Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis
BACKGROUND Despite the current global trend of reduction in the morbidity and mortality of neglected diseases, dengue’s incidence has increased and occurrence areas have expanded. Dengue also persists as a scientific and technological challenge since there is no effective treatment, vaccine, vector...
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| author | Fabio Batista Mota Bruna de Paula Fonseca e Fonseca Andréia Cristina Galina Roseli Monteiro da Silva |
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| description | BACKGROUND Despite the current global trend of reduction in the morbidity and mortality of neglected diseases, dengue’s incidence has increased and occurrence areas have expanded. Dengue also persists as a scientific and technological challenge since there is no effective treatment, vaccine, vector control or public health intervention. Combining bibliometrics and social network analysis methods can support the mapping of dengue research and development (R&D) activities worldwide. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to map the scientific scenario related to dengue research worldwide. METHODS We use scientific publication data from Web of Science Core Collection - articles indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) - and combine bibliometrics and social network analysis techniques to identify the most relevant journals, scientific references, research areas, countries and research organisations in the dengue scientific landscape. FINDINGS Our results show a significant increase of dengue publications over time; tropical medicine and virology as the most frequent research areas and biochemistry and molecular biology as the most central area in the network; USA and Brazil as the most productive countries; and Mahidol University and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz as the main research organisations and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention as the most central organisation in the collaboration network. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Our findings can be used to strengthen a global knowledge platform guiding policy, planning and funding decisions as well as to providing directions to researchers and institutions. So that, by offering to the scientific community, policy makers and public health practitioners a mapping of the dengue scientific landscape, this paper has aimed to contribute to upcoming debates, decision-making and planning on dengue R&D and public health strategies worldwide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9dc79999a9cf4116946f7f60e183cb092023-09-02T13:54:08ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-8060010.1590/0074-02760160423S0074-02762017005005103Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysisFabio Batista MotaBruna de Paula Fonseca e FonsecaAndréia Cristina GalinaRoseli Monteiro da SilvaBACKGROUND Despite the current global trend of reduction in the morbidity and mortality of neglected diseases, dengue’s incidence has increased and occurrence areas have expanded. Dengue also persists as a scientific and technological challenge since there is no effective treatment, vaccine, vector control or public health intervention. Combining bibliometrics and social network analysis methods can support the mapping of dengue research and development (R&D) activities worldwide. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to map the scientific scenario related to dengue research worldwide. METHODS We use scientific publication data from Web of Science Core Collection - articles indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) - and combine bibliometrics and social network analysis techniques to identify the most relevant journals, scientific references, research areas, countries and research organisations in the dengue scientific landscape. FINDINGS Our results show a significant increase of dengue publications over time; tropical medicine and virology as the most frequent research areas and biochemistry and molecular biology as the most central area in the network; USA and Brazil as the most productive countries; and Mahidol University and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz as the main research organisations and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention as the most central organisation in the collaboration network. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Our findings can be used to strengthen a global knowledge platform guiding policy, planning and funding decisions as well as to providing directions to researchers and institutions. So that, by offering to the scientific community, policy makers and public health practitioners a mapping of the dengue scientific landscape, this paper has aimed to contribute to upcoming debates, decision-making and planning on dengue R&D and public health strategies worldwide.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017005005103&lng=en&tlng=endenguescientific publicationsscientific landscapebibliometricssocial network analysis |
| spellingShingle | Fabio Batista Mota Bruna de Paula Fonseca e Fonseca Andréia Cristina Galina Roseli Monteiro da Silva Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz dengue scientific publications scientific landscape bibliometrics social network analysis |
| title | Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_full | Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_short | Mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis |
| title_sort | mapping the dengue scientific landscape worldwide a bibliometric and network analysis |
| topic | dengue scientific publications scientific landscape bibliometrics social network analysis |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017005005103&lng=en&tlng=en |
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