SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1611642
Research trends in Rift Valley fever virus: A bibliometric analysis from 1936 to 2024
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- 2School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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Background: Rift Valley fever (RVF), first identified in Kenya in 1930, is a viral zoonosis transmitted by arthropods and poses significant risks to both public and animal health. Despite the wealth of published studies on the disease, there has yet to be a bibliometric analysis of the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV). This study utilized bibliometric analysis to identify research hotspots and emerging trends in RVFV studies, aiming to offer new insights and strategic references for future research directions and prevention strategies. Methods: The study utilized Scopus to collect global publications on RVFV from 1936 to 2024. Data processing and visualization were performed with VOSviewer, CiteSpace, Scimago Graphica, and the Bibliometrix web tool. Results: A total of 1,629 publications related to RVFV were included in this analysis. Geographic distribution showed that the United States, France, and Kenya were the most productive countries in this field, while Institut Pasteur emerged as the leading research institution. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases was identified as the predominant journal for publishing RVFV research, while Virology received the highest citation frequency. Author analysis revealed Clarence Peters as the most prolific contributor, with 'Rift Valley fever virus' being the most frequently used keyword. Conclusions: This bibliometric investigation systematically assessed nine decades of research on RVFV, providing a comprehensive overview of the contributions from leading nations, institutions, researchers, and journals in this field. Global interest in RVFV research has been steadily increasing, particularly in recent years. This surge in attention, largely influenced by climate change, has attracted heightened focus from public health departments.
Keywords: RVF, RVFV, Bibliometric, Citespace, VOSviewer
Received: 25 Apr 2025; Accepted: 24 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 慧盈, Song and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Leiliang Zhang, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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