TY - JOUR AU - Bai, Jing AU - Li, Wei AU - Huang, Yang-Mu AU - Guo, Yan PY - 2016 DA - 2016/09/06 TI - Bibliometric study of research and development for neglected diseases in the BRICS JO - Infectious Diseases of Poverty SP - 89 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Large numbers of people are suffering from a group of diseases that mainly affect developing countries, as there are no available or affordable products for prevention or treatment. Research and development (R&D) for these diseases is still a low priority on the health agenda. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are quickly growing economies and having more and more positive impact on global health. Additionally, their R&D capacity is believed to be enhanced through decades of investment in education and life science research. The BRICS, as a group of emerging and developing countries, are expected to make greater contributions to solving the problem that mainly affects the entire developing countries community. However, there has been little research to provide a macroscopic overview of BRICS’ effort in R&D for neglected diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate scientific production in BRICS countries in this area and their main research hotspots. SN - 2049-9957 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0182-1 DO - 10.1186/s40249-016-0182-1 ID - Bai2016 ER -