AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PANDEMICS? A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

An international discussion has initiated the purpose of establishing a pandemic treaty that will enhance the ability to avoid, prepare for, and respond to a future global health crisis. A search for documents was carried out in the Scopus database using the keyword “pandemic treaty,” and a bibliometric analysis was applied to the information retrieved. 29 papers were retrieved; the majority are editorial and opinion notes, with a smaller number of articles. Most of the works are focused on the field of medicine, and the authors are primarily from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. BMJ and Lancet are the publications with the most articles. The new instrument for international pandemic coordination is not as diverse as it could be because the debate about it is focused on a small number of authors, countries, institutions, journals, and subject areas.