Advances in the research development on ticks and tick-borne diseases: a bibliometric analysis

doi:10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2023.05.013

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Objective We used bibliometric analysis approach to compare and analyze the current status, hot fields and developing prospects in the research field of ticks and tick-borne diseases in China and worldwide in the last two decades, and put forward recommendations for the future research on tick and tick-borne diseases in China. Methods Relevant literatures about ticks and tick-borne diseases were searched through China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science (WoS) from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2022. CiteSpace6.2.R2 was used for the analysis with information of keywords, authors and institutions. Results A total of 944 Chinese and 27 428 English publications were collected and analyzed. The number of literatures on ticks and tick-borne diseases both domestically and internationally showed an increasing trend year after year, with the number of English publications far exceeding that of Chinese publications. The hot fields of domestic research focused on tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease, African swine fever, Haemaphysalis longicornis and Dermacentor nuttalli, etc. and several targeted tick-borne diseases, such as tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease and African swine fever, etc. The research hot fields from other parts of the world mainly focused on Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, rickettsiosis, anaplasmosis, Ixodes ricinus and Boophilus microplus, etc. Although the research hot fields were generally consistent in the fields between domestic and other parts of the world, the hot topics were different. Domestic frontier research remained focused on specific disease epidemiology and applied regular molecular techniques to detecting ticks and tick-borne pathogens. International research frontier focused on molecular detection, vaccines, and complex infection diagnosis. Conclusion In the last two decades, with the increasing burden of diseases, the research on tick and tick-borne diseases has received more attention and has been improved through cutting-edge multidisciplinary technology along with One Health concept. Although China’s research in this field started late, the research level is already at the forefront. However, domestic research needs to strengthen on the application of new technologies, expand international cooperation networks, and integrative studies that use One Health approach to control tick and tick-borne diseases.

Key words: Bibliometric, Ticks and tick-borne diseases, Tick-borne pathogens, Research hotspot, Development trend, One Health

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R384.4

FEI Siwei, ZHAO Hanqing, YIN Jingxian, SUN Zhishan, GUO Xiaokui, KASSEGNE Kokouvi, ZHOU Xiaonong. Advances in the research development on ticks and tick-borne diseases: a bibliometric analysis[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES, 2023, 41(5): 609-618.

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