Abstract
The 2015-2016 epidemic in the Americas caused by the Zika Virus (ZIKV) triggered a dramatic increase in the number of scholarly publications on this topic. In an effort to understand and characterize this body of literature, a bibliometric study was conducted on all articles found in PubMed that were published on the Zika virus between 1952 and 2016. Study parameters included publication date, source journal, subject and category of source journal, and country of first author. The data was frequency-ranked, enabling identification of the most highly productive journal titles, subject areas, and countries. The study concluded with a comparison between the number of opinion pieces versus research articles published on ZIKV and five other emerging infectious diseases. Results of the study will be of interest to students, researchers, and librarians & information science professionals, and will serve as a baseline for subsequent analyses.
Keywords
Bibliometrics, Journal Productivity, Scholarly Literature, Zika Virus, ZIKV
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-14-2018
Rights Information
Taylor & Francis
Recommended Citation
Delwiche FA. Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Publications on the Zika Virus, 1952-2016. Science & Technology Libraries. 2018. doi: 10.1080/0194262X.2018.1431589.
DOI
10.1080/0194262X.2018.1431589
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Notes
This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Science & Technology Libraries on March 14, 2018, available at https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SeGdgzD8xQmrvKpKeF6g/full