Bibliometric analysis on the scientific production related to cholera

Authors

  • Carlos Miguel Rios González Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7558-8206
  • Ginno Alessandro De Benedictis Serrano Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Sede Aragua.
  • Rosmina Tibisay Visconti Vivas Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Sede Aragua.

Keywords:

CHOLERA, INTESTINAL DISEASES, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

Abstract

Background: cholera is an acute infectious-contagious bowel disease with a high transmissibility, which can become a health problem on a regional and global scale. Researching on this disease is a necessity.

Objective: to assess the global scientific production on cholera in the Medline/Pubmed, Scopus, SciELO, LILACS and Science Citation Index (SCI) databases.

Methods: an observational, descriptive and bibliometric study was carried out using the information deposited in the biomedical and multidisciplinary indexation databases of journals herein declared. In the search the term "cholera" was used as the main operator. No temporal restriction was performed.

Results: 63028 articles were registered; the databases with more publications were Scopus, with 35418 (10860 from the United States of America, 2234 from the United Kingdom and 1980 from Japan) and Medline, 25720 articles (1614 from the United States of America, 341 from Japan and 271 from India); in SCI, there were 7971 articles (3102 United States, 626 India and 578 China), in contrast, SciELO showed only 279 articles (89 Brazil, 46 Cuba and 18 Chile). The h-index from 2004 to 2014 in Scopus was 221, dropping to 21 from 2015 to the present.

Conclusions: the largest contribution of publications on cholera is made by developed countries. The scientific production on this disease in Latin America is low, despite being a region with high probability of incidence.

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2017-07-12

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Rios González CM, De Benedictis Serrano GA, Visconti Vivas RT. Bibliometric analysis on the scientific production related to cholera. Rev. electron. Zoilo [Internet]. 2017 Jul. 12 [cited 2025 Oct. 11];42(4). Available from: https://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/1132

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Vol. 42 No. 4 (2017): July-August

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