02612nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001100054653001800065653001800083653002400101100001400125700001200139700001400151700001100165700001300176700002000189700001500209700001100224245013000235856006600365300001200431490000700443520187000450022001402320       2022                            d  c04/202210aBrazil10aLeishmaniasis10aBibliometrics10ainformation science1 ade Melo S1 aSilva A1 aBarbosa D1 aPena H1 aDuarte S1 aTeixeira-Neto R1 ada Silva E1 aBelo V00aWorldwide and Brazilian scientific publications on Leishmaniasis in the first 19 years of 21st century: a bibliometric study.  uhttps://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/35544630/2804  a675-6820 v163 a<p><strong>INTRODUCTION: </strong>Leishmaniasis is a set of tropical diseases widely distributed throughout the world. Publications concerning different aspects of leishmaniasis have shown an increasing trend in recent years, especially in Brazil, where this disease has been under continuous expansion. The present study analyzes the data and assess trends in publications on leishmaniasis in Brazil and worldwide.</p>

<p><strong>METHODOLOGY: </strong>The bibliometric analysis was performed on the Scopus database, addressing data on scientific publications about leishmaniasis in the first nineteen years of the 21st century. The tendency of the annual number of publications was analyzed by mean of linear regression equations.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>The literature search identified 19.317 publications. Brazil was the country with the largest number of studies (24.88%). The annual growth rate for Brazilian publications was 4.66%, whereas worldwide publications grew 2.96%. The leading ten international authors contributed to 8.71% of the publications, whereas the ten principal Brazilian authors contributed to 4.31%. The largest collaboration network between authors was between Brazil and the United States. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation occupied the premier position in both worldwide and Brazilian ranking in number of publications. The international journal with the largest number of publications and SCImago Journal Rank indicator was PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The Journal of Immunology had the highest H-index. Most of the research covered topics related to immunology and molecular biology.</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSIONS: </strong>The data show relevant characteristics of the scientific production on leishmaniasis and demonstrate the fundamental role played by Brazil in the production of knowledge in this area of study.</p>
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