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| Title |
Operational research on malaria control and elimination: a review of projects published between 2008 and 2013
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-473 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shui-sen Zhou, Aafje EC Rietveld, Mar Velarde-Rodriguez, Andrew R Ramsay, Shao-sen Zhang, Xiao-nong Zhou, Richard E Cibulskis |
| Abstract |
A literature review for operational research on malaria control and elimination was conducted using the term 'malaria' and the definition of operational research (OR). A total of 15 886 articles related to malaria were searched between January 2008 and June 2013. Of these, 582 (3.7%) met the definition of operational research. These OR projects had been carried out in 83 different countries. Most OR studies (77%) were implemented in Africa south of the Sahara. Only 5 (1%) of the OR studies were implemented in countries in the pre-elimination or elimination phase. The vast majority of OR projects (92%) were led by international or local research institutions, while projects led by National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCP) accounted for 7.8%. With regards to the topic under investigation, the largest percentage of papers was related to vector control (25%), followed by epidemiology/transmission (16.5%) and treatment (16.3%). Only 19 (3.8%) of the OR projects were related to malaria surveillance. Strengthening the capacity of NMCPs to conduct operational research and publish its findings, and improving linkages between NMCPs and research institutes may aid progress towards malaria elimination and eventual eradication world-wide. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Brazil | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 102 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Thailand | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 97 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 22 | 22% |
| Researcher | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 18 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 18% |
| Unknown | 24 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2015.
All research outputs
#6,258,076
of 24,400,706 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#1,616
of 5,827 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#81,398
of 370,290 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#26
of 95 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,400,706 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,827 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 95 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its contemporaries.