Abstract
Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN), which includes 32 research institutes around the world, is a network of research and expertise to fight against infectious diseases. A scientometric approach was applied to describe research and collaboration activities of IPIN. Publications were identified using a manual search of IPIN member addresses in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) between 2006 and 2011. Total publications were then subcategorized by geographic regions. Several scientometric indicators and the H-index were employed to estimate the scientific production of each IPIN member. Subject and geographical overlay maps were also applied to visualize the network activities of the IPIN members. A total number of 12667 publications originated from IPIN members. Each author produced an average number of 2.18 papers and each publication received an average of 13.40 citations. European Pasteur Institutes had the largest amount of publications, authored papers, and H-index values. Biochemistry and molecular biology, microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases were the most important research topics, respectively. Geographic mapping of IPIN publications showed wide international collaboration among IPIN members around the world. IPIN has strong ties with national and international authorities and organizations to investigate the current and future health issues. It is recommended to use scientometric and collaboration indicators as measures of research performance in IPIN future policies and investment decisions.
Highlights
Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN), which includes 32 research institutes around the world, is a network of research and expertise to fight against infectious diseases
Subject and geographical overlay maps were applied to visualize the network activities of the Results: A total number of 12667 publications originated from IPIN members
This review resulted in publications originating from the IPIN members, and each article was subcategorized by geographic regions
Summary
Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN), which includes 32 research institutes around the world, is a network of research and expertise to fight against infectious diseases. During the last few years, significant advances in controlling and preventing infectious diseases have resulted in notable developments on health promotion worldwide (e.g. new vaccines against chicken pox, meningitis, human papilloma virus, and rotavirus infectious and the imminent eradication of polio) [1,2,3,4]. Global emerging infectious diseases, outbreaks and old diseases rebound are increasingly threatening the public health around the world. There is a public interest concerning emerging infectious diseases requesting a global response of integrated control via the global work and collaboration in fighting against infectious diseases especially in countries where they emerge. Three of the top ten causes of death, or approximately 24% of all deaths made infectious diseases one of the most leading causes of mortality in low- and middleincome countries [6], where the most recent advances are often unavailable to the populations most in need [7].
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