Publication trends of Allergy, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, and Clinical and Translational Allergy journals: a MeSH term-based bibliometric analysis

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018-02-22

Authors

António José Soares (Author) FMUP; Martinho Dias, D (Author) FMUP; Sousa Pinto, B (Author) FMUP; Botelho Souza, J (Author) FMUP; Delgado, L (Author) FMUP; Fonseca, J (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Clinical and Translational Allergy

Vol. 8

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 7 Citations

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00N-KK0

DOI: 10.1186/s13601-018-0191-1

Abstract (EN): We performed a MeSH term-based bibliometric analysis aiming to assess the publication trends of EAACI journals, namely Allergy, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (PAI) (from 1990 to 2015) and Clinical and Translational Allergy (CTA) (from its inception in 2011 to 2015). We also aimed to discuss the impact of the creation of CTA in the publication topics of Allergy and PAI. We analysed a total of 1973 articles and 23,660 MeSH terms. Most MeSH terms in the three journals fell in the category of "basic immunology and molecular biology" (BIMB). During the studied period, we observed an increase in the proportion of MeSH terms on BIMB, and a decreasing proportion of terms on allergic rhinitis and aeroallergens. The observed changes in Allergy and PAI publication topics hint at a possible impact from CTA creation.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4