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Review
. 2018 Jan 8:26:30-37.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.12.014. eCollection 2018 Feb.

A decade bibliometric analysis of global research on leishmaniasis in Web of Science database

Masoud Soosaraei  1 , Ali Akbar Khasseh  2 , Mahdi Fakhar  3 , Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi  3
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A decade bibliometric analysis of global research on leishmaniasis in Web of Science database

Masoud Soosaraei et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Background: Leishmaniasis is an extremely relevant tropical disease, with global distribution. It still remains a main public health concern in low-income countries, and it is necessary to support more research on this common disease. Thus, a bibliometric analysis of the global scientific production on leishmaniasis was carried out.

Methods: All the articles registered in Web of Science with the subject of leishmaniasis between 2006 and 2015 were analysed, using Pajek and VOS viewer as tools.

Results: 13,658 records in the field of leishmaniasis were indexed in the Web of Science database for this ten-year study period (2006-2015). This shows that studies on leishmaniasis have been growing, from 1071 in 2006 to 1537 in 2015. "Sundar S" is the most active researcher in the field of leishmaniasis, compiling and participating in 232 Articles. Brazil ranks first in scientific production, by performing 3315 studies on leishmaniasis. The United States, United Kingdom and Australia had the most collaboration in performing the studies of leishmaniasis with each other. In addition, PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES published the most articles, with 483.

Conclusion: Our data shows an increase in the number of publications in the field of leishmaniasis. In addition, Brazil, USA, and India lead scientific production on leishmaniasis research.

Keywords: Bibliometric; International collaboration; Leishmania; Network analysis; Web of Science.

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Quantitative growth process of the studies concerning leishmaniasis in the period of ten years.
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10 leading countries in the studies concerning leishmaniasis.
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The cooperation of different scholars in Iran with other regions in the world.
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Cooperation full network between different countries in the field of leishmaniasis.
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Density view of the most frequent terms used in the global studies concerning leishmaniasis.
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Density view of the most frequent terms used in Iranian studies concerning leishmaniasis.
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Word cloud of global research keywords of Leishmania.
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Word cloud of Iranian research keywords of Leishmania.
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