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A Bibliometric Analysis of PubMed Literature on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Identifieur interne : 000096 ( Pmc/Curation ); précédent : 000095; suivant : 000097

A Bibliometric Analysis of PubMed Literature on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Auteurs : Zhengting Wang ; Yongdi Chen ; Gaofeng Cai ; Zhenggang Jiang ; Kui Liu ; Bin Chen ; Jianmin Jiang ; Hua Gu

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RBID : PMC:4924040

Abstract

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a pandemic threat to human beings, has aroused huge concern worldwide, but no bibliometric studies have been conducted on MERS research. The aim of this study was to map research productivity on the disease based on the articles indexed in PubMed. The articles related to MERS dated from 2012 to 2015 were retrieved from PubMed. The articles were classified into three categories according to their focus. Publication outputs were assessed and frequently used terms were mapped using the VOS viewer software. A total of 443 articles were included for analysis. They were published in 162 journals, with Journal of Virology being the most productive (44 articles; 9.9%) and by six types of organizations, with universities being the most productive (276 articles; 62.4%).The largest proportion of the articles focused on basic medical sciences and clinical studies (47.2%) and those on prevention and control ranked third (26.2%), with those on other focuses coming in between (26.6%). The articles on prevention and control had the highest mean rank for impact factor (IF) (226.34), followed by those on basic medical sciences and clinical studies (180.23) and those on other focuses (168.03). The mean rank differences were statistically significant (p = 0.000). Besides, “conronavirus”, “case”, “transmission” and “detection” were found to be the most frequently used terms. The findings of this first bibliometric study on MERS suggest that the prevention and control of the disease has become a big concern and related research should be strengthened.


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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13060583
PubMed: 27304963
PubMed Central: 4924040

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<surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Zhengting</given-names>
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<surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>Yongdi</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="fn1-ijerph-13-00583"></xref>
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<surname>Cai</surname>
<given-names>Gaofeng</given-names>
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<name>
<surname>Jiang</surname>
<given-names>Zhenggang</given-names>
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<name>
<surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Kui</given-names>
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<name>
<surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>Bin</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Jiang</surname>
<given-names>Jianmin</given-names>
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<xref rid="c1-ijerph-13-00583" ref-type="corresp">*</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gu</surname>
<given-names>Hua</given-names>
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<xref rid="c1-ijerph-13-00583" ref-type="corresp">*</xref>
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<surname>Tchounwou</surname>
<given-names>Paul B.</given-names>
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<aff id="af1-ijerph-13-00583">Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 3399 Binsheng Road, Binjiang District, Zhejiang 310051, China;
<email>ztwang@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(Z.W.);
<email>ydchen@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(Y.C.);
<email>gfcai@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(G.C.);
<email>zhgjiang@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(Z.J.);
<email>kliu@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(K.L.);
<email>bchen@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(B.C.)</aff>
<author-notes>
<corresp id="c1-ijerph-13-00583">
<label>*</label>
Correspondence:
<email>jmjiang@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(J.J.);
<email>hgu@cdc.zj.cn</email>
(H.G.); Tel.: +86-571-8711-5009 (J.J.); +86-571-8711-5099 (H.G.)</corresp>
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<p>These authors contributed equally to this work.</p>
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<month>6</month>
<year>2016</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>6</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<issue>6</issue>
<elocation-id>583</elocation-id>
<history>
<date date-type="received">
<day>15</day>
<month>5</month>
<year>2016</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted">
<day>07</day>
<month>6</month>
<year>2016</year>
</date>
</history>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
<license>
<license-p>
<pmc-comment>CREATIVE COMMONS</pmc-comment>
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).</license-p>
</license>
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<abstract>
<p>Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a pandemic threat to human beings, has aroused huge concern worldwide, but no bibliometric studies have been conducted on MERS research. The aim of this study was to map research productivity on the disease based on the articles indexed in PubMed. The articles related to MERS dated from 2012 to 2015 were retrieved from PubMed. The articles were classified into three categories according to their focus. Publication outputs were assessed and frequently used terms were mapped using the VOS viewer software. A total of 443 articles were included for analysis. They were published in 162 journals, with
<italic>Journal of Virology</italic>
being the most productive (44 articles; 9.9%) and by six types of organizations, with universities being the most productive (276 articles; 62.4%).The largest proportion of the articles focused on basic medical sciences and clinical studies (47.2%) and those on prevention and control ranked third (26.2%), with those on other focuses coming in between (26.6%). The articles on prevention and control had the highest mean rank for impact factor (IF) (226.34), followed by those on basic medical sciences and clinical studies (180.23) and those on other focuses (168.03). The mean rank differences were statistically significant (
<italic>p</italic>
= 0.000). Besides, “conronavirus”, “case”, “transmission” and “detection” were found to be the most frequently used terms. The findings of this first bibliometric study on MERS suggest that the prevention and control of the disease has become a big concern and related research should be strengthened.</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd>Middle East Respiratory Syndrome</kwd>
<kwd>MERS</kwd>
<kwd>literature review</kwd>
<kwd>bibliometrics</kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front>
<floats-group>
<fig id="ijerph-13-00583-f001" position="float">
<label>Figure 1</label>
<caption>
<p>Flowchart.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="ijerph-13-00583-g001"></graphic>
</fig>
<fig id="ijerph-13-00583-f002" position="float">
<label>Figure 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Map of frequent terms in MERS articles indexed in PubMed.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="ijerph-13-00583-g002"></graphic>
</fig>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t001" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t001_Table 1</object-id>
<label>Table 1</label>
<caption>
<p>Breakdown of the research domains.</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Category</th>
<th align="left" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Research Domain</th>
<th align="left" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Detailed Research Objectives</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4" align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">Prevention and control study</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Transmission and risk factors</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<p>Determine the routes of transmission, risk factors and disease determinants</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Investigation and surveillance</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<p>Describe the outbreak (time, place, and persons)</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Search for causative agent (identification and characteristics)</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Investigate transmission (determine the modes and routes of transmission, estimate the transmission probability and variability andpredict future trends of the present outbreak)</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Intervention</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<p>Describe the use of specific intervention in the population</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Estimate and evaluate effectiveness of the intervention</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Develop methods and/or tools for real-time monitoring during the outbreak</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Others</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<p>Promote planning and policy-making by health services</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Investigate psychobehaviors</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Other epidemiological studies</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Basic medical sciences and clinical study</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<p>Pathogenesis</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Microbiology</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Etiology</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Diagnosis (development and evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of diagnosis methods)</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Treatment (assessment of efficacy and adverse events)</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Prognosis (description of the outcomes and identification of the prognostic factors)</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Others</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<p>Drugs, vaccines research and development</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>Reviews and comments</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t002" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t002_Table 2</object-id>
<label>Table 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Ten most productive journals (with impact factors (IF)) with MERS articles during the period from 2012 to 2015.</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Standard Competition Ranking</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Journal</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total (%)</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">IF (2014)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1st</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Journal of Virology</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44 (9.9%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.439</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2nd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Emerging Infectious Diseases</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26 (5.9%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.751</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3rd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Euro Surveillance</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20 (4.5%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.722</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>The Lancet Infectious Diseases</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17 (3.8%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.433</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Virus Research</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15 (3.4%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.324</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>The Journal of Infectious Diseases</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11 (2.5%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.997</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>MBIO</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11 (2.5%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.786</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>International Journal of Infectious Diseases</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10 (2.3%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.859</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Antiviral Research</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9 (2.0%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.938</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>The Lancet</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9 (2.0%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.217</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>PLoS ONE</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9 (2.0%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.234</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Virology</italic>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9 (2.0%)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.181</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t003" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t003_Table 3</object-id>
<label>Table 3</label>
<caption>
<p>Ten most productive countries with MERS articles during the period from 2012 to 2015.</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Standard Competition Ranking</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Country</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Articles (%)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1st</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">130 (29.3%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2nd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">China</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">64 (14.4%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3rd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Saudi Arabia</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">60 (13.5%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Germany</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31 (7.0%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The Netherlands</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23 (5.2%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">France</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15 (3.4%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">UK</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12 (2.78%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Australia</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10 (2.3%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Singapore</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7 (1.6%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Japan</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6 (1.4%)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t004" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t004_Table 4</object-id>
<label>Table 4</label>
<caption>
<p>Ten most productive organizations with MERS articles during the period from 2012 to 2015.</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Standard Competition Ranking</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Organizations</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Number of Documents (%)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1st</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24 (5.4%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2nd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The University of Hong Kong, China</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19 (4.3%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3rd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">University of Bonn, Germany</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17 (3.8%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">National Institutes of Health, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16 (3.6%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">University of North Carolina, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13 (2.9%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10 (2.3%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9 (2.0%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">New York Blood Center, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9 (2.0%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Loyola University Chicago, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8 (1.8%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7 (1.6%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">University of Maryland, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7 (1.6%)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t005" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t005_Table 5</object-id>
<label>Table 5</label>
<caption>
<p>Ten most productive corresponding authors with MERS articles during the period from 2012 to 2015.</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Standard Competition Ranking</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Author</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Affiliation</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Publication</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Memish, Z.A.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2nd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Al-Tawfiq, J.A.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2nd</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Drosten, C.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">University of Bonn, Germany</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Baker, S.C.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Loyola University Chicago, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Reusken, C.B.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Baric, R.S.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Jiang, S.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">New York Blood Center, USA</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Gautret, P.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Aix Marseille University, France</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hemida, M.G.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hui, D.S.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8th</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Woo, P.C.</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The University of Hong Kong, China</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t006" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t006_Table 6</object-id>
<label>Table 6</label>
<caption>
<p>Research categories across years (
<italic>n</italic>
= 443).</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Year</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Publication (
<italic>n</italic>
)</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Prevention and Control Studies
<italic>n</italic>
(%)</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Studies
<italic>n</italic>
(%)</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Others n (%)</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>X</italic>
<sup>2</sup>
</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>p</italic>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">104</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25 (24.0)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41 (39.4)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38 (36.5)</td>
<td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">23.849</td>
<td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">0.000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2014</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">215</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">69 (32.1)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">110 (51.2)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">36 (16.7)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2015</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">124</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22 (17.7)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">58 (46.8)</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44 (35.5)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t007" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t007_Table 7</object-id>
<label>Table 7</label>
<caption>
<p>Impact factors across research categories.</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">Category</th>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">Publication</th>
<th colspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1">IF</th>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">
<italic>X</italic>
<sup>2</sup>
</th>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">
<italic>p</italic>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Minimum</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Maximum</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Median (25%, 75%)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Prevention and control studies</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">99</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.59</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">55.87</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.99 (3.01, 8.88)</td>
<td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">16.031</td>
<td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">0.000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Basic medical sciences and clinical studies</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">192</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.72</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">55.87</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.43 (3.01, 5.99)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Others</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">87</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.25</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.22</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.00 (2.32, 6.26)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<table-wrap id="ijerph-13-00583-t008" position="float">
<object-id pub-id-type="pii">ijerph-13-00583-t008_Table 8</object-id>
<label>Table 8</label>
<caption>
<p>IF across different domains in prevention and control study (
<italic>n</italic>
= 99).</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
<thead>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">Domain</th>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">Publication</th>
<th colspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1">IF</th>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">
<italic>X</italic>
<sup>2</sup>
</th>
<th rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top:solid thin;border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">
<italic>p</italic>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Minimum</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Maximum</th>
<th align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Median (25%, 75%)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Transmission and risk factors</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.36</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">55.87</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.99 (2.80, 7.83)</td>
<td rowspan="4" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">1.936</td>
<td rowspan="4" align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" colspan="1">0.586</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Investigation and surveillance</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.59</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">55.87</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.74 (2.92, 6.75)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Intervention</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.60</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.22</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.75 (3.33, 23.00)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Others</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.78</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.22</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-bottom:solid thin" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.75 (3.93, 22.43)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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