Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysis
BACKGROUND The five BRICS (Brazil, Russian, Indian, China, and South Africa) countries bear 49% of the world’s tuberculosis (TB) burden and they are committed to ending tuberculosis. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to map the scientific landscape related to TB research in BRICS countries. ME...
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| author | Kamaiaji Castor Fabio Batista Mota Roseli Monteiro da Silva Bernardo Pereira Cabral Ethel Leonor Maciel Isabela Neves de Almeida Denise Arakaki-Sanchez Kleydson Bonfim Andrade Vadim Testov Irina Vasilyeva Yanlin Zhao Hui Zhang Manjula Singh Raghuram Rao Srikanth Tripathy Glenda Gray Nesri Padayatchi Niresh Bhagwandin Soumya Swaminathan Tereza Kasaeva Afrânio Kritski |
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| description | BACKGROUND The five BRICS (Brazil, Russian, Indian, China, and South Africa) countries bear 49% of the world’s tuberculosis (TB) burden and they are committed to ending tuberculosis. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to map the scientific landscape related to TB research in BRICS countries. METHODS Were combined bibliometrics and social network analysis techniques to map the scientific publications related to TB produced by the BRICS. Was made a descriptive statistical data covering the full period of analysis (1993-2016) and the research networks were made for 2007-2016 (8,366 records). The bubble charts were generated by VantagePoint and the networks by the Gephi 0.9.1 software (Gephi Consortium 2010) from co-occurrence matrices produced in VantagePoint. The Fruchterman-Reingold algorithm provided the networks’ layout. FINDINGS During the period 1993-2016, there were 38,315 peer-reviewed, among them, there were 11,018 (28.7%) articles related by one or more authors in a BRICS: India 38.7%; China 23.8%; South Africa 21.1%; Brazil 13.0%; and Russia 4.5% (The total was greater than 100% because our criterion was all papers with at least one author in a BRICS). Among the BRICS, there was greater interaction between India and South Africa and organisations in India and China had the highest productivity; however, South African organisations had more interaction with countries outside the BRICS. Publications by and about BRICS generally covered all research areas, especially those in India and China covered all research areas, although Brazil and South Africa prioritised infectious diseases, microbiology, and the respiratory system. MAIN CONCLUSIONS An overview of BRICS scientific publications and interactions highlighted the necessity to develop a BRICS TB research plan to increase efforts and funding to ensure that basic science research successfully translates into products and policies to help end the TB epidemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99425ccc3d44437a9fad76c4b23ca3842023-08-02T09:25:57ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-806010.1590/0074-02760190342Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysisKamaiaji CastorFabio Batista MotaRoseli Monteiro da SilvaBernardo Pereira CabralEthel Leonor MacielIsabela Neves de AlmeidaDenise Arakaki-SanchezKleydson Bonfim AndradeVadim TestovIrina VasilyevaYanlin ZhaoHui ZhangManjula SinghRaghuram RaoSrikanth TripathyGlenda GrayNesri PadayatchiNiresh BhagwandinSoumya SwaminathanTereza KasaevaAfrânio KritskiBACKGROUND The five BRICS (Brazil, Russian, Indian, China, and South Africa) countries bear 49% of the world’s tuberculosis (TB) burden and they are committed to ending tuberculosis. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to map the scientific landscape related to TB research in BRICS countries. METHODS Were combined bibliometrics and social network analysis techniques to map the scientific publications related to TB produced by the BRICS. Was made a descriptive statistical data covering the full period of analysis (1993-2016) and the research networks were made for 2007-2016 (8,366 records). The bubble charts were generated by VantagePoint and the networks by the Gephi 0.9.1 software (Gephi Consortium 2010) from co-occurrence matrices produced in VantagePoint. The Fruchterman-Reingold algorithm provided the networks’ layout. FINDINGS During the period 1993-2016, there were 38,315 peer-reviewed, among them, there were 11,018 (28.7%) articles related by one or more authors in a BRICS: India 38.7%; China 23.8%; South Africa 21.1%; Brazil 13.0%; and Russia 4.5% (The total was greater than 100% because our criterion was all papers with at least one author in a BRICS). Among the BRICS, there was greater interaction between India and South Africa and organisations in India and China had the highest productivity; however, South African organisations had more interaction with countries outside the BRICS. Publications by and about BRICS generally covered all research areas, especially those in India and China covered all research areas, although Brazil and South Africa prioritised infectious diseases, microbiology, and the respiratory system. MAIN CONCLUSIONS An overview of BRICS scientific publications and interactions highlighted the necessity to develop a BRICS TB research plan to increase efforts and funding to ensure that basic science research successfully translates into products and policies to help end the TB epidemic.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v115/1678-8060-mioc-115-e190342.pdftuberculosisscientific landscapeBRICSbibliometricsresearch network analysis |
| spellingShingle | Kamaiaji Castor Fabio Batista Mota Roseli Monteiro da Silva Bernardo Pereira Cabral Ethel Leonor Maciel Isabela Neves de Almeida Denise Arakaki-Sanchez Kleydson Bonfim Andrade Vadim Testov Irina Vasilyeva Yanlin Zhao Hui Zhang Manjula Singh Raghuram Rao Srikanth Tripathy Glenda Gray Nesri Padayatchi Niresh Bhagwandin Soumya Swaminathan Tereza Kasaeva Afrânio Kritski Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysis Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz tuberculosis scientific landscape BRICS bibliometrics research network analysis |
| title | Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_full | Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_short | Mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among BRICS countries: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_sort | mapping the tuberculosis scientific landscape among brics countries a bibliometric and network analysis |
| topic | tuberculosis scientific landscape BRICS bibliometrics research network analysis |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v115/1678-8060-mioc-115-e190342.pdf |
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