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Collaborative scientific production of epilepsy in Latin America from 1989 to 2018: A bibliometric analysis

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Socioeconomic and cultural factors coupled with an inability to control many endemic and emerging diseases have resulted in a growing incidence of epilepsy cases in Latin America. This study aimed to analyze and describe scientific research output trends in epilepsy research for the period 1989-2018. Publications were extracted from Scopus indexed journals. Bibliometric analysis was used to analyze scientific output including number of annual publications, documents, and publication characteristics. A mapping analysis using VOSviewer software visualized collaborative network analysis, co-citation analysis, and keyword co-occurrence analysis. SciVal quantitatively analyzed distribution of countries, institutions, citation counts, H-index, and research collaborative partnerships. A total of 176507 records were initially retrieved after which 5636 were analyzed. Overall, an increasing trend for publication output was observed from 19 articles in 1989 to 342 in 2018; the number of publications significantly increased over the past 20 years (p = 0.0065). The majority of publications were original articles (74.4%). Brazil had the most scientific production (55.2%), followed by Mexico (15.4%) and Argentina (10%). Extra-regional collaboration was primarily with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada; intraregional collaboration was low. The most common area of investigation by co-occurrences was “diagnostic research” (37.2%), with studies based on electroencephalography and nuclear magnetic resonance. Epilepsy research in Latin America has seen a steady growth with significant increases over the past 20 years. Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina are the most productive countries in the field collaborating primarily with extra-regional countries of high-income.
Ismail, Norashikin (21739318200); Kaliani Sundram, Veera Pandiyan (58169033100); Othman, Nor Azairiah Fatimah (58248098600); Abdul Rahman, Zanariah (59156532700)
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2024
10.5171/2024.177889
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85195212667&doi=10.5171%2f2024.177889&partnerID=40&md5=87ba792c4a2092420ef3c96cb626f5e9
Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan, Johor, Malaysia
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