Scientometric analysis of the world-wide research efforts concerning Leishmaniasis

  • Background: Leishmaniasis is a chronic disease that is found in various countries of the world. The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of leishmaniasis on the world's research output. The present study assessed benchmarking of research output for the period between 1957 and 2006. Using large database analyses, research in the field of leishmaniasis was evaluated. Furthermore, cooperation between different countries was identified. Results: The number of publications increased with time. Most publications came from Western countries such as the US, UK or Germany. Interestingly, countries like Brazil and India had a high research output. We found a substantial amount of cooperation between countries. Conclusion: Although leishmaniasis is of limited geographic distribution it attracts a wide research interest. The central hub of research cooperation is the USA.

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  • Additional file 1: Fig 8.1. All cooperative articles that were produced between 1957 and 2007 are shown, (countries A-L/A-M).

  • Additional file 2: Fig 8.2. All cooperative articles that were produced between 1957 and 2007 are shown, (countries A-L/M-Z).

  • Additional file 3: Fig 8.3. All cooperative articles that were produced between 1957 and 2007 are shown, (countries M- Z/A-L).

  • Additional file 4: Fig 8.4. All cooperative articles that were produced between 1957 and 2007 are shown, (countries M- Z/M-Z).

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Author:Khaled Al-Mutawakel, Cristian Scutaru, Awfa Shami, Mohannad Sakr, Jan David Alexander GronebergORCiDGND, David QuarcooORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-228371
DOI:https://doi.org/doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-14
ISSN:1756-3305
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20202187
Parent Title (English):Parasites & vectors
Publisher:BioMed Central
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/01/18
Year of first Publication:2010
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/01/18
Volume:3
Issue:1, Art. 14
Page Number:10
First Page:1
Last Page:10
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© 2010 Al-Mutawakel et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
HeBIS-PPN:300540744
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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