bims-evares Biomed News
on Evaluation of research
Issue of 2021–09–19
37 papers selected by
Thomas Krichel, Open Library Society
  1. Ten years of minimally invasive access cavities in Endodontics: a bibliometric analysis of the 25 most-cited studies.
  2. Author and journal self-citation in Emergency Medicine original research articles.
  3. The period of insect research in the tropics: a bibliometric analysis.
  4. Citation Analysis of the Journal of Bone Metabolism from Korean Citation Index, Web of Science, and Scopus.
  5. A bibliometric analysis of the research on hematological tumor microenvironment.
  6. A Bibliometric Analysis of Exosomes in Cardiovascular Diseases From 2001 to 2021.
  7. Association Between Twitter Mentions and Academic Citations in Otolaryngology Literature.
  8. Evolving Trends and Research Hotspots in Disaster Epidemiology From 1985 to 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis.
  9. Knowledge map and global trends in extreme weather research from 1980 to 2019: a bibliometric analysis.
  10. Research on Psychache in Suicidal Population: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of Papers Published During 1994-2020.
  11. Ergonomics 4.0: A bibliometric review of human Factors research in Industrial revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0).
  12. Knowledge domain and emerging trends in visual hallucination research: A scientometric analysis.
  13. Impact of cytopathology authors work: Comparative analysis based on Open-access cytopathology publications versus non-Open-access conventional publications.
  14. The Orthopaedic Match: Defining the Academic Profile of Successful Candidates.
  15. The rapid, massive growth of COVID-19 authors in the scientific literature.
  16. Impact Factor - for better or worse.
  17. Benchmarking Scholarly Activity by Pharmacists Who Are Fellows Within the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
  18. Bibliometric analysis of the effects of ginseng on skin.
  19. Examining Gender Imbalance in Chemistry Authorship.
  20. Predictors of Academic Neurosurgical Career Trajectory among International Medical Graduates Training Within the United States.
  21. Methodological Rigor and Temporal Trends of Cardiovascular Medicine Meta-Analyses in Highest-Impact Journals.
  22. Positive association of a women's continuing medical education conference on career advancement and promotion.
  23. Surgical clinical trials with non-inferiority design: a cross-sectional bibliometric analysis.
  24. Some comments on using of Web of Science Core Collection for bibliometric studies in Ann Transl Med. Vol. 8.
  25. Research hotspots and trends in nursing education from 2014 to 2020: A co-word analysis based on keywords.
  26. Department Versus Division: An In-Depth Analysis of Units of Plastic Surgery and Other Surgical Specialties at their Institutions.
  27. Prevalence and persistency of deficiency citations in Florida assisted living facilities.
  28. Reproducibility: expect less of the scientific paper.
  29. COVID-19, consumer behavior, technology, and society: A literature review and bibliometric analysis.
  30. Women less likely to win major research awards.
  31. Current Trends in Orthobiologics: An 11-Year Review of the Orthopaedic Literature.
  32. Correlation Between National Institutes of Health Funding for Pediatric Research and Pediatric Disease Burden in the US.
  33. Changes in National Google Trends and Local Healthcare Utilization After High-Impact Gastroenterology Publications.
  34. Qingfei Paidu Decoction for COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis.
  35. The Effect of Replications on Citation Patterns: Evidence From a Large-Scale Reproducibility Project.
  36. COVID-19 pandemic: different roles for scientific publications and funding face to epidemiological data-an European, country-based perspective.
  37. Researchers from global south under-represented in development research.
  1. Restor Dent Endod. 2021 Aug;46(3): e42
    Ten years of minimally invasive access cavities in Endodontics: a bibliometric analysis of the 25 most-cited studies.
    Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal Silva, Karem Paula Pinto, Natasha C Ajuz, Luciana Moura Sassone.
       Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the main features of the 25 most-cited articles in minimally invasive access cavities.
    Materials and Methods: An electronic search was conducted on the Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science 'All Databases' to identify the most-cited articles related to this topic. Citation counts were cross-matched with data from Elsevier's Scopus and Google Scholar. Information about authors, contributing institutions and countries, year and journal of publication, study design and topic, access cavity, and keywords were analyzed.
    Results: The top 25 most-cited articles received a total of 572 (Web of Science), 1,160 (Google Scholar) and 631 (Scopus) citations. It was observed a positive significant association between the number of citations and age of publication (r = 0.6907, p < 0.0001); however, there was no significant association regarding citation density and age of publication (r = -0.2631, p = 0.2038). The Journal of Endodontics made the highest contribution (n = 15, 60%). The United States had the largest number of publications (n = 7) followed by Brazil (n = 4), with the most contributions from the University of Tennessee and Grande Rio University (n = 3), respectively. The highest number of most-cited articles were ex vivo studies (n = 16), and 'fracture resistance' was the major topic studied (n = 10).
    Conclusions: This study revealed a growing interest for researchers in the field of minimally invasive access cavities. Future trends are focused on the expansion of collaborative networks and the conduction of laboratory studies on under-investigated parameters.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Citation; Conservative endodontic cavity; Endodontics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5395/rde.2021.46.e42
  2. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Sep 06. pii: S0735-6757(21)00740-3. [Epub ahead of print]50 481-485
    Author and journal self-citation in Emergency Medicine original research articles.
    Muhuntha Sri-Ganeshan, Kimberly P Walker, Travis J Lines, Tom J L Neal-Williams, David McD Taylor.
       OBJECTIVE: To determine author and journal self-citation rates in a sample of original emergency medicine (EM) research articles.
    METHODS: We undertook a retrospective observational study of original research articles published in 2019 in the top six English language general EM journals. Data comprised the total numbers of articles, citations, authors and self-citations for each author (author self-citations) as well as the number of articles in the reference list that had been previously published in the same journal (journal self-citations).
    RESULTS: 3213 individual authors and 581 articles were examined. Most authors did not self-cite at all although 62 self-cited five or more times in a single article. The mean (SD) and median (IQR) numbers of individual author self-citations/article/year were 0.6 (1.3) and 0 (0-1), respectively. Overall, author self-citations accounted for 2.4% of all cited articles. There was a weak positive but significant correlation between the number of individual author self-citations/article/year and the number of articles published by the author (r = 0.38, p < 0.001). There was no correlation between the journal impact factor (IF) and the author self-citation rate (r = 0.14, p = 0.79). The journals differed significantly in their author self-citation rates (p < 0.001). Annals of Emergency Medicine had the highest journal self-citation rate at 8.1% (95%CI 7.0%-9.2%) self-citations/100 citations/year, almost twice that of some other journals. There was a large but non-significant positive correlation between the journal IF and journal self-citation rates (r = 0.78, p = 0.07).
    CONCLUSION: Both author and journal self-citation rates in the articles examined are relatively low compared to other medical and scientific disciplines.
    Keywords:  Authorship; Journal; Research; Self-citation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2021.09.005
  3. Int J Trop Insect Sci. 2021 Sep 09. 1-10
    The period of insect research in the tropics: a bibliometric analysis.
    M C Moshobane, T T Khoza, S Niassy.
      The International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (Int J Trop Insect Sci) is a peer-reviewed journal established in 1980 to promote insect science mainly in the tropics. This study aimed to provide a Bibliometric overview of Int J Trop Insect Sci publications and citations between 2012 and 2020, ending September 2020. A sample of 488 documents extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) was analysed using widely used bioclimatic indicators. The articles were written by 1726 authors. During this period, the most productive authors comprised S Roy, followed by S Ekesi, S Subramanian and M Tamo. The dominant keyword was 'resistance', followed by 'Homoptera'. India took a leading position in Single Country Publications (SCP) while Kenya took the lead in Multiple Country Publications (MCP). Bibliometric analysis reveals vibrant collaboration between African and Western countries and active publication of multi-country authored articles. We conclude that there is an increasing trend for collaboration among different countries on the general topic of insect science. Research in insect science has the potential to impact both academic researchers and practitioners the knowledge use chain. This study will help researchers, journal editors, science policy makers managers, and others working in the biodiversity space and potential research gaps needing for further studies.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric Citation analysis; Bibliometric analysis; Publication analysis; Scientific collaboration
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00616-2
  4. J Bone Metab. 2021 Aug;28(3): 193-199
    Citation Analysis of the Journal of Bone Metabolism from Korean Citation Index, Web of Science, and Scopus.
    Byung-Ho Yoon, Bo Kwon Hwang, Eun-Ae Jung, Deog-Yoon Kim.
       BACKGROUND: Nine years have passed since the Journal of Bone Metabolism (JBM) was launched as an English journal in 2012; it was finally included in Scopus in January 2019. Therefore, this study aimed to provide evidence of increased international recognition based on journal metrics and reflect on its efforts to be recognized as a top-notch journal.
    METHODS: Databases, such as the Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, Korean Citation Index (KCI), and citation indicators, including the impact factor (IF) and SCImago journal rank (SJR) were reviewed and calculated according to years, and the results were drawn. Furthermore, country-wise contributions and top-cited articles were also investigated.
    RESULTS: The JBM 2020 IF was 2.17 in the WoS. The 2020 SJR in Scopus was 0.334, with a ranking of 165/219 (75.3%) in the Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism category. The 2020 KCI was 0.42. Of 263 articles, 260 were citable (98.9%), and of 176 original articles, 15 (8.5%) were supported by research grants. The total citation of JBM has increased from 16 in 2014 to 141 in 2020; however, its KCI remained stationary from 0.29 in 2015 to 0.42 in 2020.
    CONCLUSIONS: Currently, JBM is increasingly cited by international researchers than Korean researchers, indicating that the journal's content is valued at an international level. Its inclusion in PubMed Central appears to have increased its international relevance; however, publishing English-only articles may hinder its use domestically. Therefore, efforts should be made to increase citation rates and enhance domestic readership.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Databases, factual; Journal Impact Factor; PubMed
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.11005/jbm.2021.28.3.193
  5. Ann Transl Med. 2021 Aug;9(16): 1337
    A bibliometric analysis of the research on hematological tumor microenvironment.
    Peng Chen, Zhenlan Du, Jianfei Wang, Yi Liu, Juan Zhang, Daihong Liu.
       Background: In recent years, the incidence of hematological tumors has increased. The tumor microenvironment (TME) is the local biological environment in the process of tumor occurrence and development and is closely related to hematological malignancies, including lymphoma and leukemia. This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the research on the hematological TME, reflect the general situation of the research in this field, and remind the focus of future research.
    Methods: Search the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) database on the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC). Use subject terms to search tumor microenvironment; the limited search subject is Hematology, and the time range is from 1990 to July 18, 2021. Use CiteSpace software to analyze the number of annual papers published, the number of citations, the distribution of disciplines, the distribution of countries/institutions, the distribution of authors, the distribution of journals, and the frequency of use of keywords and its trend of change.
    Results: There were 1,992 related research articles cited 77,213 times. The top 5 countries with the number of published papers in this field are: the United States, Italy, China, Germany, and the United Kingdom; the top 5 centrally ranked countries are the United States, Italy, Spain, France, and Japan. Literature and cooperation are mainly from the United States. The top three researchers with several published papers are Anderson KC, Ansell SM, and Gascoyne RD. Their centrality scores are all low, with only 5 researchers reaching above 0.01, and there is less collaboration between the authors. High-quality papers are from Blood, Cancer Res, P Natl Acad Sci USA, and Nature. Keyword analysis shows that immunotherapy is the current focus of research in this field.
    Conclusions: The research on the microenvironment of hematological malignancies is rapidly developing. At present, the main research focus is on targeted immunotherapy.
    Keywords:  Hematological malignancies; bibliometrics; immunotherapy; tumor microenvironment (TME)
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-21-3924
  6. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 ;8 734514
    A Bibliometric Analysis of Exosomes in Cardiovascular Diseases From 2001 to 2021.
    Dan Ma, Baoyi Guan, Luxia Song, Qiyu Liu, Yixuan Fan, Lin Zhao, Tongxin Wang, Zihao Zhang, Zhuye Gao, Siming Li, Hao Xu.
      Background: Exosomes in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become an active research field with substantial value and potential. Nevertheless, there are few bibliometric studies in this field. We aimed to visualize the research hotspots and trends of exosomes in CVDs using a bibliometric analysis to help understand the future development of basic and clinical research. Methods: The articles and reviews regarding exosomes in the CVDs were culled from the Web of Science Core Collection, and knowledge maps were generated using CiteSpace and VOSviewer software. Results: A total of 1,039 articles were included. The number of exosome articles in the CVDs increased yearly. These publications came from 60 countries/regions, led by the US and China. The primary research institutions were Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Nanjing Medical University. Circulation Research was the journal and co-cited journal with the most studies. We identified 473 authors among which Lucio Barile had the most significant number of articles and Thery C was co-cited most often. After analysis, the most common keywords are myocardium infarction, microRNA and mesenchymal stem cells. Ischemic heart disease, pathogenesis, regeneration, stem cells, targeted therapy, biomarkers, cardiac protection, and others are current and developing areas of study. Conclusion: We identified the research hotspots and trends of exosomes in CVDs using bibliometric and visual methods. Research on exosomes is flourishing in the cardiovascular medicine. Regenerative medicine, exosome engineering, delivery vehicles, and biomarkers will likely become the focus of future research.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometrics; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular diseases
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.734514
  7. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Sep 14. 1945998211044680
    Association Between Twitter Mentions and Academic Citations in Otolaryngology Literature.
    Nikita Deshpande, Jason R Crossley, Sonya Malekzadeh.
       OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between Twitter mentions and academic citations in otolaryngology literature.
    STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis.
    SETTING: Altmetric Twitter mention and Google Scholar citation rosters.
    METHODS: Original research articles from 10 leading otolaryngology journals were assessed 26 months after print publication. Article Twitter mentions were tracked through the Altmetric Bookmarklet, and article citation data were determined through the Google Scholar search engine. Twitter mentions and citation metrics of articles were compared through 2-tailed t test analysis (P < .05).
    RESULTS: Of all articles, 50.7% (152/300) had at least 1 Twitter mention. Of all article Twitter mentions, 25% (432/1758) happened within the first week of online publication dates, while 64% (1130/1758) occurred between online and print publication dates. Articles mentioned on Twitter had 1.6-fold more Google Scholar citations (8.6 ± 0.7, mean ± SD) than articles with no Twitter mentions (5.4 ± 0.4, P < .01). A total of 8% (24/300) of publications were tweeted by their authors. Articles self-tweeted by authors were associated with an 8.4-citation increase (14.8 ± 3.1) for Google Scholar when compared with articles not shared by their authors on Twitter (6.4 ± 0.4; 2.3-fold increase, P < .01).
    CONCLUSION: Most otolaryngology articles are disseminated over Twitter, with greatest Twitter activity occurring before print publication date of articles. Citations within 2 years of release are positively associated with the number of mentions on Twitter. Article Twitter mentions may augment the academic influence of otolaryngology publications.
    Keywords:  Twitter; altmetrics; otolaryngology journals; social media
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/01945998211044680
  8. Front Public Health. 2021 ;9 720787
    Evolving Trends and Research Hotspots in Disaster Epidemiology From 1985 to 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis.
    Tao Liu, Xin Liu, Yue Li, Shuyu Liu, Chunxia Cao.
      Background: Disaster epidemiology has not attracted enough attention in the past few decades and still faces significant challenges. This study aimed to systematically analyze the evolving trends and research hotspots in disaster epidemiology and provide insights into disaster epidemiology. Methods: We searched the Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) databases between 1985 and 2020 to identify relevant literature on disaster epidemiology. The retrieval strategies were TITLE-ABS-KEY (disaster epidemiology) and TS = (disaster AND epidemiology). Bibliometrix, VOSviewer 1.6.6 and SigmaPlot 12.5 were used to analyze the key bibliometric indicators, including trends and annual publications, the contributions of countries, institutions, journals and authors, and research hotspots. Results: A total of 1,975 publications were included. There was an increasing trend in publications over the past 35 years. The USA was the most productive country. The most frequent institutions and journals were Fukushima Medical University and Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Galea S made significant contributions to this field. "Epidemiology" was the highest-frequency keyword. COVID-19 was highly cited after 2019. Three research hotspots were identified: (i) the short- and long-term adverse health effects of disasters on the population; (ii) COVID-19 pandemic and emergency preparedness; and (iii) disaster management. Conclusions: In recent decades, the USA was a global leader in disaster epidemiology. Disaster management, the short- and long-term health effects of disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic reflected the research focuses. Our results suggest that these directions will remain research hotspots in the future. International collaboration is also expected to widen and deepen in the field of disaster epidemiology.
    Keywords:  Scopus; bibliometric analysis; disaster epidemiology; hotspots; trends; web of science
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.720787
  9. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Sep;28(36): 49755-49773
    Knowledge map and global trends in extreme weather research from 1980 to 2019: a bibliometric analysis.
    Zhihong Li, Liping Guo, Yongzhong Sha, Kehu Yang.
      There is an increasing number of studies focusing on extreme weather all over the world, but global trends and research topics related to extreme weather are still unclear. This study aimed to explore the current situation, research themes, and future trends in the field of extreme weather. Publications published from 1980 to 2019 were identified and retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection databases by using keywords on May 5, 2020. Excel 2019, VOSviewer, R, and CiteSpace were used for scientific analysis. The results showed that (1) the number of publications on extreme weather research has rapidly increased and expanded continually, shifting from core disciplines to interdisciplinary fields; (2) the International Journal of Climatology was the most productive journal, and climate and environment were the most popular subject categories. Most studies were carried out in the USA, China, Germany, and other nations, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences was the most productive institution; (3) the main research topics were summarized as (a) climate change; (b) variability; (c) trends; (d) rainfall; (e) temperature; and (f) maximum. At the same time, (4) keyword bursts analysis showed that the domain focused on changes to atmospheric rivers, the impacts of global nitrogen content on extreme weather, and the relationship between water quality, soil moisture content, and extreme weather. Based on the in-depth analysis of extreme weather research, this paper developed a further understanding of the developments in this field over the past 39 years and also provided a reference for future research.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Climate change; Extreme weather; Knowledge mapping; Trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13825-6
  10. Front Psychiatry. 2021 ;12 727663
    Research on Psychache in Suicidal Population: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of Papers Published During 1994-2020.
    Yin Cheng, Wei-Wei Zhao, Shu-Yan Chen, Yan-Hong Zhang.
      Background: Psychache is a negative introspective experience, which is positively associated with the risk of suicide, independently of depression. It is undeniable that psychache is an important influencing factor to trigger suicide, which can also mediate the effect between depression and suicide variables. Nevertheless, the research tendency and current hotspots on psychache of suicide population have not been systematically investigated based on bibliometric analysis. Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze the research status, hotspots, and frontiers of psychological pain in the field of suicidology, so as to provide reference for domestic clinical research. Methods: The literature related to psychache in suicide individuals published from 1994 to 2020 was included and selected from the Web of Science Core Collection database on May 28, 2021. CiteSpace (version 5.7.R2) software was used to visualize and analyze highly cited journals, authors, and articles as well as co-occurrence analysis for countries, institution, authors, and keywords. Results: A total of 230 articles from the WoS database were included. The number of papers over the years showed an overall upward trend. The United States has made the largest contribution, with the majority of publications (89, 38.70%), followed by Canada (48, 20.87%), Israel (31, 13.48%), China (20, 8.80%), and Portugal (17, 7.39%). The most productive institution was Queen's University. Edwin S. Shneidman has the largest achievement and profound influence, and the most prolific author is Ronald R. Holden. However, the cooperation between institutions and authors was comparatively weak. The current hotspots in this field focus on the studies on the relationships between depression, despair, psychache, and suicide, the risk assessments of psychological pain, and the development of psychological pain scales. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior was the most frequently cited journal in this field. Conclusions: This analysis not only reveals the current research trend and hotspots but also provides some instructive suggestions on the development of psychache in the suicidology. Future work should pay more attention to develop effective psychological pain intervention programs for diverse suicide population. Additionally, longitudinal study can also be conducted to grasp the trajectory changes of psychological pain among suicide individuals.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Web of Science; bibliometric analysis; hotspots; psychache; suicide
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.727663
  11. Work. 2021 Sep 08.
    Ergonomics 4.0: A bibliometric review of human Factors research in Industrial revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0).
    Mohammad Babamiri, Rashid Heidarimoghadam, Fakhrodin Ghasemi, Leili Tapak, Alireza Mortezapour.
       BACKGROUND: The scientometric study is a visualization method used to collect big data from databases, to explore the relationships between citing and co-cited documents and then visualize the results. Unlike the new term Ergonomics 4.0, bibliometric analysis has been studied in various related fields of Ergonomics.
    OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to create a bibliometric analysis in related field of Ergonomics and Fourth Industrial Revolution. This analysis can shed light on the new developed research field in both sides of the present study, occupational ergonomics and industry 4.0.
    METHODS: After selecting related keywords, Advance search was done in Scopus and Web of Science. Bibliometric results were presented by these databases' analyzer and by exported data to VOS viewer software. No time or language restriction was applied.
    RESULTS: Retrieved Articles were 104 and 285 for Web of Science and Scopus respectively. The frequent co-occurrences for keywords were seen between "industry 4.0" and "Human Factors". The USA and Germany were also the most productive countries in this field. Well-known Ergonomics journals had low participation in the Evolution of Ergonomics and Fourth Industrial Revolution topics.
    CONCLUSION: Due to more participation of industry 4.0-related researchers in this topic, it is recommended that ergonomists from around the world, and especially Eastern countries, attempt to conduct research in this field. Furthermore, devoting some forth-coming special issues in this field is recommended to top ergonomics journals.
    Keywords:  Trends in ergonomics; VOS viewer; cyber physical system; smart factory; smart manufacturing
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-213576
  12. World J Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 19. 11(8): 491-506
    Knowledge domain and emerging trends in visual hallucination research: A scientometric analysis.
    Min Zhong, Zhuang Wu, Xu Jiang, Bo Shen, Jun Zhu, Li Zhang.
       BACKGROUND: Visual hallucination (VH) refers to a spontaneous visual perception without corresponding external stimuli and often occurs in ophthalmological and neuropsychiatric disorders. It is associated with poor quality of life, and increased patient hospitalization and nursing home admission. To date, a scientometric analysis of research on VH is lacking.
    AIM: To objectively summarize the features of VH research and gain insights into the emerging trends in research on VH.
    METHODS: CiteSpace V was used in this article. Publication outputs, document types, geographic distributions, co-authorship status, research hotspots, and co-citation status were analyzed. A total of 2176 original articles and 465 reviews were included in the database downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection. We selected the top 50 most cited or occurring articles or items to create a visualized network with a 1-year interval. In the document co-citation analysis stage, we performed clustering analysis on co-cited references, and log likelihood tests were used to name the clusters.
    RESULTS: The results showed that most publications can be classified into neurology, sports, and ophthalmology studies. In addition, North America, Europe, Asia and Australia published the most documents. Some well-known authors have always had a leading role in this field; meanwhile, new authors keep emerging. A relatively stable cooperation has been formed among many authors. Furthermore, neuropsychiatric symptom and functional connectivity are the top hotspots. Research on VH in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease (PD) have received much attention. Studies on VH in PD are likely to be the new emerging trends in the future, especially the mechanisms of VH.
    CONCLUSION: Research on VH has formed a complete system. More large-scale clinical and in-depth basic research are required to better understand the mechanisms underlying VH, which will contribute to our understanding of the pathophysiology and therapeutic options for VH.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Parkinson’s disease; Psychiatry; Scientometric; Visual hallucination
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v11.i8.491
  13. Cytojournal. 2021 ;18 20
    Impact of cytopathology authors work: Comparative analysis based on Open-access cytopathology publications versus non-Open-access conventional publications.
    Janavi A Kolpekwar, Vinod B Shidham.
       Objectives: Open access (OA) is based on a set of principles and a range of practices through which fruits of research are distributed online, free of cost, or other access barriers. According to the 2001 definition, OA publications are without barriers to copy or reuse with free access to readers. Some studies have reported higher rates of citation for OA publications. In this study, we analyzed the citation rates of OA and traditional nonOA (with or without free access) publications for authors publishing in the subspecialty of cytopathology during 2010-2015.
    Material and Methods: We observed and compared citation patterns for authors who had published in both OA and traditional non-OA, peer-reviewed, scientific, cytopathology journals. Thirty authors were randomly selected with criteria of publishing a total of at least five cytopathology articles over 2010-2015. Number of citations per article (CPA) (during 2010-2015) for OA publications (in CytoJournal and Journal of Cytology) and non-OA publications (in Diagnostic Cytopathology, Cytopathology, Acta Cytologica, Journal of American of Cytopathology, and Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology) was collected and compared statistically using two-tailed Student's t-est. The data were collected manually through science citation analysis sites, mostly Google Scholar.
    Results: Thirty authors published 579 cytopathology articles in OA and non-OA journals. Average CPA for OA publications was 26.64. This was 11.35 higher than the average CPA) of non-OA conventional with subscription cytopathology journals (74% increase) and 11.76 higher than the average CPA of conventional cytopathology non-OA journal articles with free access (79% increase). These differences were statistically significantly with P < 0.05.
    Conclusion: We observed that the cytopathology publications in the OA journal attained a higher rate of CPA than the publications in the traditional non-OA journals in the field of cytopathology during 2010-2015.
    Keywords:  CytoJournal; Cytopathology; Journal; Open access
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.25259/Cytojournal_32_2021
  14. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2020 Nov 18.
    The Orthopaedic Match: Defining the Academic Profile of Successful Candidates.
    Ledibabari M Ngaage, Shan Xue, Caroline A Benzel, Akhil Andrews, Catherine M A Rawes, Robert H Wilson, Steven C Ludwig, Yvonne M Rasko.
       BACKGROUND: Research productivity forms a vital part of the resident selection process and can markedly affect the chance of a successful match. Current reports regarding the publication record among prospective orthopaedic surgery residents are likely inaccurate. Potential applicants have a poor understanding of the strength of their research credentials in comparison to other candidates.
    METHODS: We identified matched applicants from the 2013 to 2017 orthopaedic surgery residency application cycles. We performed a bibliometric analysis of these residents using Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar to identify published articles and calculate the h-index of each applicant at the time of application. Details were collected on medical school, advanced degrees, publication type, first authorship, and article relatedness to orthopaedic surgery.
    RESULTS: We included 3,199 matched orthopaedic surgery applicants. At the time of application, the median h-index was 0, the median number of publications was 1, and 40% of successful candidates did not hold any publications. The h-index (R 0.08, P < 0.0001) and median number of publications of matched orthopaedic surgery residency candidates significantly increased (R 0.09, P < 0.0001) across application cycles. Furthermore, the proportion of matched applicants without publications at the time of application significantly decreased (R -0.90, P = 0.0350). Conversely, the percentage of articles first-authored by applicants decreased (R -0.96, P = 0.0093), but article relatedness to orthopaedic surgery remained constant (R 0.82, P = 0.0905). Strikingly, notable changes were observed in the type of articles published by successful applicants: the proportion of preclinical studies decreased (R -0.07, P = 0.0041), whereas clinical research articles increased (R 0.07, P = 0.0024).
    CONCLUSION: The publication count held by successful orthopaedic surgery applicants is substantially lower than the nationally reported average. Matched orthopaedic surgery candidates demonstrate increasingly impressive research achievements each application cycle. However, increased academic productivity comes at the cost of reduced project responsibility and a shift toward faster-to-publish articles.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5435/JAAOS-D-20-00727
  15. R Soc Open Sci. 2021 Sep;8(9): 210389
    The rapid, massive growth of COVID-19 authors in the scientific literature.
    John P A Ioannidis, Maia Salholz-Hillel, Kevin W Boyack, Jeroen Baas.
      We examined the extent to which the scientific workforce in different fields was engaged in publishing COVID-19-related papers. According to Scopus (data cut, 1 August 2021), 210 183 COVID-19-related publications included 720 801 unique authors, of which 360 005 authors had published at least five full papers in their career and 23 520 authors were at the top 2% of their scientific subfield based on a career-long composite citation indicator. The growth of COVID-19 authors was far more rapid and massive compared with cohorts of authors historically publishing on H1N1, Zika, Ebola, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. All 174 scientific subfields had some specialists who had published on COVID-19. In 109 of the 174 subfields of science, at least one in 10 active, influential (top 2% composite citation indicator) authors in the subfield had authored something on COVID-19. Fifty-three hyper-prolific authors had already at least 60 (and up to 227) COVID-19 publications each. Among the 300 authors with the highest composite citation indicator for their COVID-19 publications, most common countries were USA (n = 67), China (n = 52), UK (n = 32) and Italy (n = 18). The rapid and massive involvement of the scientific workforce in COVID-19-related work is unprecedented and creates opportunities and challenges. There is evidence for hyper-prolific productivity.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; authorship; bibliometrics; citations; productivity
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210389
  16. J Food Sci. 2021 09;86(9): 3758
    Impact Factor - for better or worse.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.15219
  17. Crit Care Explor. 2021 Sep;3(9): e0520
    Benchmarking Scholarly Activity by Pharmacists Who Are Fellows Within the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
    Kaitlyn M Sherman, David J Gagnon.
      Quantify scholarly activity by pharmacists who are Fellows within the American College of Critical Care Medicine and to develop a potential publication benchmark for fellowship application.
    DESIGN: Review of the Scopus and PubMed online citation databases.
    SETTING: None.
    PATIENTS: None.
    INTERVENTIONS: None.
    MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Pharmacists designated Fellow of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) were identified in January 2021 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Pharmacists designated Master of Critical Care Medicine (MCCM), without an active license, or were not identified in either online citation database were excluded. Practice setting characteristics were obtained from the American Hospital Association including country, state, geographic region, number of staffed beds, and hospital designation. Two online citation databases (Scopus and PubMed) were queried in February 2021, and year of first publication, total publications, citations, and Hirsch index were recorded. Of the 152 pharmacists designated FCCM, 138 (91%) were evaluable. Reasons for exclusion included MCCM designation (n = 7; 5%), lack of data in either online citation database (n = 4; 3%), and no active pharmacist license (n = 3; 2%). Most pharmacists were practicing in the Southern geographic region of the United States (n = 62; 45%) and at an academic medical center (n = 116; 84%). The median year of FCCM convocation was 2016 (2012-2019) and of the first publication was 2007 (2002-2011). After removing duplicates, 4,488 unique publications were identified. The median number of publications per individual pharmacist was 20 (9-43) with 10 (5-19) between the year of their first publication and FCCM convocation. Most scholarly activity was in the form of original research (n = 3,173; 71%) or reviews (n = 795; 18%). Individual pharmacists have 244 (99-661) citations and an h-index of 8 (5-13).
    CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacists designated FCCM have maintained a high level of scholarly activity. Pharmacists pursuing fellowship may use these data as a benchmark for fulfilling aspects of the core area of scholarly activities related to critical care medicine prior to application.
    Keywords:  critical care; fellowship; pharmacist; pharmacy; research
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000520
  18. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2021 Sep 14.
    Bibliometric analysis of the effects of ginseng on skin.
    Hong Meng, Xin-Ke Liu, Jia-Rui Li, Tu-Ya Bao, Fan Yi.
       OBJECTIVE: Ginseng is widely used in cosmetics and skin care. The progress of research on the effect of ginseng on the skin was explored through a summary and analysis of skin-related studies on ginseng conducted over in the past 20 years, and this exploration aimed to elucidate new research opportunities with regard to the development and application of ginseng treatments for the skin.
    MATERIALS AND METHODS: Keywords were used to retrieve human studies related to the use of ginseng to treat skin conditions from the Web of Science. Scientometric analyses were performed in R to analyze the studies on the human skin-related effects of ginseng conducted from 2000 to 2019.
    RESULTS: The main active ingredient in ginseng is ginsenoside, and its effects on the skin are mostly anti-aging and whitening. Ginseng extract regulates the levels of matrix metalloproteinases in human fibroblast type I collagen to improve the elasticity and water content of skin. In addition, ginseng inhibits the transcription factors or signaling pathways involved in the formation of melanin, it exerts a whitening effect. The authors of the retrieved studies are mostly located in Asia, mainly South Korea and China. Wang Y, Kim JH, and Kim YJ are relatively influential scholars, these ginseng-related articles published in the Journal of Ginseng Research, Molecules and other journals are very important in this field.
    CONCLUSION: This study shows the development of trends in research on ginseng as a raw cosmetic material used on the skin and thus enables researchers to rapidly understand the key information in the field of ginseng research, comprehend the research directions, and improve their research efficiency.
    Keywords:  aging; bibliometric; ginseng; skin; statistics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.14450
  19. ACS Chem Biol. 2021 Sep 15.
    Examining Gender Imbalance in Chemistry Authorship.
    Adam D Cotton, Ian B Seiple.
      Despite decades of progress toward a more equitable society, gender representation in the sciences continues to be heavily skewed toward men. We were interested in gender representation in chemistry through the lens of scientific publishing. Publications are a central academic currency and are critical for funding, recruiting, and promotion in academia. Here we report the results of an analysis that compared the percentage of female first and last authors across 10 chemistry, 3 chemical biology, and 3 general journals from 2005 to 2020. We show that women are substantially underrepresented in chemistry authorship even when compared with their relative populations in academia and are not predicted to achieve parity within the next 50 years at the current rate in any journal. Our findings highlight the need for changes to the publishing process to achieve a more equitable publishing environment.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.1c00142
  20. Neurosurgery. 2021 Aug 16. 89(3): 478-485
    Predictors of Academic Neurosurgical Career Trajectory among International Medical Graduates Training Within the United States.
    Adham M Khalafallah, Adrian E Jimenez, Samantha Camp, Melanie A Horowitz, Ian Chiu, David Ryu, Natasha Charewycz, Lauren Vera, Myan Bhoopalam, James Feghali, Mayur Sharma, Daniel Lubelski, Alan R Cohen, Rafael J Tamargo, Timothy Witham, Judy Huang, Henry Brem, Debraj Mukherjee.
       BACKGROUND: Within the literature, there has been limited research tracking the career trajectories of international medical graduates (IMGs) following residency training.
    OBJECTIVE: To compare the characteristics of IMG and US medical school graduate (USMG) neurosurgeons holding academic positions in the United States and also analyze factors that influence IMG career trajectories following US-based residency training.
    METHODS: We collected data on 243 IMGs and 2506 USMGs who graduated from Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited neurosurgery residency programs. We assessed for significant differences between cohorts, and a logistic regression model was used for the outcome of academic career trajectory.
    RESULTS: Among the 2749 neurosurgeons in our study, IMGs were more likely to pursue academic neurosurgery careers relative to USMGs (59.7% vs 51.1%; P = .011) and were also more likely to complete a research fellowship before beginning residency (odds ratio [OR] = 9.19; P < .0001). Among current US academic neurosurgeons, USMGs had significantly higher pre-residency h-indices relative to IMGs (1.23 vs 1.01; P < .0001) with no significant differences between cohorts when comparing h-indices during (USMG = 5.02, IMG = 4.80; P = .67) or after (USMG = 14.05, IMG = 13.90; P = .72) residency. Completion of a post-residency clinical fellowship was the only factor independently associated with an academic career trajectory among IMGs (OR = 1.73, P = .046).
    CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that while IMGs begin their US residency training with different research backgrounds and achievements relative to USMG counterparts, they attain similar levels of academic productivity following residency. Furthermore, IMGs are more likely to pursue academic careers relative to USMGs. Our work may be useful for better understanding IMG career trajectories following US-based neurosurgery residency training.
    Keywords:  Academic career; Global; International; Neurosurgery; Residency
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyab194
  21. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Sep 17. e021367
    Methodological Rigor and Temporal Trends of Cardiovascular Medicine Meta-Analyses in Highest-Impact Journals.
    Dhruv Mahtta, Ahmed Altibi, Mohamed M Gad, Amjad Samara, Amr F Barakat, Rodrigo Bagur, Hend Mansoor, Hani Jneid, Salim S Virani, Mamas A Mamas, Ahmad Masri, Islam Y Elgendy.
      Background Well-conducted meta-analyses are considered to be at the top of the evidence-based hierarchy pyramid, with an expansion of these publications within the cardiovascular research arena. There are limited data evaluating the trends and quality of such publications. The objective of this study was to evaluate the methodological rigor and temporal trends of cardiovascular medicine-related meta-analyses published in the highest impact journals. Methods and Results Using the Medline database, we retrieved cardiovascular medicine-related systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Journal of the American Medical Association, The British Medical Journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, Circulation, European Heart Journal, and Journal of American College of Cardiology between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2018. Among 6406 original investigations published during the study period, meta-analyses represented 422 (6.6%) articles, with an annual decline in the proportion of published meta-analyses (8.7% in 2012 versus 4.6% in 2018, Ptrend=0.002). A substantial number of studies failed to incorporate elements of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses or Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guidelines (51.9%) and only a minority of studies (10.4%) were registered in PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews). Fewer manuscripts failed to incorporate the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses or Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology elements over time (60.2% in 2012 versus 40.0% in 2018, Ptrend<0.001) whereas the number of meta-analyses registered at PROSPERO has increased (2.4% in 2013 versus 17.5% in 2018, Ptrend<0.001). Conclusions The proportion of cardiovascular medicine-related meta-analyses published in the highest impact journals has declined over time. Although there is an increasing trend in compliance with quality-based guidelines, the overall compliance remains low.
    Keywords:  cardiovascular; meta‐analysis; quality assessment; trend
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.021367
  22. Med Educ Online. 2021 Dec;26(1): 1981127
    Positive association of a women's continuing medical education conference on career advancement and promotion.
    Shivani Mukkamala, Priscila Rodrigues Armijo, Laura Flores, Sasha K Shillcutt.
      Women physicians are underrepresented in leadership positions across medical specialties. Understanding factors that improve women's promotion metrics may lead to career and leadership advancement. This study examined if a woman-centered Continuing Medical Education (CME) conference is associated with differences in productivity metrics toward career advancement. The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey study of women physicians attending a national woman-centered CME conference for professional growth, wellness and networking in September 2019. The survey measured promotion metrics achieved in the year prior to the conference and compared them with previous attendees. Of 425 women attendees of the conference, 389 (91.5%) respondents completed the survey. Respondents were divided into two groups for analysis: first time (FT) attendees, and those that attended the conference previously (PV). In the year preceding the survey, PV attendees were more likely to have published a manuscript as first-author or co-author in a peer-reviewed journal (17.5% vs. 9.7%, p = 0.029), given a talk in their area of practice (48.3% vs. 27.9%, p < 0.001) and to have mentored at least one peer (40.8% vs. 27.5%, p = 0.009) and to have asked for a promotion (15.8% vs. 8.6%, p = 0.033) than FT. As compared to first-time conference attendees, women physicians who previously attended a woman-centered CME conference were more likely to achieve career performance metrics including publications and speaking engagements in the preceding year. This study demonstrated a positive association of Women-centered CME conferences in career advancement metrics for women in medicine and suggests further studies on this and other women-centered CME conferences.
    Keywords:  Women in medicine; continuing medical education; gender equity; physician support structures; women physicians
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2021.1981127
  23. Ann Transl Med. 2021 Aug;9(16): 1302
    Surgical clinical trials with non-inferiority design: a cross-sectional bibliometric analysis.
    Chi Shu, Bin Huang, Ding Yuan, Yi Yang, Xiaojiong Du, Yazhou He, Xin Chen, Jichun Zhao.
       Background: Wide-spread concerns have been raised about possible bias in published surgical non-inferiority trials. Therefore, we performed a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to identify the existence of bias, and provided recommendations for future non-inferiority trials.
    Methods: Databases including MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched (last update on 27 April 2020) to include published phase II and phase III non-inferiority surgical trials. We collected general information and parameters associated with trial design. The association between extracted factors and establishment of non-inferiority was then analyzed.
    Results: A total of 347 trials were included in this study. Only 13 (3.7%) trials reported the pre-specified non-inferiority margin in registration, and 99 (28.5%) trials justified margin selection in ultimate trial publications. A significant association was found between industry funding and increased odds of achieving non-inferiority [odds ratio (OR): 1.17, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06 to 1.30, P=0.001]. Moreover, trials which had been presented in conferences were less likely to claim non-inferiority (OR: 0.83, 95% CI: 0.69 to 0.99, P=0.035).
    Conclusions: Our study was the first quantitative analysis revealing the presence of biases in findings of existing surgical non-inferiority trials, which could possibly mislead surgeons' clinical decision making. We suggest improving reporting of detailed study design especially funding sources as well as margin justification for future trials. We also encourage conference presentation of ongoing trials prior to the ultimate publication.
    Keywords:  Non-inferiority; bias; bibliometric analysis; design; surgical trial
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-21-2626
  24. Ann Transl Med. 2021 Aug;9(15): 1218
    Some comments on using of Web of Science Core Collection for bibliometric studies in Ann Transl Med. Vol. 8.
    Yuh-Shan Ho.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-21-2881
  25. J Adv Nurs. 2021 Sep 12.
    Research hotspots and trends in nursing education from 2014 to 2020: A co-word analysis based on keywords.
    Kaihan Yang, Lei Wang, Gaobo Yang, Xiaolian Jiang.
       AIMS: To investigate research hotspots and trends in nursing education from 2014 to 2020, and provide references for researchers to understand the research status and developing trends in this field.
    DESIGN: A co-word analysis based on keywords.
    METHODS: Data were obtained from nursing education-related academic research articles that were retrieved through a literature search using PubMed during the period of 2014-2020. Keywords included in the analysis of literature were considered as the research objects. Bibliographic Item Co-occurrence Matrix Builder (BICOMB) was employed to extract high-frequency keywords and generate co-occurrence matrix, graphical clustering toolkit (gCLUTO) was used to perform cluster analysis, and SPSS 25.0 was used to perform strategic diagram analysis.
    RESULTS: Overall, 7857 articles were retrieved, from which 2679 keywords were obtained and 64 high-frequency keywords extracted. The results revealed seven hotspots in nursing education during the period of 2014-2020, which included research on: (i) continuing education in nursing, (ii) application and influence of the internet in nursing education, (iii) postgraduate nursing education, (iv) undergraduate nursing education and clinical quality training, (v) current development status and tendency of nursing education, (vi) nursing teaching methods and (vii) organization and management in nursing education.
    CONCLUSION: The seven research hotspots could reflect the publication trends in nursing education. By providing a co-word analysis-including cluster and strategic diagram analysis-an overall command of the latest hotspots can be depicted, and researchers conducting research in nursing education can have some hints.
    IMPACT: This study allows the development of future research on nursing education. Future researchers should explore the application of new network technologies in the process of nursing teaching, quality of postgraduate nursing education, innovative teaching methods as well as teaching strategies of improving students' clinical ability, current situation of economics and leadership in nursing education and ability of organization and management in undergraduate nursing education.
    Keywords:  PubMed; cluster analysis; co-word analysis; hotspots; nursing; nursing education; strategic diagram analysis; trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15010
  26. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Sep 10.
    Department Versus Division: An In-Depth Analysis of Units of Plastic Surgery and Other Surgical Specialties at their Institutions.
    Alexander I Murphy, Joseph A Mellia, Fortunay Diatta, Jaclyn T Mauch, Paul A Asadourian, Adrienne N Christopher, Saïd C Azoury, John P Fischer.
       ABSTRACT: An increasing number of plastic and reconstructive surgery (PRS) units have transitioned from divisions to departments in recent years. This study aimed to identify quantifiable differences that may reflect challenges and benefits associated with each type of unit. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of publicly-available data on characteristics of academic medical institutions housing PRS units, faculty size of surgical units within these institutions, and academic environments of PRS units themselves. Univariate analysis compared PRS divisions versus departments. Matched-paired testing compared PRS units versus other intra-institutional surgical departments. Compared to PRS divisions (n = 64), departments (n = 22) are at institutions with more surgical departments overall (P = 0.0071), particularly departments that are traditionally divisions within the department of surgery (ie urology). Compared to PRS divisions, PRS departments have faculty size that more closely resembles other intra-institutional surgical departments, especially for full-time surgical faculty and faculty in areas of clinical overlap with other departments like hand surgery. Plastic and reconstructive surgery departments differ from PRS divisions by certain academic measures, including offering more clinical fellowships (P = 0.005), running more basic science laboratories (P = 0.033), supporting more nonclinical research faculty (P = 0.0417), and training residents who produce more publications during residency (P = 0.002). Institutions with PRS divisions may be less favorable environments for surgical divisions to become departments, but other recently-transitioned divisions could provide blueprints for PRS to follow suit. Bolstering full-time surgical faculty numbers and faculty in areas of clinical overlap could be useful for PRS divisions seeking departmental status. Transitioning to department may yield objective academic benefits for PRS units.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000008088
  27. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Sep 14.
    Prevalence and persistency of deficiency citations in Florida assisted living facilities.
    Hari Sharma.
       BACKGROUND: Assisted living facilities (ALFs) are plagued with quality issues but there are limited studies on the quality of ALFs. In Florida, state surveyors conduct inspections of ALFs and cite and/or fine facilities that are in violation of regulations. Yet, we do not know the types of quality problems identified and the extent to which facilities repeat such problems. In this study, we begin to fill this gap in our understanding of ALFs quality by summarizing the deficiency citations in Florida ALFs.
    METHODS: We obtained inspection citation data on 957 large ALFs (bed size ≥ 25) in Florida from 2012 to 2018. Citation data are summarized at the facility-year level and classified into different groups such as resident care, admissions, medication, staffing, and training. We examined the trends in citations over time and stratified citations by profit status, license type, and facility size. We also assessed repeat citations among the ALFs.
    RESULTS: Of the 957 large ALFs operating in Florida, 87% of the facilities were cited one or more times from 2012 to 2018. In 2018, the most common citations were related to medications (26.2%), resident care (25.3%), training (25.3%), admissions (21.1%), and staffing (20.8%). For-profit facilities, facilities with beds over 100, and facilities with limited mental health license tended to be cited more often across most types of deficiencies. Repeat citations are common with over 40% of facilities cited in two or more years for resident care and medication from 2012 to 2018.
    CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that repeat citations are common and ALFs do not improve quality on a long-term basis after citations. If we want to improve ALFs quality, we may need to provide appropriate incentives and resources to ALFs along with stringent enforcement of regulations.
    Keywords:  assisted living facilities; deficiency citations; repeat citations
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17466
  28. Nature. 2021 Sep;597(7876): 329-331
    Reproducibility: expect less of the scientific paper.
    Olavo B Amaral, Kleber Neves.
      
    Keywords:  Publishing; Research data; Research management
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02486-7
  29. Technol Forecast Soc Change. 2021 Dec;173 121179
    COVID-19, consumer behavior, technology, and society: A literature review and bibliometric analysis.
    Jorge Cruz-Cárdenas, Ekaterina Zabelina, Jorge Guadalupe-Lanas, Andrés Palacio-Fierro, Carlos Ramos-Galarza.
      The COVID-19 crisis is among the most disruptive events in recent decades. Its profound consequences have garnered the interest of many studies in various disciplines, including consumer behavior, thereby warranting an effort to review and systematize the literature. Thus, this study systematizes the knowledge generated by 70 COVID-19 and consumer behavior studies in the Scopus database. It employs descriptive analysis, highlighting the importance of using quantitative methods and China and the US as research settings. Co-occurrence analysis further identified various thematic clusters among the studies. The input-process-output consumer behavior model guided the systematic review, covering several psychological characteristics and consumer behaviors. Accordingly, measures adopted by governments, technology, and social media stand out as external factors. However, revised marketing strategies have been oriented toward counteracting various consumer risks. Hence, given that technological and digital formats mark consumer behavior, firms must incorporate digital transformations in their process.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; Consumer behavior; Disruptive events; Literature review; Panic buying; Technology
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121179
  30. Nature. 2021 Sep 13.
    Women less likely to win major research awards.
    Clare Watson.
      
    Keywords:  Careers; Computer science; Institutions; Mathematics and computing
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02497-4
  31. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Sep 16. 3635465211037343
    Current Trends in Orthobiologics: An 11-Year Review of the Orthopaedic Literature.
    Kyle K Obana, Michael S Schallmo, Ian S Hong, Christopher S Ahmad, Claude T Moorman, David P Trofa, Bryan M Saltzman.
       BACKGROUND: The use of "orthobiologics" or regenerative therapies in orthopaedic surgery has grown in recent years. Particular interest has been raised with regard to platelet-rich plasma, bone marrow aspirate, adipose-derived cells, and amniotic cells. Although studies have analyzed outcomes after orthobiologic treatment, no study has analyzed how the literature as a whole has evolved.
    PURPOSE: To evaluate trends in platelet-rich plasma, bone marrow aspirate, adipose-derived cells, and amniotic cell publications and to assess how these might inform efforts to establish minimum reporting standards and forecast future use.
    STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4.
    METHODS: A database was compiled systematically using PubMed to identify articles published between 2009 and 2019 within 9 prominent orthopaedic journals and pertaining to the use of platelet-rich plasma, bone marrow aspirate, adipose-derived cells, and amniotic cells in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. Included articles were classified as clinical, nonclinical (translational or basic science), or review, and a variety of study parameters were recorded for each. Additional queries were performed to identify articles that utilized minimum reporting standards.
    RESULTS: A total of 474 articles (132 clinical, 271 nonclinical, 71 review) were included, consisting of 244 (51.5%) platelet-rich plasma, 146 (30.8%) bone marrow aspirate, 72 (15.2%) adipose-derived cells, and 12 (2.5%) amniotic cells. The greatest annual increase in publications for each orthobiologic topic was from 2018 to 2019. The American Journal of Sports Medicine demonstrated the highest number of overall (34.2%) and clinical (50.0%) publications, and accounted for 44.3% of all platelet-rich plasma publications. The Journal of Orthopaedic Research accounted for the second highest overall number of publications (24.9%) and highest nonclinical publications (41.0%). Platelet-rich plasma accounted for 91.5% of all level 1 clinical studies, while much greater than half of bone marrow aspirate, adipose-derived cells, and amniotic cell publications were level 3 or lower. Out of the 207 articles that used some form of reporting protocol, 59 (28.5%) used an established algorithm and 125 (60.4%) used their own.
    CONCLUSION: Interest in orthobiologics continues to grow, as evidenced by an increasing trend in publications over an 11-year period. However, current reporting on orthobiologic formulations is largely heterogeneous, emphasizing the need for minimum reporting standards and higher-quality studies.
    Keywords:  BMA; PRP; adipose; amniotic; bone marrow aspirate; orthobiologics; platelet-rich plasma; regenerative medicine; stem cell
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465211037343
  32. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Sep 13.
    Correlation Between National Institutes of Health Funding for Pediatric Research and Pediatric Disease Burden in the US.
    Chris A Rees, Michael C Monuteaux, Vendela Herdell, Eric W Fleegler, Florence T Bourgeois.
       Importance: The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest government funding source for biomedical research globally. Burden of disease is one of the factors considered by the NIH in making funding allocations, though it is not known how funding patterns are associated with disease burden for pediatric conditions.
    Objective: To determine the correlation between NIH funding and disease burden across pediatric conditions.
    Design, Setting, and Participants: This cross-sectional study evaluates NIH grants funding pediatric research from 2015 to 2018 in the US. Pediatric grants were classified according to disease categories studied. Disease burden for each category was determined using measures from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation and hospitalization data from the 2016 Kids' Inpatient Database.
    Main Outcome and Measure: Correlation between NIH funding and pediatric disease burden using Spearman rank order coefficients and predicted amounts of disease-specific funding based on disease burden estimated from linear regression models.
    Results: This study analyzed 14 060 disease-specific pediatric grants awarded by the NIH from 2015 to 2018 in the US. Annual funding for disease categories ranged from $0 to $382 849 631. Funding for pediatric research was correlated with pediatric disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), deaths, years lived with disability, and years of life lost (r, 0.56-0.63; P < 0.001 for all measures). There was also a correlation between funding and hospital-based metrics, including hospital days, number of hospital admissions, and hospital charges (r, 0.67-0.69; P < .001 for all measures). Eight disease categories received greater than $500 million more than predicted levels relative to DALYs, while 5 disease categories were funded more than $50 million less than predicted levels. Based on predicted levels of funding, congenital birth defects; endocrine, metabolic, blood, and immune disorders; and HIV/AIDS were the most overfunded categories relative to DALYs and hospital days. Conditions identified as most underfunded differed depending on use of DALYs or hospital days in estimating predicted funding levels.
    Conclusions and Relevance: NIH funding for pediatric research was correlated with pediatric disease burden in the US with variable correlation based on the disease metric applied. There was substantial overfunding and underfunding of certain conditions. Ongoing evaluation of pediatric funding patterns using a complementary set of disease measures may help inform and prioritize pediatric research funding.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.3360
  33. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Sep 16.
    Changes in National Google Trends and Local Healthcare Utilization After High-Impact Gastroenterology Publications.
    Amrit K Kamboj, Siddharth Agarwal, Victor G Chedid, Prasad G Iyer, Kent R Bailey, William S Harmsen, David A Katzka.
       INTRODUCTION: We examined national Google Trends and local healthcare utilization after 3 high-impact gastroenterology publications.
    METHODS: Changes in US Google Trends and Olmsted County health utilization were studied.
    RESULTS: Publication views within 30 days were 51,458 (Imperiale), 49,759 (Pimentel), and 18,750 (Gomm). Colonoscopy searches (P = 0.04) and Cologuard tests performed (P < 0.01) increased while colonoscopies decreased (P < 0.01). Searches for rifaximin (P = 0.05), irritable bowel syndrome (P < 0.01), diarrhea (P < 0.01), and rifaximin prescriptions (P = 0.02) increased. Increase in hydrogen-2 blocker searches (P = 0.02) and prescriptions (P < 0.01) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (P < 0.01) and dementia office visits (P < 0.01) occurred.
    DISCUSSION: High-impact gastroenterology publications influence Google searches and local population-based healthcare utilization.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000001516
  34. Biomed Environ Sci. 2021 Sep 20. 34(9): 755-760
    Qingfei Paidu Decoction for COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis.
    Si Hong Liu, Yan Ma, Nan Nan Shi, Lin Tong, Lei Zhang, Ren Bo Chen, Yi Pin Fan, Xin Yu Ji, You Wen Ge, Hua Min Zhang, Yan Ping Wang, Yong Yan Wang.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3967/bes2021.105
  35. Psychol Sci. 2021 Sep 17. 9567976211005767
    The Effect of Replications on Citation Patterns: Evidence From a Large-Scale Reproducibility Project.
    Felix Schafmeister.
      Replication of existing research is often referred to as one of the cornerstones of modern science. In this study, I tested whether the publication of independent replication attempts affects the citation patterns of the original studies. Investigating 95 replications conducted in the context of the Reproducibility Project: Psychology, I found little evidence for an adjustment of citation patterns in response to the publication of these independent replication attempts. This finding was robust to the choice of replication criterion, various model specifications, and the composition of the contrast group. I further present some suggestive evidence that shifts in the underlying composition of supporting and disputing citations have likely been small. I conclude with a review of the evidence in favor of the remaining explanations and discuss the potential consequences of these findings for the workings of the scientific process.
    Keywords:  open data; preregistered; scientific communication; statistical analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211005767
  36. Clin Mol Allergy. 2021 Sep 13. 19(1): 16
    COVID-19 pandemic: different roles for scientific publications and funding face to epidemiological data-an European, country-based perspective.
    Alessandro Tonacci, Sara Genovese, Giovanni Pioggia, Sebastiano Gangemi.
      COVID-19 has represented an unprecedented challenge to be faced also concerning the spread of information, with scientific literature being often the sole source of trustworthy knowledge for the global community. However, a massive waste in research was noticed during pandemic, preventing the scientists to produce totally novel and original results, and the citizenship to have the complete support they needed from science. The present work investigated the relationship between planned funding, research grants, scientific publications and epidemiology in the 27 EU countries, retrieving a significant correlation between scientific publications and COVID-19 cases and deaths, as well as with economic data. Interestingly, planned coronavirus-devoted funds were correlated with lower GDP per capita and higher mortality, leading to the hypothesis for a lack of translation into real funds allowed to the respective country, or for a significant research waste, not transformed into a tangible product or effect. Such results could suggest the need for a different approach in the future concerning the redistribution of research funds in case of COVID-19 relapse or future pandemic events.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; Coronavirus; Data analysis; Epidemiology; Pandemic
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12948-021-00154-9
  37. Nature. 2021 Sep 17.
    Researchers from global south under-represented in development research.
    Layal Liverpool.
      
    Keywords:  Developing world; Economics; Publishing
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02549-9
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