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- Title
- Scientific authorships and collaboration network analysis on Chagas disease: papers indexed in PubMed (1940-2009)
- Publication Year
- 2012-07-01
- Abstract
- Chagasdiseaseisachronic,tropical,parasiticdisease,endemicthroughoutLatinAmerica.Thelarge-scalemigrationofpopulationshasincreasedthegeographicdistributionofthediseaseandcaseshavebeenobservedinmanyothercountriesaroundtheworld.Tostrengthenthecriticalmassofknowledgegeneratedindifferentcountries,itisessentialtopromotecooperativeandtranslationalresearchinitiatives.WeanalyzedauthorshipofscientificdocumentsonChagasdiseaseindexedintheMedlinedatabasefrom1940to2009.Bibliometricswasusedtoanalyzetheevolutionofcollaborationpatterns.ASocialNetworkAnalysiswascarriedouttoidentifythemainresearchgroupsintheareabyapplyingclusteringmethods.Wethenanalyzed13,989papersproducedby21,350authors.Collaborationamongauthorsdramaticallyincreasedoverthestudyperiod,reachinganaverageof6.2authorsperpaperinthelastfive-yearperiod.Applyingathresholdofcollaborationoffiveormorepaperssignedinco-authorship,weidentified148consolidatedresearchgroupsmadeupof1,750authors.TheChagasdiseasenetworkidentifiedconstitutesasmallworld,characterizedbyahighdegreeofclusteringandanotablyhighnumberofBrazilianresearchers.
- Keyword
- Chagasdisease; Bibliometrics; Cooperativebehavior; Networkanalysis; Researchareas; Researchgroups
- Journal Title
- RevistadoInstitutodeMedicinaTropicaldeSPaulo
- Citation Volume
- 54
- ISSN
- 0036-4665
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