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Tularemia research activity: a bibliometric analysis between 1980 and 2020

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Introduction

Tularemia disease attracts attention as an important contagious zoonosis that has increased its impact in recent years. The aim of the study is to analyze the publications on tularemia between 1980 and 2020.

Methods

We performed literature retrieval in the Web of Science (WoS) on 22 September 2021. Search terms were “Francisella tularensis” and “Tularemia” in the article title for the period between January 1980 and December 2020. We determined the number of articles, keywords, countries, authors, and institutions for each publication. We visualized the data with the VOS viewer tool.

Results

After all inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied finally, 1688 articles were analyzed. The number of articles has increased in recent years. The three most productive countries in tularemia were the USA (777 articles 46.03%), Sweden (113 articles 6.69%), and Turkey (95 articles, 5.63%). Most of the articles were from the journal of Infection and Immunity (II), Plos one, Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM), Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID), and Vaccine. Sjostedt A. and Umea University—Sweden were the most influential author and institution.

Conclusions

Productivity trend has been shown to increase in tularemia. High-income countries had a great influence on the literature in the field. Publications from the USA were in a high percentage among all articles. Related work may lead to the future direction of this dossier in the next years.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras city, Turkey

    Erhan Kaya

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Public Health Directorate of Kahramanmaraş, Kahramanmaraş city, Turkey

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Both the authors contributed to the study conception and design. EK and HÜ wrote the manuscript. HÜ revised the initial manuscript. EK performed material preparation, data collection, and analysis. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kaya, E., Üçer, H. Tularemia research activity: a bibliometric analysis between 1980 and 2020. Infection 50, 1507–1515 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01837-4

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