Global trends of monkeypox-related articles: A bibliometric analysis over the last five decades (1964 - July 14, 2022)

Manar A Kamal; Ramadan A Farahat; Ahmed K Awad; Shehroze Tabassum; Fatma Labieb; Cosmin A Bejan; Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq; Kuldeep Dhama; Ismail Dergaa

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2023.05.035

Global trends of monkeypox-related articles: A bibliometric analysis over the last five decades (1964 - July 14, 2022)

J Infect Public Health. 2023 Sep;16(9):1333-1340. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.05.035. Epub 2023 Jun 2.

Authors

Manar A Kamal¹, Ramadan A Farahat², Ahmed K Awad³, Shehroze Tabassum⁴, Fatma Labieb⁵, Cosmin A Bejan⁶, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq⁷, Kuldeep Dhama⁸, Ismail Dergaa⁹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
² Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33511, Egypt.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.
⁶ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁷ Infectious Disease Unit, Specialty Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁸ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh 243122, India.
⁹ Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Doha, Qatar; Research Unit Physical Activity, Sport, and Health, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia; High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia. Electronic address: idergaa@phcc.gov.qa.

Abstract

Background: The first human monkeypox (MPX) case was identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970 with an outbreak in 2010 and the first human MPX case in the UK in 2022. In this study, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on monkeypox based on the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) to identify relevant topics and trends in monkeypox research.

Methods: We searched the Web of Science from 1964 until July 14, 2022, for all publications using the keywords "Monkeypox" and "Monkeypox virus." Results were compared using numerous bibliometric methodologies and stratified by journal, author, year, institution, and country-specific metrics.

Results: Out of 1170 publications initially selected, 1163 entered our analysis, with 65.26 % (n = 759) being original research articles and 9.37 % (n = 109) being review articles. Most MPX publications were in 2010, with 6.02 % (n = 70), followed by 2009 and 2022 at 5.67 % (n = 66) each. The USA was the country with the highest number of publications, with n = 662 (56.92 %) of total publications, followed by Germany with n = 82 (7.05 %), the UK with n = 74 (6.36 %), and Congo with n = 65 (5.59 %). Journal of Virology published the highest number of MPX publications, followed by Virology Journal and Emerging Infectious Diseases with n = 52 (9.25 %), n = 43 (7.65 %), and n = 32 (5.69 %) publications, respectively. The top contributing institutions were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Conclusion: Our analysis provides an objective and robust overview of the current literature on MPX and its global trends; this information could serve as a reference guide for those aiming to conduct further MPX-related research and as a source for those seeking information about MPX.

Keywords: Africa; Control; Diagnosis; Global Health; MPX; Prevention; Public Health; Transmission.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics
Disease Outbreaks
Germany
Humans
Monkeypox virus
Mpox (monkeypox)* / epidemiology