Abstract
Introduction: Malaria is a protozoan disease that continues to be a serious public health problem in Latin America. The goal was to describe the scientific production of malaria in Latin America during the period 2011-2020. Materials and methods: Bibliometric study. A systematic search was carried out in Scopus, articles in IMRD format carried out in humans with malaria as the main variable were included, during the period 2011-2020. Results: 1731 malaria articles were found in Scopus, of which 590 (34.08%) were included according to the selection criteria. Scientific publication increased from 2011 to 2020 by 147.22%. It was found that 415 (70.33%) studies were published in Q1 journals and 141 (23.9%) published in Malaria Journal. Likewise, 506 (85.76%) studies were written in English language and the most influential funding entity was the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 117 (11.44%). In 271 (45.93%) studies, the corresponding author had Brazilian affiliation, and in 53 (8.98%) articles the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz predominated. Regarding the design, 274 (46.44%) studies were descriptive, 260 (44.07%) were epidemiological and 286 (48.47%) were carried out with people from the community. Latin American scientific production on malaria has increased; there is predominance in Q1 journals, with Malaria Journal being the most important. Most of the studies are descriptive related to epidemiology. Efforts are required to increase scientific production in the rest of the Latin American countries with a high prevalence of malaria
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