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Density-equalizing mapping and scientometric benchmarking of European allergy research

Authors: Cristian Scutaru, David Quarcoo, Mohannad Sakr, Awfa Shami, Khaled Al-Mutawakel, Karin Vitzthum, Tanja C Fischer, Torsten Zuberbier, Beatrix Groneberg-Kloft

Published in: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology | Issue 1/2010

Abstract

Due to the great socioeconomic burden of allergic diseases, research in this field which is important for environmental medicine is currently increasing. Therefore the European Union has initiated the Global Allergy and Asthma European network (GA2LEN). However, despite increasing research in the past years detailed scientometric analyses have not been conducted so far. This study is the first scientometric analysis in a field of growing interest. It analyses scientific contributions in European allergy research between 2001 and 2007. Three different meetings of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology were analysed for contributions and an increase in both the amount of research and networks was found.

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Title: Density-equalizing mapping and scientometric benchmarking of European allergy research
Authors: Cristian Scutaru
David Quarcoo
Mohannad Sakr
Awfa Shami
Khaled Al-Mutawakel
Karin Vitzthum
Tanja C Fischer
Torsten Zuberbier
Beatrix Groneberg-Kloft
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6673
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-5-2

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