Reactions of Mexican Researchers in Different Epidemics
A Comparative Study of Publications on H1N1, Zika, Chikungunya and COVID-19
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science, epidemics, COVID-19, H1N1, social sciencesAbstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in scientific publications around the world. This paper aims to identify the publications produced by Mexican institutions during the recent pandemic and to compare them with those made on H1N1, Zika and Chikungunya, highlighting the contributions to the knowledge of the social effects of pandemics. A search in several repositories - Web of Science, Redalyc, Lilacs, Scielo, Lit Covid and Google Scholar - yielded 1,132 titles published by Mexican institutions: 791 about COVID-19, 174 about H1N1, 79 about Chikungunya, and 88 about Zika. The bibliometric analysis considered the type of publication, thematic orientations, institution of origin and contributions from the social sciences. Mexican publications increased during COVID-19, mainly in institutions of the health sector. In the second half of 2020 and early 2021, more original researches were published. We identified the decrease in the production of publications on H1N1 in general, and also found out that there was an interest in the social impact of the pandemic. We conclude that problematizing the social impact of diseases and their health management provides heterogeneity and historicity to public health, although biomedical publications focused on epidemiology, diagnosis and therapeutics in epidemics predominate.
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