ReviewGlobalization and health2020
Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on climate change and human health with an emphasis on infectious diseases.
Review in Globalization and health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 172 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cranberry-derived bioactives for the prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections: antimicrobial mechanisms and global research trends in nutraceutical applications.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Climate on Human Dengue Infections in the Caribbean.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Health Services in Northern New South Wales, Australia: A Rapid Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Oropouche virus infection: clinical spectrum, geographic expansion, and emerging maternal-fetal implications.Infection · 2026Review
- Impact of climate change on the global circulation of chikungunya virus: current evidence, future projections, and adaptation strategies.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Review
- The urban infection susceptibility index and its application in cities of China.Biosafety and health · 2026Article
- Application of a Temporal Fusion Transformer and Long-Term Climate and Disease Data to Assess the Predictive Power and Understand the Drivers for Malaria and Dengue.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Associations Between Nursing Faculty Expertise in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Research Impact Metrics: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Mapping the scientific landscape of Lassa virus: a 55-year bibliometric study (1970-2025).Science in One Health · 2026Article
- Bibliometric Analysis of the Evolution and Distribution of Research on Analytical Methods for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Plant extracts with antioxidant and hepatoprotective benefits for liver health: A bibliometric analysis of drug delivery systems.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Changes of abdominal wall tension across various resistance exercises during maximal and submaximal loads in healthy adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Blood pressure changes during different methods of resistance training in normotensive and stage 1 hypertensive individuals: a repeated measures cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Navigating the complex landscape of waterborne disease research.Journal of water and health · 2025Review
- Reconstruction of the Discourse on Influenza During Pandemics Between 1889 and 1980 in the Predecessor Journal of Swiss Medical Weekly - A Narrative Review and Bibliometric Analysis.Public health reviews · 2025Review
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and serotonin syndrome: a comparative bibliometric analysis.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2024Review
- Impact of climate change on the global circulation of West Nile virus and adaptation responses: a scoping review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2024Article
- Health journal coverage of climate change and health: a bibliometric study.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Climate Change and Human Health in Africa in Relation to Opportunities to Strengthen Mitigating Potential and Adaptive Capacity: Strategies to Inform an African "Brains Trust".Annals of global health · 2024Review
- Brain Disorder Detection and Diagnosis using Machine Learning and Deep Learning - A Bibliometric Analysis.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
backgroundAssessing research activity is important for planning future protective and adaptive policies. The objective of the current study was to assess research activity on climate change and health with an emphasis on infectious diseases.
methodA bibliometric method was applied using SciVerse Scopus. Documents on climate change and human health were called "health-related literature" while documents on climate change and infectious diseases were called "infection-related literature". The study period was from 1980 to 2019.
resultsThe search query found 4247 documents in the health-related literature and 1207 in the infection-related literature. The growth of publications showed a steep increase after 2007. There were four research themes in the health-related literature: (1) climate change and infectious diseases; (2) climate change, public health and food security; (3) heat waves, mortality, and non-communicable diseases; and (4) climate change, air pollution, allergy, and respiratory health. The most frequently encountered pathogens/infectious diseases in the infection-related literature were malaria and dengue. Documents in infection-related literature had a higher h-index than documents in the health-related literature. The top-cited documents in the health-related literature focused on food security, public health, and infectious diseases while those in infection-related literature focused on water-, vector-, and mosquito-borne diseases. The European region had the highest contribution in health-related literature (n = 1626; 38.3%) and infection-related literature (n = 497; 41.2%). The USA led with 1235 (29.1%) documents in health-related literature and 365 (30.2%) documents in infection-related literature. The Australian National University ranked first in the health-related literature while the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ranked first in the infection-related literature. International research collaboration was inadequate. Documents published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal received the highest citations per document. A total of 1416 (33.3%) documents in the health-related literature were funded while 419 (34.7%) documents in the infection-related literature were funded.
conclusionResearch on climate change and human health is on the rise with research on infection-related issues making a good share. International research collaboration should be funded and supported. Future research needs to focus on the impact of climate change on psychosocial, mental, innovations, policies, and preparedness of health systems.
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