Clarisse, Cabié André, Dramé Moustapha
Department of Research and Innovation, University Hospitals of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
Department of Virology, University Hospitals of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Sep-Oct;49:102396. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102396. Epub 2022 Jun 28.
The (re-)emergence of arboviruses in the Caribbean, and worldwide, is a major public health issue of concern to all scientific research stakeholders. This study aimed to use bibliometric analysis to identify the contribution of Caribbean countries to scientific production regarding the three arboviruses with the greatest impact, namely zika, chikungunya and dengue.
Bibliographic data related to arbovirus diseases were collected from three international databases (Web of Science, Pubmed, and Scopus), filtered by Caribbean islands of affiliation. VosViewer was used to identify scientific connections between countries or institutions and to identify research themes.
The dataset comprised 1332 indexed articles, with 50% of articles categorized in the top quartile of quality. Cuba was found to lead research on dengue, with a total of 300 articles, and 18 international connections. The USA-Puerto Rico duo was found to be the leader on emerging arboviruses (Zika and Chikungunya), followed by a predominantly French-language cluster (mainland France, Guadeloupe, Martinique). Key research topics were related to clinical presentations, epidemiology, and research on mosquito-borne viruses CONCLUSIONS: Co-authorship network analysis on emerging arboviruses revealed the dynamics of collaboration, and provides insights into Caribbean collaborations that deserve to be created and consolidated in case of resurgence of new arbovirus epidemics.
虫媒病毒在加勒比地区乃至全球的（再）出现，是所有科研利益相关者都关注的一个重大公共卫生问题。本研究旨在运用文献计量分析，确定加勒比国家对寨卡、基孔肯雅和登革热这三种影响最大的虫媒病毒科研产出的贡献。
从三个国际数据库（科学网、PubMed和Scopus）收集与虫媒病毒疾病相关的文献数据，并按所属加勒比岛屿进行筛选。使用VosViewer来确定国家或机构之间的科学联系，并识别研究主题。
数据集包含1332篇索引文章，其中50%的文章质量处于前四分位。古巴在登革热研究方面领先，共有300篇文章，并与18个国际机构有联系。美国-波多黎各组合在新兴虫媒病毒（寨卡和基孔肯雅）研究方面领先，其次是一个主要使用法语的集群（法国本土、瓜德罗普岛、马提尼克岛）。关键研究主题与临床表现、流行病学以及蚊媒病毒研究有关。结论：对新兴虫媒病毒的合著网络分析揭示了合作动态，并为加勒比地区的合作提供了见解，在新的虫媒病毒疫情再次出现时，这些合作值得建立和巩固。
