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A standardized clinical database for research in Chagas disease: The NHEPACHA network

Publicated to:Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 18 (8): e0012364- - 2024-08-01 18(8), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012364

Authors: Martínez, AG; Losada-Galván, I; Gabaldón-Figueira, JC; Martínez-Peinado, N; Saraiva, RM; Fernández, ML; Ramsey, JM; Noya-González, O; de Noya, BA; Schijman, AG; Berón, S; Abril, M; Gascón, J; Sosa-Estani, S; Pinazo, MJ; Alonso-Padilla, J; Hasslocher-Moreno, AM

Affiliations

Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Ctr Invest Epidemiol & Salud Publ - Author
Drugs Neglected Dis Initiat DNDi - Author
Fdn Mundo Sano - Author
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Evandro Chagas Natl Inst Infect Dis - Author
Hosp Univ 12 Octubre - Author
Inst Cardiovasc Minima Invas ICMI, Dept Invest - Author
Inst Invest Ingn Genet & Biol Mol Dr Hector N Torr, Lab Biol Mol Enfermedad Chagas, INGEBI, CONICET - Author
Inst Nacl Salud Publ INSP, Ctr Reg Invest Salud Publ CRISP, Tapachula - Author
Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBERINFEC ISCIII, CIBER Enfermedades Infecciosas - Author
Minist Poder Popular Salud MPPS, Ctr Estudios Sobre Malaria, Inst Altos Estudios Dr Arnoldo Gabaldon - Author
Minist Salud, Inst Salud Dr C Malbran - Author
Univ Barcelona, Dept Biol Sanitat & Med Ambient, Seccio Parasitol, Fac Farm & Ciencies Alimentacio - Author
Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin, Barcelona Inst Global Hlth ISGlobal - Author
Univ Cent Venezuela, Fac Med, Inst Med Trop - Author
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Abstract

Keywords

BenznidazoleBiomedical researchChagas diseaseDatabases, factualDrug therapyEpidemiologyFactual databaseHumanHumansLatin americaMedical researchQuestionnaireSouth and central americaSpainSurveys and questionnaires

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 9/45, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Parasitology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-23:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-23:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.7.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 7 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Argentina; Brazil; Mexico; Switzerland; Venezuela.

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ALONSO PADILLA, JULIO.