Transcript A comparative study of the literature on HIV/AIDS in China and India

A Comparative Study of the Literature on HIV/AIDS in China and India:
A Scientometric Study
Kun-Yuan Tsai1, Wen-Ta Chiu2, Kai-Yun Chen3, Yi-Shun Huang3, Yu-Chia Hsieh4 and Yuh-Shan Ho5
1Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University - Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University - Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
4Department of Infectious Disease, Taipei Medical University - Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
5Bibliometric Centre, Taipei Medical University - Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Introduction
Africa has received the most attention of AIDS which is also spreading swiftly in other parts of the world. Russia and Ukraine had the fastestgrowing epidemics 2002, and many experts believe China and India will suffer the next tidal wave of infection. The purpose of this study was
to compare HIV/AIDS-related research performances in India and China during 1991 to 2004. The database was compiled from Science
Citation Index (SCI) and compared by the publication output, collaboration level, and author keywords.
Methods
Documents used in this study were based on the databases of the SCI which was accessed from the ISI Web of Science, Philadelphia, PA,
USA. Selected documents included HIV or AIDS as a part of its title, abstract, or keyword.
Results
Figure 1. Relationship between annual publication
output and year for China and India
Table 3. Ten most used author keywords in the stroke-related research
90
No. of articles
80
70
China
India
60
50
40
30
20
10
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
0
Year
Table 1. Publication distribution by impact factor
Country
IF  3
3 > IF  2
2 > IF  1
IF < 1
China
55
104
69
91
India
71
79
80
134
China
P
India
P
HIV-1
26
HIV
54
HIV
14
INDIA
46
HIV-1 gp41
10
AIDS
25
Hong Kong
7
HIV-1
18
Neutralizing epitope
7
Tuberculosis
12
AIDS
6
HIV infection
11
HIV infection
5
Anti-HIV activity
8
HIV/AIDS
5
QSAR
8
Human
immunodeficiency virus
type 1
5
Epidemiology
7
Antiviral activity
4
Quantitative
structure-activity relationship
7
Table 4. Publication distribution by journal’s category
Table 2. Major characteristics of the research
Country
SP (%)
CP (%)
P
India
283 (70)
119 (30)
402
China
129 (46)
153 (54)
282
SP, single country publications
CP, international collaborative publications
P, no. of articles
Category
India
Category
China
Immunology
116
Immunology
80
Infectious Diseases
80
Infectious Diseases
60
Medicine, General & Internal
67
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 50
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 64
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
44
Virology
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
34
42
Conclusions
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The yearly publications have increased from 1991 to 2004 for India and China.
The overall performance of China’s HIV/AIDS research indicated that India has higher productivity before 2002.
The US was the most frequent partner for both India and China with 69 and 92 collaborative articles, respectively.
The most productive corresponding institutes in each country were Tsinghua University at China and India Institute of Medical Sciences at
India.