Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33511, Egypt.
J Infect Public Health. 2023 Sep;16(9):1333-1340. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.05.035. Epub 2023 Jun 2.
The first human monkeypox (MPX) case was identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970 with an outbreak in 2010 and the first human MPX case in the UK in 2022. In this study, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on monkeypox based on the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) to identify relevant topics and trends in monkeypox research.
We searched the Web of Science from 1964 until July 14, 2022, for all publications using the keywords "Monkeypox" and "Monkeypox virus." Results were compared using numerous bibliometric methodologies and stratified by journal, author, year, institution, and country-specific metrics.
Out of 1170 publications initially selected, 1163 entered our analysis, with 65.26 % (n = 759) being original research articles and 9.37 % (n = 109) being review articles. Most MPX publications were in 2010, with 6.02 % (n = 70), followed by 2009 and 2022 at 5.67 % (n = 66) each. The USA was the country with the highest number of publications, with n = 662 (56.92 %) of total publications, followed by Germany with n = 82 (7.05 %), the UK with n = 74 (6.36 %), and Congo with n = 65 (5.59 %). Journal of Virology published the highest number of MPX publications, followed by Virology Journal and Emerging Infectious Diseases with n = 52 (9.25 %), n = 43 (7.65 %), and n = 32 (5.69 %) publications, respectively. The top contributing institutions were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Our analysis provides an objective and robust overview of the current literature on MPX and its global trends; this information could serve as a reference guide for those aiming to conduct further MPX-related research and as a source for those seeking information about MPX.
1970 年，刚果民主共和国（DRC）首次发现人类猴痘（MPX）病例，2010 年爆发疫情，2022 年英国首次发现人类 MPX 病例。在这项研究中，我们对基于科学信息研究所（ISI）的 Web of Science 核心集合（WOSCC）的关于猴痘的文献进行了文献计量分析，以确定猴痘研究的相关主题和趋势。
我们从 1964 年到 2022 年 7 月 14 日在 Web of Science 上使用“猴痘”和“猴痘病毒”这两个关键词搜索了所有出版物。结果使用多种文献计量学方法进行比较，并按期刊、作者、年份、机构和国家特定指标进行分层。
最初选择的 1170 篇出版物中，有 1163 篇进入了我们的分析，其中 65.26%（n=759）是原始研究文章，9.37%（n=109）是评论文章。大多数猴痘出版物是在 2010 年，有 6.02%（n=70），其次是 2009 年和 2022 年，各有 5.67%（n=66）。发表文章数量最多的国家是美国，有 n=662（56.92%）的总出版物，其次是德国，有 n=82（7.05%），英国，有 n=74（6.36%），刚果，有 n=65（5.59%）。《病毒学杂志》发表的猴痘出版物数量最多，其次是《病毒学杂志》和《新发传染病》，分别有 n=52（9.25%）、n=43（7.65%）和 n=32（5.69%）的出版物。贡献最大的机构是疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）、美国陆军传染病医学研究所和美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）国家过敏和传染病研究所（NIAID）。
我们的分析提供了关于猴痘及其全球趋势的当前文献的客观和强大的概述；这些信息可以作为那些旨在进行进一步的猴痘相关研究的人的参考指南，也可以作为那些寻求猴痘信息的人的信息来源。
