Research on neglected tropical diseases in Haiti

A Scientometrics Analysis, 1923-2022

Bibliographic Data

ID5165720
AuthorsMelicile Glesil (0009-0009-6464-4546, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Adjoane Maurício Silva Maciel (0000-0002-1858-4628, NHR Brasil, Brasil; Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Brasil), Thâmara Laís Silva (0000-0003-1558-0506, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Anderson Fuentes Ferreira (0000-0002-1816-9459, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Aymee Medeiros Da Rocha (0000-0002-9761-2403, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil; NHR Brasil, Brasil), Gabriela Soledad Márdero García (0000-0002-0884-4721, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Evens Emmanuel (0000-0001-8865-3409, Universidade Quisqueya, Haiti), Max François Millien (0000-0002-9775-4364, Universidade Quisqueya, Haiti), Jorg Heukelbach (0000-0002-7845-5510, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Eliana Amorim De Souza (0000-0002-9653-3164, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Ana Raquel Da Silva Paz (0009-0008-2809-1713, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Alberto Novaes Ramos (0000-0001-7982-1757, Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Year2025
Volume41
Issue1
Pagese00020824-e00020824
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311xen020824
PMID40008704
OpenAlexW4407880557
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2025000101413
LanguageEN
References cited22

This study aimed to analyze scientometric profile of publications on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Haiti, 1923-2022. We conducted a scientometric study based on indexed scientific productions related to NTDs in Haiti. The search syntax in the Scopus database was based on key terms for NTDs recognized by the World Health Organization in 2022, focusing on keywords, titles, and abstracts. VOSviewer 1.6.18 was used to create bibliographic networks according to authorship, country of origin, institution, and descriptors. A total of 281 publications were identified, 87.9% (247/281) original articles, with an increase of 45.1% (127/281, annual average of 12.7 publications) in the last decade (2013-2022) compared to the first half of the analyzed period (1923-1975, annual average of 0.21 publications). The authors with the highest number of publications were: Lammie PJ (n = 51), Eberhard ML (n = 29), and Wallace RM (n = 25). A total of 83 institutions participated in the research and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) had the highest proportion of affiliations in the coauthorship versus organizations analysis (n = 86), with authors from 35 countries. Coauthorship by country shows publications between institutions in the Americas (n = 13), Europe (n = 9), and Asia (n = 5). The analysis of cooccurrence versus author keywords shows higher occurrence of the terms "dengue" and "rabies". There is a very limited number of publications on NTDs in Haiti throughout a century of publications, despite the relative increase in recent decades. Such publications are concentrated among foreign authors, with limited national coauthorship

Bibliometrics · Dengue fever · Disease · Geography · Library science · MEDLINE · Neglected tropical diseases · Pathology · Political science · Scientometrics · Scopus · Sociology · Web of science · Demography · Malaria Research and Control · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Zoonotic diseases and public health