Flow chart, step-by-step methodology.

<p>Flow chart, step-by-step methodology.</p

All components of the individual co-author network for Chagas disease.

<p>Giant components for Chagas disease, including all other, smaller components of the co-author network. The sizes of the nodes are scaled by betweenness centrality, and the nodes represent individual authors with more than two publications. Links between the nodes (edges) represent a co-authored publication.</p

Flow chart, step-by-step results (with reference to results in Tables 3, 4 and 5).

<p>Flow chart, step-by-step results (with reference to results in Tables <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004182#pntd.0004182.t003" target="_blank">3</a>, <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004182#pntd.0004182.t004" target="_blank">4</a> and <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004182#pntd.0004182.t005" target="_blank">5</a>).</p

Number of international NTD publications listed in SCOPUS from around the world and with author affiliations to Germany by diseases, as ordered by the number of publications with German affiliations.

<p>Number of international NTD publications listed in SCOPUS from around the world and with author affiliations to Germany by diseases, as ordered by the number of publications with German affiliations.</p

Glossary of network analysis terminology.

<p>Glossary of network analysis terminology.</p

List of NTDs in the scope with scientific and common names and the search string used for bibliometric searches.

<p>List of NTDs in the scope with scientific and common names and the search string used for bibliometric searches.</p

Giant components of individual co-author networks.

<p>Individual researcher networks are based on co-author networks affiliated with Germany for (A) Leishmaniasis, (B) Schistosomiasis, (C) Chagas disease, (D) Sleeping Sickness and (E) Onchocerciasis. The figure shows giant components, i.e., the components in the network that include the largest number of authors, and smaller components are not shown. The node size is scaled by betweenness centrality, and each node represents individual authors with more than two publications. Links between the nodes (edges) represent a co-authored publication. The 'Force Atlas' layout simulates repulsion forces between nodes, and thus the network spreads as far as the edges holding them together will allow, allowing for the interpretation of how closely authors are working together. For further explanation of network analysis terms, please see <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004182#pntd.0004182.t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>.</p