Collaboration And Research Hotspot Analysis On Tuberculosis Reasearch Papers

ObjectiveBased on scientometrics and social network analysis methods,this study analyze the collaboration behaviors and keywords on English and Chinese tuberculosis publications,reveal the collaboration situation and research hotspots in the field of tuberculosis and find the law and characteristics of collaboration,and help researchers understand the research dynamics and grasp the research hotspots on tuberculosis.The study aim to provide reference for researchers and institutions to find suitable partners,provide a theoretical basis for the relevant scientific research management to develop strategic planning,promote collaboration in the field of tuberculosis research,and help achieve the goal of ending tuberculosis at an early date.MethodsIt was suitable for this study to select the CNKI and Wan fang as the data source of Chinese publications and select the SCI-E and SSCI indices of the Web of Science as the data source of English papers.Then data was standardized using Python and Excel.The study used the relevant indicators of scientometrics to analyze the number of collaboration publications,collaboration level and scale,find some groups and collaboration characteristics by visually analysing the collaboration network,and used the relevant indicators of social network analysis to analyze the overall and individual attributes in the collaboration network.Using Pajek to extract the network and calculate the related indicators,and VOSviewer mapped the collaboration network.ResultsThe total number of Chinese collaborative publications in the field of tuberculosis has shown a growth trend.The number of papers before 2013 was exponentially increasing,and then gradually declined.The collaboration level and collaboration rate showed a increasing trend.The collaboration level and collaboration rate of authors are higher than those of institutions and regions,there has less collaboration between institutions and regions.The authors form a large collaboration group centered on Wu Xueqiong.There is less collaboration among various groups,and strong collaboration relationships often occur between authors in the same institution.Wu Xueqiong and Xiao Heping are the core authors.There has formed a collaboration group centered on the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention.The strong collaboration relationships are mostly between the institutions from same provinces.The China Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Beijing Chest Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University occupy the core position in the collaboration network and provides a bridge for collaboration between other agencies.The region has formed a relatively close collaboration group with Beijing as the core and radiating to the periphery,and Beijing has established strong collaboration relations with many regions.The growth rate of English collaborative papers in the field of tuberculosis was significant,and the growth trend after 2015 was relatively flat.The collaboration level and collaboration rate increased,and the collaboration level and collaboration rate of author were higher than those of institution and country.The authors form a large collaboration group centered on Van soonlingen,D,surrounded by many smaller collaboration groups,and there is less cooperation between groups.Van Soolingen,D has the largest number of publications,Jacobs,WR has the largest average citation per publication and H index,and Van Soolingen,D have the largest central value.Basso,LA1 and Santos,DS establiched the strongest collaboration relationship.The largest collaboration group centered on Johns Hopkins University,and the collaboration between groups is less.Institutional collaboration mostly occurs between different institutions in the same country.Harvard University has the largest number of publications,followed by the University of Cape Town,and Harvard University and the University of Cape Town have established strong collaboration relationships with most institutions.Harvard University and Hopkins University occupy a central position in the collaboration network.The Institute Pasteur is an important intermediary of the collaboration network.The United States and the United Kingdom have a dominant position in tuberculosis research,and most countries have established strong collaboration ralationships with the United States and the United Kingdom.The number of international collaborative publication increased significantly,but the growth rate of the share of publication is not obvious.The United States has the highest number and share of international collaborative publications.Single-disciplinary publications still account for a substantial proportion of total publications.Tuberculosis research is mostly the cross-integration between different disciplines of life science and biomedicine,and it is not enough to integrate with other disciplines such as science and engineering and social science.In the past few years,the growth rate of the number of collaborative publications has slowed down.The collaboration rate and collaboration level of Chinese research are lower than English.The connectivity and density of the English research collaboration network are higher than that of Chinese research.The network presents less collaboration between groups.The main institutions of Chinese and English research is different.Chinese reasearch are mainly hospitals,while English reasearch are mainly universities.In terms of regions or countries,most regions with high incidence in Chinese reasearch have conducted more research on tuberculosis,and they occupy an important position in the collaboration network.While in English reasearch,low-TB-burden countries have more publications and occupy important positions in the collaboration network.In addition to basic research on types of tuberculosis,diagnosis,treatment,drugs,vaccines,epidemiological investigations,DOTS strategies,and drug-resistant tuberculosis,English reasearch focus on HIV-associated TB,tuberculosis-related immunological,and more research on proteomics and meta-analysis;Chinese research pay more attention to research on health education,nursing,and quality of life of tuberculosis.ConclusionThe total number of collaborative publications in the field of tuberculosis has shown an increasing trend in the past 100 years,but the growth rate has slowed down in recent years;The depth and intensity of collaboration needs to be strengthened,and the level of collaboration of English research paper is higher than Chinese research paper;The core nodes play a role in the collaboration network and promote the research progress of tuberculosis;The hot topics in Chinese and English research papers are basically the same,with different emphasis;The characteristics of main regions in Chinese research papers and main countries in English research papers are different.SuggestionWe should strengthen policy and financial support for tuberculosis research and enhance collaboration;We should cultivate high-impact authors and institutions to enhance the influence of tuberculosis research in China;We should promote research on tuberculosis and help achieve the goal of ending the tuberculosis epidemic.