title: Scientific research in malaria: bibliometric assessment of the Latin-American contributions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Malaria is a parasitic disease of high global impact in public health, including Latin America. There should be more researched, particularly in this region. A bibliometric assessment of the Latin American contributions about malaria was done.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bibliometric study at SCI (1980-2013), MEDLINE/ GOPUBMED (1802-2013), Scopus (1959-2013), SCIELO (2004-2013), LILACS (1980-2013). The studies were characterized by study type, year of publication, city/country of origin, journals and more productive authors, citations and H index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At SCI, 2,806 articles were retrieved (5.13% of the total). Brazil was the highest producer (31.41%), followed by Colombia (14.3%) and Mexico (9.5%). The region received 39,894 citations, 32.2% from Brazil (H index=51), 12.75% Mexico (H index=38), 11.2% Colombia (H index=33). At Scopus, there are 4,150 articles (4.9% of the total), 33.0% Brazil, 11.3% Colombia and 8.8% Mexico; 17% in Brazil were from Universidad de São Paulo; 23.6% of Colombia from Universidad de Antioquia; 15.4% of Mexico from Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. At Medline there were 4,278 records (36.8% Brazil). At SciELO there are 792 records (45.3% Brazil). At LILACS there were 1744 records (34.3% Brazil).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Brazil has the highest output of the region, as Venezuela the scientific production in Malaria was related with the burden of disease. This was not the case for Colombia. Scientific production at bibliographical databases, particularly regionals, is low, compared to the high incidence of this disease that requires more research and control.
authors: Marcela
authors: M
authors: Munoz-Urbano
authors: Andres F
authors: AF
authors: Lopez-Isaza
authors: Natalia
authors: N
authors: Hurtado-Hurtado
authors: Daniela
authors: D
authors: Gomez-Suta
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Murillo-Abadia
authors: Nathalia
authors: N
authors: Delgado-Osorio
authors: Guillermo J
authors: GJ
authors: Lagos-Grisales
authors: Soraya
authors: S
authors: Villegas
authors: Diego A
authors: DA
authors: Medina-Morales
authors: Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. arodriguezm@utp.edu.co.
authors: Alfonso J
authors: AJ
authors: Rodriguez-Morales
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D055552:Infectious Disease Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011379:Prognosis; D039781:PubMed; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D017780:Malaria Vaccines