Bibliometric Assessment of the Contributions of Literature on Chagas Disease in Latin America and the Caribbean

Title:Bibliometric Assessment of the Contributions of Literature on Chagas Disease in Latin America and the Caribbean

Volume: 9 Issue: 3

Author(s): Nathalia Delgado-Osorio, Felipe Vera-Polania, Andres F. Lopez-Isaza, Dayron F. Martinez-Pulgarin, Jonathan Murillo-Abadia, Marcela Munoz-Urbano, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Ricardo Bello, Guillermo J. Lagos-Grisales, Soraya Villegas-Rojas and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

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Keywords: Bibliometrics, chagas disease, epidemiology, Latin America.

Abstract: Chagas disease, considered a parasitic neglected disease, is endemic in Latin America. Although, its mortality rate has decreased over time, it still represents a public health problem in the region. A bibliometric evaluation of the Latin American contributions on this disease was done. This study used SCI (1980-2013), MEDLINE/GOPUBMED (1802-2013), Scopus (1959-2013), SCIELO (2004-2013), and LILACS (1980-2013). Different study types have been characterized by years, origin city/country, journals and most productive authors, by country, cites and H-index. 2988 articles were retrieved from SCI (30.85% of total). Brazil was found to be the highest producer (31.22%), followed by Argentina (18.14%) and México (9.57%); the region received 47241 citations, 28.60% for Brazil (H-index=52), 18.26% of Argentina (Hindex= 43), 11.40% Bolivia (H-index=37). 4484 were retrieved from Scopus (30.20% of the total), 38.58% of which were from Brazil, 12.40% from Argentina and 8.90% from Mexico. From Medline, 6647 records were retrieved (45.58% Brazil). From SciELO, 917 articles (47.66% Brazil). From LILACS, 2165 articles (60.05% Brazil). Brazil has the highest output in the region. Despite advances in controlling Chagas disease, scientific production is low, particularly for regional bibliographic databases, which calls for more research on this disease.

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Delgado-Osorio Nathalia, Vera-Polania Felipe, Lopez-Isaza F. Andres, Martinez-Pulgarin F. Dayron, Murillo-Abadia Jonathan, Munoz-Urbano Marcela, Cardona-Ospina A. Jaime, Bello Ricardo, Lagos-Grisales J. Guillermo, Villegas-Rojas Soraya and Rodriguez-Morales J. Alfonso, Bibliometric Assessment of the Contributions of Literature on Chagas Disease in Latin America and the Caribbean, Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery 2014; 9 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574891X10666150410154322