Bibliometric Analysis of Global Scientific Literature on Mumps Vaccines

Mumps is a vaccine-preventable disease commonly affecting children. Mumps vaccines (MuVac) are currently marketed in polyvalent forms. This study used bibliometric analysis to study the pattern of performance of articles, authors, and journals, and to disclose gaps and constituents of research on MuVac. The study was conducted using the Scopus database. Different keywords related to MuVac were identified, and a search was conducted. All studies published in any language between 1972 and 2021 were included in the analysis. The data was exported, a basic descriptive analysis was done, and an analysis was done using the Biblioshiny R software package. VOSviewer software was used to construct and visualize the bibliometric network. A total of 699 publications on MuVac were gathered, with an average citation of 33.87. The maximum number of 66 articles was published in 2015. Using Bradford's law, the core zone contained 14 journals with 232 articles. Top documents were analyzed based on top local citations, global citations, and the highest locally cited references. Best authors based on the highest number of studies published, citations, and author impact were analyzed using h-, g-, and m-induces. Journal-level performances were analyzed in the headings of top sources, the journal with the highest total number of citations. The study using bibliometric analysis has helped to identify top authors, journals, institutions, and countries in the field of research on MuVac. This study has summarised the pattern and trends of research activity on MuVac and will help provide valuable perspectives and direction for future studies. Newer software like R and VOSviewer helps conduct bibliometric analysis and data visualization.