Pulmonary tuberculosis: Bibliometric analysis

Abstract

The high prevalence of tuberculosis, complex treatment (requires a lot of time and persistence) with a concomitant integrated approach, which is due to the social dependence of the disease, other aspects make the fight against tuberculosis ineffective, and in some countries – with little prospect. The disease is often accompanied by disability and even death. Therefore, the high prevalence of infectious diseases, including due to airborne transmission, significant time and money associated with treatment, insufficient response to treatment due to the phenomenon of drug resistance, the need to improve treatment taking into account modern advances in medicine in different countries. The aim of the study – to use the capabilities of VOSviewer software in the analysis of publications in the field of pulmonary tuberculosis in the Scopus web database. Materials and Methods. The material for this study was bibliometric data on scientific publications from the Scopus web database, obtained on request for the keyword "pulmonary tuberculosis" for the period 1862–2021. Information processing was performed in the program VOSviewer v.1.6.16. In the course of work the program analysis of 92,263 articles was carried out. Results. The main functions of the VOSviewer software for research of scientific publications are considered in the article. The evaluation of publications on pulmonary tuberculosis in the period 1862–2021 is made, the data of the obtained cartograms with clusters are interpreted. A total of 5 clusters were obtained, which are devoted to the following aspects: complications and diagnosis, socially dependent disease factors, vaccination and genetic-immunological factors, pharmacological aspect and new approaches. Conclusions. Visualization showed that, in general, the authors most actively cover issues of complications and diagnosis, as well as socially dependent factors of the disease, and write less about vaccination or pharmacological aspects

Keywords

• pulmonary tuberculosis
• vosviewer
• scopus
• bibliometric analysis
• visualization
• cartogram
• treatment