Dengue Research: Three Dimensional Bibliometric Study of the Global Research Output During 1989-2015

Abstract

Dengue fever is undoubtedly one of the most rapidly spread mosquito borne re-emerging infection that poses significant threat to about half of the world’s population. People working in this field have taken dengue seriously it is reflected from the continuous increasing number of publications during 1989-2015. This study is an attempt to make a 3D bibliometric portfolio of research on dengue. This 3D bibliometric analysis portray the dengue research through various measures quality, quantity, consistency and two secondary indicators h index and z index. The data retrieved from the Web of Science. Number of publications increases 70 folds in given time span during 1989-2015. Vietnam has the highest impact (quality) while India has the lowest impact among the leading countries. Taiwan has a higher variability 0.41 (consistency ƞ), whereas Germany has a lower consistency. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research WRAIR of USA has the highest impact (quality) while Universidade DE Sao Paulo of Brazil has the lowest impact among the organisations in the list. University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston (USA) has a highest consistency 0.33, whereas University of Massachusetts System (USA) has a lowest consistency (0.03).