Exploring the research on goat and sheep disease: insights from Web of Science Core Collection database

Goats and sheep contribute to economic development, food security, public health, and environmental sustainability at the regional and national levels. Examining disease dynamics in these livestock is crucial for informing and shaping One Health policies and their concern studies are increasing in various dimensions. Current research explores the insights of 5,116 publications focusing goat and sheep disease indexed in Web of Science (WoS), retrieved as of 30th December 2023. Employing bibliometric and Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling approaches, we examined the key research trends and thematic focuses. We observed the existing research in this domain significantly contributed to good health and well-being (Sustainable Development Goals 3), focusing on Veterinary Science. The dominant diseases like Brucellosis, Scrapie, Prion, Paratuberculosis and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in literature were actively researched. This study further visualized the co-occurrence keyword, co-authorship countries networks and word clouds of LDA suggested topics. The research serves as a reference for scholars, policymakers, and healthcare professionals in shaping future studies, recognizing current knowledge, and effectively directing resources to address Goat and Sheet disease control and management aspects.

山羊与绵羊在区域及国家层面均可推动经济发展、保障粮食安全、助力公共卫生并促进环境可持续性。对这类家畜的疾病动态开展研究，对于制定并完善一体化健康（One Health）政策至关重要，相关研究正从多维度持续涌现。本研究针对2023年12月30日检索获取的、Web of Science（WoS）数据库中收录的5116篇山羊与绵羊疾病相关文献展开分析。研究采用文献计量学与潜在狄利克雷分配（Latent Dirichlet Allocation, LDA）主题建模方法，剖析了该领域的核心研究趋势与主题聚焦方向。结果显示，该领域现有研究显著助力实现健康与福祉可持续发展目标3，且主要聚焦于兽医学科。文献中高频提及的布鲁氏菌病、痒病、朊病毒病、副结核病以及小反刍兽疫（PPR）均为当前研究热点。本研究还对共现关键词、国家合作作者网络以及LDA主题对应的词云进行了可视化呈现。本研究可为学者、政策制定者与医疗健康从业者提供参考，助力其规划未来研究方向、明晰现有知识体系，并合理调配资源以推进山羊与绵羊疾病的防控与管理工作。