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For instance, in Brazil most cases are related to zoonotic transmission from naturally infected cats, and the majority of cases in China are due to external injury with environmental materials. Publications on sporotrichosis and on its etiologic agent may guide the direction of the research in this field. It can also define priorities for future studies.\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Methods:<\/ns4:bold>\n                    In this study, we evaluated the trends of global research in\n                    <ns4:italic>Sporothrix<\/ns4:italic>\n                    and sporotrichosis, based on publications records retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science databases for the period of 1945 to 2018. The overall productivity in the field, its geographical and temporal distribution, research themes, co-authorship networks, funding sources, and if audience and research findings are addressed in the abstracts.\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Results:<\/ns4:bold>\n                    A total of 4,007 unique publications involving 99 countries were retrieved, most of them published after 2000. Authors based on institutions from the United States of America and Brazil accounted for 57.4% of the publications. Brazil was the leading country in terms of research collaboration and networking, with co-authorship with 45 countries. The thematic mapping revealed a temporal shift from clinical to applied research. Despite the large number of countries publishing in this field, most of funded studies came from Brazil, Mexico, China, South Africa, or the United States of America. The analysis of content identified few specific public health recommendations for prevention, case-management, or research. Moreover, most papers do not have a clearly defined intended audience.\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Conclusion:<\/ns4:bold>\n                    As the research in this field is emerging in several countries, with the generation of a large amount of data, it is necessary that scientists strengthen efforts to translate the research results into practice to curb this neglected infection.\n                  <\/ns4:p>","DOI":"10.12688\/f1000research.24250.2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,9]],"date-time":"2021-04-09T12:05:31Z","timestamp":1617969931000},"page":"654","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/f1000research.crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Bibliometric assessment and key messages of sporotrichosis research (1945-2018)"],"prefix":"10.12688","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Priscila Costa","family":"Albuquerque","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bruna de Paula","family":"Fonseca e Fonseca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fabio","family":"Zicker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rosely Maria","family":"Zancop\u00e9-Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6639-6058","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rodrigo","family":"Almeida-Paes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2560","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref-1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3-14","DOI":"10.1093\/mmy\/myu062","article-title":"Global epidemiology of sporotrichosis.","volume":"53","author":"A Chakrabarti","year":"2015","journal-title":"Med Mycol."},{"key":"ref-2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"606-20","DOI":"10.1590\/abd1806-4841.2017279","article-title":"Sporotrichosis: an update on epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, laboratory and clinical therapeutics.","volume":"92","author":"R Orofino-Costa","year":"2017","journal-title":"An Bras Dermatol."},{"key":"ref-3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"293-308","DOI":"10.1590\/s0001-37652006000200009","article-title":"Sporothrix schenckii and sporotrichosis.","volume":"78","author":"L Lopes-Bezerra","year":"2006","journal-title":"An Acad Bras Cienc."},{"key":"ref-4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"88-90","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mmcr.2013.03.002","article-title":"An environmental Sporothrix as a cause of corneal ulcer.","volume":"2","author":"A Morrison","year":"2013","journal-title":"Med Mycol Case Rep."},{"key":"ref-5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3198-206","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.00808-07","article-title":"Sporothrix brasiliensis, S. globosa, and S. mexicana, three new Sporothrix species of clinical interest.","volume":"45","author":"R Marimon","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Clin Microbiol."},{"key":"ref-6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"621-5","DOI":"10.1080\/13693780801992837","article-title":"Sporothrix luriei: a rare fungus from clinical origin.","volume":"46","author":"R Marimon","year":"2008","journal-title":"Med Mycol."},{"key":"ref-7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"246-64","DOI":"10.1016\/j.funbio.2015.05.006","article-title":"Sporothrix chilensis sp. nov. 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thank this reviewer for her helpful comments that helped to improve the quality of our manuscript. Our point-by-point responses are presented below:  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>It is strongly recommended that searches in bibliometric studies be conducted in specialized databases. Although the used methodology which includes data from several sources is strong, the study should include other data sources in the field. I also suggest the inclusion of the Medline database in this study. I suggest that only articles published in journals be used, as they are more relevant documents that report completed research. Peer-reviewed journals provide scientific credibility and are not as biased as other indexed documents, such as letters, notes, editorials, etc. \n<b>Our response:&nbsp;<\/b>The authors chose as methodological approach not to use regional bases as&nbsp; SciELO and LILACS, due to the difficulty to obtain total equivalence for a global analysis, since other regional bases should be included and the difficulty of&nbsp; data harmonization. Scopus includes a more expanded spectrum of journals (covers 100% of Medline and Embase) and Web of Science covers the oldest publications. Also, metadata for multiple affiliations for each author or contributor are included in Pubmed only at the end of 2014. \n<b>Action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>The sentence in methods was altered in order to clarify the point raised by the reviewer identifying the different types of articles analyzed (original articles, reviews, letters and editorials). Please see Souce of data section.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Although the methodological stage \u201cImplications for practice\u201d shows an interesting innovation in its approach, it should be interpreted with care. To validate the results, I suggest that this stage be improved with two independent experts analyzing a statistical percentage of the sample. \n<b>Our response:&nbsp;<\/b>We appreciate the sugestion. The proposal of this research was to evaluate a methodology to identify messages and technical recommendations for action in the abstracts of scientific publications on sporotrichosis.&nbsp;In this first moment, the authors do not intend to analyze the messages, but the validation of the recovery methodology. And, in fact, two of the authors reviewed the data. In the further analysis, in order to validate the recovery of recommendations, two independently experts will always review the recommendations. \n<b>Action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>The text has been modified to clarify that this was a methodological evaluation proposal, rather than a comprehensive analysis of implications for practice. We also clarified that two evaluators collected the data.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Although the analysis of studies on the subject in the four periods shows different behaviors, these ranges are not used in other analyses. In this way, this presentation is somewhat disconnected with the general context of the article. The other results are well presented and consistently discussed. \n<b>Our response:&nbsp;<\/b>The reviewer raised an important point. Our initial analysis of the four periods revealed that two of them, 1945-1962 and 1992-2002, publications remained without significant variation. The strongest variation occurred after 2002, which coincides with the start of publications about the Brazilian zoonotic epidemics of sporotrichosis. Therefore, for subsequent analysis, we chose to separate the articles only in two periods: before and after the beginning of the Brazilian sporotrichosis epidemics. \n<b>Action taken:<\/b> The issue raised by the reviewer was clarified in the research trends section of results and further addressed in the discussion.    \n<b>&nbsp;<\/b>","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/9-654\/v2#referee-comment-6516","order":2,"name":"referee-comment-6516","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"10.5256\/f1000research.26752.r77886, Daniel Zamith-Miranda, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, 24 Feb 2021, version 1, 3 approved with reservations","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/9-654\/v1#referee-response-77886","order":3,"name":"referee-response-77886","label":"Referee Report","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"<b>Rodrigo Almeida-Paes<\/b>; \n<i>Posted: 29 Mar 2021<\/i>; The authors thank the careful revision of our manuscript. Our point-by-point response to the reviewers comments are presented below:  \n<b>Reviewer comment: <\/b>When citing reference #15, the authors should highlight that the cited bibliometric analyses were about tuberculosis. Otherwise, the reader may think that those analyses were already made for sporotrichosis and that would decrease the impact of the current work. End of third paragraph: \u201cimpact\u201d is more appropriate than \u201cimpacts\u201d. \n<b>Our response and action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>Thank you for the corrections.&nbsp;We have added reference #15 to emphasize the potential of network analysis. We have clarified the article findings as suggested.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Methods:&nbsp;Is citation #19 correctly referenced? Isn\u2019t the publishing year supposed to be included at least? \n<b>Our response and action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>Thank you for the corrections. All references were carefully reviewed and corrected as suggested. The correct year is 2009.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Results:&nbsp;What is reference 23? Is it a preprint? Is it the same work as this manuscript published somewhere else? \n<b>Our response and action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>This reference refers to the raw data generated in this study that are available at Open Science Framework: Bibliometric assessment of sporotrichosis research.&nbsp;\n<u>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17605\/OSF.IO\/MXU6V&nbsp;<\/u>This was a requirement of the journal.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Table 3: Why does the Rank of all publications, after going from 1 \u2013 10, go to 22, 24, 23, 21, and 26? Isn\u2019t that supposed to be the top 15 journals? \n<b>Our response: <\/b>Our intention with this table is to show the top 10 global journals and the top 10 journals publishing Brazilian research. Sometimes a journal within the Brazilian top 10 is not within the top 10 global journals, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, for instance (top 6 Brazilian and 24th global). \n<b>Action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>Table 3 caption was amended to include the description of rank comparison.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Figure 4: From A to D, most of what is written is way too small. Even when zooming in, some words are difficult to read. I recommend the authors to at least increase the resolution, but also try to rearrange the panels in order to make it easier for the reader. Even 4c and 4D have distinct resolution, even though the text is supposed to be identical among them. Fig. 4 Legend: \u201c(b) The heat map shows the most frequent terms in the period analyzed\u201d. Please specify the period. \n<b>Our response and action taken: <\/b>Regarding Figure 4 resolution, we gave our best to increase font letters as requested but, to do it, figure would be larger than the page size. However, all terms that generated the figure are presented in the (F2) NetVoS.txt (Network file for VOSViewer software) underlying data, available at&nbsp;https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17605\/OSF.IO\/MXU6V. The legend of the figure was rewritten, to comply with the reviewer's request.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:<\/b>&nbsp;Fig 5A: I am not sure if this figure is adding information or even helping the understanding of the text. The authors should consider to change the format, or even take it out of the manuscript. \n<b>Our response and action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>According to the reviewer suggestion, the figure was removed from the manuscript.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Fig 6: It seems that, besides the research networks, this figure is also about the distribution of scientific institutions in Brazil. Merging the current figure with a map would make it easier to visualize. \n<b>Our response:&nbsp;<\/b>Unfortunately, we were not able to merge this figure with a map. We apologize for this situation.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>Table 7: Consider to keep it as supplementary information. \n<b>Our response:&nbsp;<\/b>F1000Research&nbsp;does not accept supplementary material, so we kept the table within the main article.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>In \u201c\u2026This fact, together with the increase in the average degree and size of the giant component\u2026\u201d. Please clarify what is the giant component. \n<b>Our response and action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>The giant component is the network core (Mentioned in the results section - Network evolution among Brazilian institutions). This information was added to the text.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>In \u201c\u2026It is interesting to note that just recently, sporotrichosis has spread to the Northeast and Center-Western regions of the country\u2026\u201d. For the sake of being consistent with the nomenclature used in Results, please change Center-Western to Midwest. \n<b>Our response and action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>The text was changed accordingly.  \n<b>Reviewer comment: <\/b>In \u201c\u2026In our analysis, publications co-authored by Brazilians researchers have more tentative and minimal\u2026\u201d, change to Brazilian researchers. \n<b>Our response and action taken:&nbsp;<\/b>The text was changed accordingly.  \n<b>Reviewer comment:&nbsp;<\/b>I agree with the other reviewer that conclusions regarding implications in practice cannot be taken based on the method used. \n<b>Our response and action taken: <\/b>As requested by all reviewers,\n<b>&nbsp;<\/b>the text has been rewritten to demonstrate the proposal for key message recovery methodology and not to conclude implications for practice.","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/9-654\/v2#referee-comment-6517","order":4,"name":"referee-comment-6517","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"Software licenses were funded by the Instituto Nacional de Ci\u00eancia e Tecnologia de Inova\u00e7\u00e3o em Doen\u00e7as de Popula\u00e7\u00f5es Negligenciadas (INCT-IDPN). RMZ-O was supported in part by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient\u00edfico e Tecnol\u00f3gico [CNPq 302796\/2017-7] and Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo \u00e0 Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro [FAPERJ E-26\/202.527\/2019]. This work was financed in part by the Coordenac\u0327a\u0303o de Aperfeic\u0327oamento de Pessoal de Ni\u0301vel Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.","order":5,"name":"grant-information","label":"Grant Information"},{"value":"This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.","order":0,"name":"copyright-info","label":"Copyright"}]}}