bims-evares Biomed News
on Evaluation of research
Issue of 2023–03–05
63 papers selected by
Thomas Krichel, Open Library Society
  1. The Top 100 Most Cited Manuscripts in Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Bibliometric Analysis.
  2. Global bibliometric analysis of conceptual metaphor research over the recent two decades.
  3. A bibliometric analysis of Mediterranean diet on cancer from 2012 to 2021.
  4. Evaluating the impact of a CTSA program from 2008 to 2021 through bibliometrics, social network analysis, and altmetrics.
  5. Worldwide research trends on femur head necrosis (2000-2021): a bibliometrics analysis and suggestions for researchers.
  6. Non-suicidal self-injury: A bibliometrics study and visualization analysis from 2002 to 2022.
  7. Contributions of Women to Cardiovascular Science Over Two Decades: Authorship, Leadership, and Mentorship.
  8. Climate change and marketing: a bibliometric analysis of research from 1992 to 2022.
  9. Global Cluster Analysis and Network Visualization in Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Scientometric Mapping.
  10. The 100 most cited articles in lateral epicondylitis research: A bibliometric analysis.
  11. Research trends of acupuncture therapy for hypertension over the past two decades: a bibliometric analysis.
  12. A comprehensive overview of clinical research on dexmedetomidine in the past 2 decades: A bibliometric analysis.
  13. Top 50 most-cited articles on SMILE surgery between 2010 and 2022: a correlation comparison between conventional bibliometrics and current altmetrics of research impact.
  14. How much do we care about teacher job insecurity during the pandemic? A bibliometric review.
  15. Global trends in research of fibroblasts associated with rheumatoid diseases in the 21st century: A bibliometric analysis.
  16. Global trends of traditional Chinese exercises for musculoskeletal disorders treatment research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis.
  17. Research on HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 in Latin America and the Caribbean over the last ten years.
  18. Female researchers in high-impact psychiatric journals: What do they focus on?
  19. Electronic health records in nursing from 2000 to 2020: A bibliometric analysis.
  20. Knowledge graph analysis and visualization of artificial intelligence applied in electrocardiogram.
  21. Knowledge mapping of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for axial spondyloarthritis: a bibliometric study.
  22. Autoimmune diseases and gut microbiota: a bibliometric and visual analysis from 2004 to 2022.
  23. The popularisation of self-care: Tracing the dissemination of Orem's Self-Care Deficiency Nursing Theory into the scientific disciplines.
  24. Global research trends on platelet-rich plasma for tendon and ligament injuries from the past two decades: A bibliometric and visualized study.
  25. Bibliometric and visualization analysis of stem cell therapy for meniscal regeneration from 2012 to 2022.
  26. A bibliometric analysis of the studies in high-altitude induced sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment research.
  27. Mapping and visualizing the research contribution of India on telemedicine: A scientometric study.
  28. Bibliometric analysis of global research on breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer from 2011 to 2021.
  29. A bibliometric review of coach leadership studies.
  30. Global Research Activities on Micro(nano)plastic Toxicity to Earthworms.
  31. Physiotherapy research on low back pain in the indian context: A bibliometric analysis using the scopus database.
  32. Gender bias in special issues: evidence from a bibliometric analysis.
  33. A new system of authorship best assessment.
  34. The knowledge domain of cognitive neuroscience of aging: A Scientometric and bibliometric analysis.
  35. Cumulative group metrics: a new and efficient method to measure the scientific impact of research groups.
  36. Global Trends and Research Progress of Photodynamic Therapy in Skin Cancer: A Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review.
  37. A Bibliometric Visualization Analysis on Vaccine Development of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
  38. Trends, characteristics, and impact of global scientific production on mental health of health workers in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
  39. Visual Analysis of Psychological Resilience Research Based on Web of Science Database.
  40. Association of Non-traditional Indicators of Readers' Engagement With Traditional Dissemination Metrics of COVID-19-Related Research.
  41. Characteristics, Treatment and Research Development of Bertolotti's Syndrome: A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review.
  42. Mapping knowledge structure and research of the biologic treatment of asthma: A bibliometric study.
  43. Scholarly literature in HIV-related lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies: A bibliometric analysis.
  44. Current status and trends of artificial intelligence research on the four traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic methods: a scientometric study.
  45. An ambitious editorial policy.
  46. Equity, diversity, and inclusion in radiation oncology: a bibliometric analysis and critical review.
  47. Aortic Dissection Research in China: Analysis of Studies Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
  48. A bibliometric analysis of 16,826 triple-negative breast cancer publications using multiple machine learning algorithms: Progress in the past 17 years.
  49. Bibliometric analysis reveals the Mediterranean diet can benefit against coronavirus disease 2019.
  50. Retrospective and Prospective Analysis on "Sexting": Indicators of Productivity, Dispersion, and Content (2009-2019).
  51. A gender perspective on the global migration of scholars.
  52. Tracing the path of 37,050 studies into practice across 18 specialties of the 2.4 million published between 2011-2020.
  53. A comprehensive review on emerging trends in the dynamic evolution of digital addiction and depression.
  54. Minimally invasive endoscopy in spine surgery: where are we now?
  55. A critical analysis of plant science literature reveals ongoing inequities.
  56. Evolution of Tick Vaccinology Highlights Changes in Paradigms in This Research Area.
  57. An Assessment of Gender Equity and Parity Among "Nontraditional" Pathology Awards.
  58. Analysis of prevention through design studies in construction: A subject review.
  59. The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine.
  60. Evaluation and analysis of leading position in hydrogen fuel cell vehicle innovation network erand the influential factors: a case of patent citations in China.
  61. Gender, Racial, and Ethnic and Inequities in Receipt of Multiple National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants.
  62. Analyzing referencing patterns in grey literature produced by influential global management consulting firms and international organizations.
  63. Biological treatment of biowaste as an innovative source of CO-The role of composting process.
  1. Semin Ophthalmol. 2023 Feb 26. 1-6
    The Top 100 Most Cited Manuscripts in Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Bibliometric Analysis.
    Zhiru Zhang, Wei Yang, Hongbin Lv, Li Huang, Tianyu Yao, Yue He.
       PURPOSE: To systematically summarize the research trends and emphases of ROP in the past decades by analyzing the characteristics of the top 100 cited ROP articles.
    METHODS: The 100 most cited articles on ROP published from January 1, 1950 to December 31, 2021 were searched by Web of Science. Information such as year of publication, number of citations, journal and impact factor, type of research and topic, country of origin, institution and authorship of each article was extracted to analyze its characteristics.
    RESULTS: A total of 15,928 articles were returned. These articles were published in 43 journals between 1952 and 2018, originating from 14 countries. The most widely published journal was Pediatrics (n = 19, IF = 8.109), followed by Archives of Ophthalmology (n = 15, IF = 4.399). The most cited paper (Gole et al. Archives of Ophthalmology 2005 Jul, 1614 citations) reported on the international classification of ROP. The most prevalent topic was the pathophysiology of ROP (n = 39), followed by the treatment of ROP (n = 32). Most were original research (n = 72), mainly based on research design of basic science. The most published articles were published in the United States (n = 61), and the institutions were Oregon Health & Science University, Dept Ophthalmol (n = 7).
    CONCLUSIONS: These 100 most frequently cited papers reflect the significant progress and several hot topics of ROP in recent decades, and this paper will help us further understand the knowledge and progress of ROP diagnosis and treatment.
    Keywords:  Analysis; bibliometrics; ophthalmology; retinopathy of prematurity; therapy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/08820538.2023.2177115
  2. Front Psychol. 2023 ;14 1042121
    Global bibliometric analysis of conceptual metaphor research over the recent two decades.
    Xia Zhao, Yi Zheng, Xincheng Zhao.
      Conceptual Metaphor has been a prevalent theme in the linguistic field for the recent twenty years. Numerous scholars worldwide have shown interest in it and published many academic papers from various stances on this topic. However, so far, there have been few rigorous scientific mapping investigations. With the help of bibliometric analysis tool, we selected 1,257 articles on Conceptual Metaphors published from 2002 to 2022, as collected in the Web of Sciences Core Collection database, from unique cognitive perspectives. The global annual scientific output of Conceptual Metaphor, including the cited articles, sources, keywords, and research trends, will be examined in this study. The most notable findings of this study are the following. First, there has been an upward trend in Conceptual Metaphor research over the last two decades. Second, the five most prominent research groups on Conceptual Metaphors are in Spain, the United States of America, China, Great Britain, and Russia. Third, future research on Conceptual Metaphors may focus on corpus linguistics, neurolinguistics, psychology, and critical discourse analysis. The interdisciplinary study may enhance the growth of Conceptual Metaphors.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; evaluation; interdisciplinary study; quantitative and qualitative; research trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1042121
  3. Front Nutr. 2023 ;10 1128432
    A bibliometric analysis of Mediterranean diet on cancer from 2012 to 2021.
    Yafeng Liu, Jibin Lu.
       Background: Numerous studies have demonstrated the value of the Mediterranean diet (MD) as a nutritious eating regimen for lowering the risk of cancer. This study aims to discuss the research patterns, existing state, and possible hotspots in implementing the MD for the prevention and treatment of cancer using bibliometrics.
    Methods: The Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) was searched for articles on cancer that were related to the MD. CiteSpace, VOSviewer, Microsoft Excel 2019, and R software were utilized for bibliometric analysis and data visualization.
    Results: There were 1,415 articles and reviews published from 2012 to 2021. Annual publication volume showed a continuous upward trend. Italy and Harvard University were the country and institution, respectively, with the highest number of publications on this topic. Nutrients ranked first in the number of documents, number of citations, and the H-index. James R. Hebert was the most productive writer, and Antonia Trichopoulou was the most co-cited author. "Alcohol consumption," "oleic acid," and "low density lipoprotein" were keywords used in earlier publications, while more recent hotspots focused on "gut microbiota," "older adult," and "polyphenol."
    Conclusion: Over the past decade, research on the MD in the field of cancer has received increasing attention. To improve the level of evidence for the beneficial effects of the MD on a range of cancers, more research on molecular mechanisms and better clinical studies are required.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Mediterranean diet; VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; cancer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1128432
  4. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023 ;7(1): e44
    Evaluating the impact of a CTSA program from 2008 to 2021 through bibliometrics, social network analysis, and altmetrics.
    Fei Yu, Tanha Patel, Andrea Carnegie, Gaurav Dave.
       Introduction: We evaluate a CTSA program hub by applying bibliometrics, social network analysis (SNA), and altmetrics and examine the changes in research productivity, citation impact, research collaboration, and CTSA-supported research topics since our pilot study in 2017.
    Methods: The sampled data included North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute (NC TraCS)-supported publications produced between September 2008 and March 2021. We applied measures and metrics from bibliometrics, SNA, and altmetrics to the dataset. In addition, we analyzed research topics and correlations between different metrics.
    Results: 1154 NC TraCS-supported publications generated over 53,560 citation counts by April 2021. The average cites per year and the relative citation ratio (RCR) mean of these publications improved from 33 and 2.26 in 2017 to 48 and 2.58 in 2021. The number of involved UNC units in the most published authors' collaboration network increased from 7 (2017) to 10 (2021). NC TraCS-supported co-authorship involved 61 NC organizations. PlumX metrics identified articles with the highest altmetrics scores. About 96% NC TraCS-supported publications have above the average SciVal Topic Prominence Percentile; the average approximate potential to translate of the included publication was 54.2%; and 177 publications addressed health disparity issues. Bibliometric measures (e.g., citation counts, RCR) and PlumX metrics (i.e., Citations, Captures, and Social-Media) are positively correlated (p < .05).
    Conclusion: Bibliometrics, SNA, and altmetrics offer distinctive but related perspectives to examine CTSA research performance and longitudinal growth, especially at the individual program hub level. These perspectives can help CTSAs build program foci.
    Keywords:  CTSA evaluation; altmetrics; bibliometrics; social network analysis; translational research
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.530
  5. Ann Transl Med. 2023 Feb 15. 11(3): 155
    Worldwide research trends on femur head necrosis (2000-2021): a bibliometrics analysis and suggestions for researchers.
    Wenlong Zhang, Hurong Du, Zeyuan Liu, Dongming Zhou, Qiang Li, Wei Liu.
       Background: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a common and stubborn disease. The main causes are venous stasis of the femoral head, arterial blood supply damage, bone cell and bone marrow death, and bone tissue necrosis and subsequent repair obstacles. Over the past 22 years, the number of papers on ONFH has, overall, continued to increase.
    Methods: Using bibliometrics, we investigated the trends, frontiers, and hotspots of global scientific output in the past 22 years. We searched Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) of the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) and retrieved information associated with papers and records published between 2000 and 2021. We used VOSviewer and CiteSpace to conduct bibliometric analysis and visual analysis on the overall distribution of annual output, major countries, active institutions, journals, authors, commonly cited literature, and keywords. The impact and quality of the papers were assessed using the global citation score (GCS).
    Results: We retrieved a total of 2006 articles and reviews. Over the past 22 years, the number of publications (NP) increased. China ranked first in terms of NP, while the United States had the highest h-index and the highest number of citations (NC). Shanghai Jiao Tong University and International Orthopaedics were the institution and periodical, respectively. The paper written by Mont et al. in 2006 had the highest total GCS score, at 379. The top three keywords were "ischemic necrosis", "osteonecrosis", and "hip joint". Although there was a fluctuation in publications associated with ONFH, overall, the NP increased. China was the most prolific in this area, while the United States was the most influential country. The top 3 authors in terms of NP were Zhang, Motomura, and Zhao. Areas of focus in ONFH over recent years include signal pathway, genetic differentiation, glucocorticoid-induced osteogenesis, induced ischemic necrosis and osteogenesis.
    Conclusions: Our bibliometrics analysis revealed the research hotspots and rapid development trends of ONFH research in the past 22 years. The most critical indicators [researchers, countries, research institutions, and journals publishing osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) research] relevant to the research hotspots in the field of ONFH research were analyzed.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH); VOSviewer; bibliometric; trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-23-303
  6. Front Psychiatry. 2023 ;14 1019225
    Non-suicidal self-injury: A bibliometrics study and visualization analysis from 2002 to 2022.
    Xiangli Dong, Yuchen Zou, Qing Zou, Na Zhao, Shilin Li, Guanxiu Liu, Maorong Hu, Weiming Sun.
       Objective: To overview the research actuality and offer the hotspots and cutting-edge issues in the field of Non-suicidal Self-injury (NSSI) by using bibliometric analysis.
    Materials and methods: Publications related to NSSI from 2002 to 2022 were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. CiteSpace V 6.1.R2 and VOSviewer 1.6.18 were used to visually analyzed institutions, countries, journals, authors, references, and keywords in research on NSSI.
    Results: A total of 799 studies about NSSI were analyzed via CiteSpace and VOSviewer. The number of annual publications related to NSSI is fluctuating growth. The USA and Harvard University are the most productive country and institutions. In the case of journals and co-cited journals, Psychiatry Research are the most productive journal and also ranked highest among co-cited journals. Furthermore, Michael Kaess has published the most publications, and Matthew K. Nock is the most cited author. An article published by Swannell SV et al. shows the highest citation counts. After analysis, the most common keywords are harm, adolescents and prevalence. The gender difference, diagnosis, and dysregulation are frontier areas of NSSI research.
    Conclusion: This study analyzed the research of NSSI from multiple perspectives, and provides valuable information for researchers to capture the current status, hot spots, and frontier trends of NSSI.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; NSSI; VOSviewer; WoSCC; bibliometric analysis; non-suicidal self-injury
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1019225
  7. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Feb 27. e026828
    Contributions of Women to Cardiovascular Science Over Two Decades: Authorship, Leadership, and Mentorship.
    Vanessa Blumer, Ilya Y Zhbannikov, Pamela S Douglas.
      Background Women remain underrepresented in cardiology. We aimed to assess gender trends in research authorship, authorship in leading roles, mentorship, and research team diversity. Methods and Results We identified "cardiac and cardiovascular systems" journals from 2002 to 2020 using Journal Citation Reports 2019 (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics). Gender authorship, mentorship, research team diversity, and trends were assessed. Associations between author gender and impact factor, journal region, and cardiology subspecialties were analyzed. Analysis of 396 549 research papers from 122 journals showed the percentage of women authors increased from 16.6% to 24.6% (β=0.38 [95% CI, 0.29-0.46]; P<0.001), whereas the proportion of women first (β=-0.03 [95% CI, -0.06 to 0.004]; P=0.09) or last authors (β=-0.017 [95% CI, -0.04 to 0.006]; P=0.15) was unchanged. Compared with men last authors, women last authors were more likely to mentor women first authors and lead more diverse research teams (both P<0.001). Journal impact factor was related to percentage of women authors overall (Spearman's correlation coefficient RS=0.208 [95% CI, 0.02-0.38]; P=0.03) but not first or last women authors (both P>0.5). Women comprised 18.4%-25.7% of authors in cardiology subspecialties. Journal region and author gender were unrelated (all P>0.4). Conclusions Women's inclusion as authors of cardiology papers increased slightly over the past 2 decades, yet the proportions of women in first and last authorship roles were unchanged. Women are increasingly likely to mentor women first authors and lead diverse research teams. Women last authors are essential to increasing diversity of future independent investigators and inclusive research teams, both of which are associated with innovation and excellence in science.
    Keywords:  authorship; diversity; gender; leadership; mentorship; women
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026828
  8. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Feb 27.
    Climate change and marketing: a bibliometric analysis of research from 1992 to 2022.
    Bahar Urhan, Sibel Hoştut, İsmail Ayşad Güdekli, Hediye Aydoğan.
      Climate change with adverse impacts on the environment, economy, and society requires marketing to change current attitudes and behaviors towards sustainable production and consumption, and thus climate change is interrelated to marketing. However, no body of literature has comprehensively investigated the connections and relationships between climate change and marketing. This study examined such connections and relationships from a bibliometric approach using Web of Science and Scopus databases from 1992 to 2022. The search strategy utilized topic and title/abstract/keyword search. The search query retrieved 1723 documents. VOSviewer and Biblioshiny were utilized to analyze data on authors, keywords, institutions, countries, sources, citations, and co-citations. The findings showed an upward trend in the annual number of publications with the top three most productive countries being the USA, the UK, and Australia and the most productive institutions in the USA, New Zealand, and the UK. The top three author keywords were climate change, sustainability, and marketing. The Sustainability journal ranked first in terms of productivity while Energy Policy in terms of citations. International collaborations were mostly between developed countries also known as Global North Countries, and collaborations between these countries and developing and developed countries should be encouraged. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of documents increased, and research themes altered. Research on energy, innovation, insect farming, and carbon management is a top priority. The results proved that most studies were conducted outside the field of marketing.
    Keywords:  Bibliographic coupling; Bibliometric analysis; Climate change; Co-citation analysis; Marketing
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26071-9
  9. Orthop Surg. 2023 Mar 01.
    Global Cluster Analysis and Network Visualization in Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Scientometric Mapping.
    Shengjie Dong, Fengyao Mei, Jiao Jiao Li, Dan Xing.
       OBJECTIVE: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is the main reason of failure of total joint arthroplasty (TJA). This study aimed to investigate the global trends and network visualization in research of PJI.
    METHODS: Publications in PJI search during 1980-2022 were extracted from the Science Citation Index-Expanded of Web of Science Core Collection database (WoSCC). The source data was investigated and analyzed by bibliometric methodology. For network visualization, VOS viewer and R software was used to perform bibliographic coupling, co-citation, co-authorship and co-occurrence analysis and to predict the publication trends in PJI research.
    RESULTS: There were 7288 articles included. The number of publications and relative research interests increased gradually per year globally. The USA made the highest contributions in the world and with the highest H-index and the most citations. Journal of Arthroplasty published the highest number of articles in this area. The Mayo Clinic, Thomas Jefferson University (Rothman Institute), Hospital Special Surgery and the Rush University were the most contributive institutions by network visualization. Included studies were divided into four clusters: bacterial pathogenic mechanism and antibacterial drugs study, TJA complications, risk factors and epidemiology of PJI, diagnosis of PJI, and revision surgical management. More articles in PJI could be published over the next few years.
    CONCLUSION: The number of publications about PJI will be increasing dramatically based on the global trends and network visualization. The USA made the highest contributions in PJI. Diagnosis and revision management may be the next hot spots in this field.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Global trend; Prosthetic joint infection; Total joint arthroplasty; Visualized study
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/os.13681
  10. Front Surg. 2022 ;9 913818
    The 100 most cited articles in lateral epicondylitis research: A bibliometric analysis.
    Senbo Zhu, Zeju He, Qing Bi, Li Cao, Haifeng Gu, Qiong Zhang, Fang Chai.
       Introduction: Lateral epicondylitis is a significant clinical problem in orthopaedics. There have been numerous articles written about this. Bibliometric analysis is critical for determining a field's most influential study. We attempt to identify and analyze the top 100 citations in lateral epicondylitis research.
    Materials and methods: On December 31, 2021, an electronic search was conducted in the Web of Science Core Collection and the Scopus search engine with no restrictions on publication years, language, or study design. We reviewed each article's title and abstract until the top 100 were documented and evaluated in various ways.
    Results: Between 1979 and 2015, the 100 most cited articles were published in 49 journals. The total number of citations ranged from 75 to 508 (mean ± SD, 145.5 ± 90.9), with citation densities ranging from 2.2 to 37.6 citations per year (mean ± SD, 8.7 ± 6.5). The United States is the most productive country, and the 2000s witnessed a surge in lateral epicondylitis research. The year of publication had a moderately positive correlation with citation density.
    Conclusion: Our findings offer readers a fresh perspective on historical development hotspot areas of lateral epicondylitis research. Disease progression, diagnosis, and management have always been topics of discussion in articles. PRP-based biological therapy has emerged as a promising area for future research.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; citations; lateral epicondylitis; tennis elbow; top papers
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.913818
  11. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2023 Feb 28. 13(1): 67-82
    Research trends of acupuncture therapy for hypertension over the past two decades: a bibliometric analysis.
    Tian-Ming Man, Liu Wu, Jing-Yi Zhang, Yu-Ting Dong, Yi-Tao Sun, Ling Luo.
      Acupuncture has already been extensively utilized to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in several nations. Nevertheless, the bibliometric research on the worldwide usage of acupuncture for hypertension is mostly unclear. As a result, our objective for the research aimed to investigate the present state as well as developments in the global usage of acupuncture on hypertension during the last 20 years using CiteSpace (5.8.R2). The Web of Science (WOS) database examined papers on acupuncture treatment of hypertension from 2002 to 2021. We examined the number of publications, cited journals, nations/regions, organizations, authors, cited authors, cited references, and keywords utilizing CiteSpace. The record of 296 documents was obtained between 2002 and 2021. The quantity and frequency of annual publications rose gradually. Regarding frequency and centrality of citations, Circulation and Clin Exp Hypertens (Clinical and Experimental Hypertension) scored top and second respectively. China had the most publications among countries/regions, as well as the five largest institutions were also in China. Cunzhi Liu was the most productive author, while P Li was the most referenced author. XF Zhao produced the first article inside the quantity of cited references classification. 'Electroacupuncture' had a significant frequency with centrality for the keywords, which suggested electroacupuncture is a popular treatment in this field. In the treatment of hypertension, electroacupuncture has a beneficial effect on reducing blood pressure. However, because of the many different applications of electroacupuncture frequencies in research, whether the electroacupuncture frequency is connected to the therapeutic impact should be given more significant consideration. The findings of this bibliometric analysis give an overview of the present state as well as developments of clinical studies on acupuncture for hypertensive patients during the last two decades, which could assist researchers in identifying hot subjects and exploring novel directions in further study within the field.
    Keywords:  Cardiovascular disease; CiteSpace; acupuncture; bibliometric analysis; hypertension
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/cdt-22-480
  12. Front Pharmacol. 2023 ;14 1043956
    A comprehensive overview of clinical research on dexmedetomidine in the past 2 decades: A bibliometric analysis.
    Hao Kong, Mo Li, Chun-Mei Deng, Yu-Jia Wu, Shu-Ting He, Dong-Liang Mu.
      Introduction: Dexmedetomidine is a potent, highly selective α-2 adrenoceptor agonist with sedative, analgesic, anxiolytic, and opioid-sparing properties. A large number of dexmedetomidine-related publications have sprung out in the last 2 decades. However, no bibliometric analysis for clinical research on dexmedetomidine has been published to analyze hot spots, trends, and frontiers in this field. Methods: The clinical articles and reviews related to dexmedetomidine, published from 2002 to 2021 in the Web of Science Core Collection, were retrieved on 19 May 2022, using relevant search terms. VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to conduct this bibliometric study. Results: The results showed that a total of 2,299 publications were retrieved from 656 academic journals with 48,549 co-cited references by 2,335 institutions from 65 countries/regions. The United States had the most publications among all the countries (n = 870, 37.8%) and the Harvard University contributed the most among all institutions (n = 57, 2.48%). The most productive academic journal on dexmedetomidine was Pediatric Anesthesia and the first co-cited journal was Anesthesiology. Mika Scheinin is the most productive author and Pratik P Pandharipande is the most co-cited author. Co-cited reference analysis and keyword analysis illustrated hot spots in the dexmedetomidine field including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, intensive care unit sedation and outcome, pain management and nerve block, and premedication and use in children. The effect of dexmedetomidine sedation on the outcomes of critically ill patients, the analgesic effect of dexmedetomidine, and its organ protective property are the frontiers in future research. Conclusion: This bibliometric analysis provided us with concise information about the development trend and provided an important reference for researchers to guide future research.
    Keywords:  Citespace; VOSviewer; bibliometric study; dexmedetomidine; sedation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1043956
  13. Int Ophthalmol. 2023 Mar 04.
    Top 50 most-cited articles on SMILE surgery between 2010 and 2022: a correlation comparison between conventional bibliometrics and current altmetrics of research impact.
    Cem Evereklioglu, Hidayet Sener, Said Nafiz Mutlu, Ayse Busra Gunay Sener, Fatih Horozoglu.
       PURPOSE: To conduct a bibliometric and altmetric analysis of the top 50 most-cited articles on small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery and assess its correlations with other metrics.
    METHODS: The terms "small incision lenticule extraction" or "SMILE" were searched in the title, abstract, and keywords using Web of Science database. The retrieved articles (n = 927, between 2010 and 2022) were analyzed in-depth using altmetric attention scores (AAS), and traditional metrics (citation numbers of articles, impact factor of journals, and other citation-based metrics). A correlation statistics was performed with metrics. The articles' focus was examined quantitatively and the most prolific parameters were identified. Authorship network and country statistics also was examined.
    RESULTS: Citation numbers were between 491 and 45. AASs were between 26 and 0. The altmetric score correlated moderately with citation number (r = 0.44, P = 0.001) and annual mean citations (r = 0.49, P < 0.001), but correlated weakly with impact factor (r = 0.28, P = 0.045), and immediacy index (r = 0.32, P = 0.022). The most articles published from China and the most articles were published in 2014. Modern SMILE surgery was mostly compared to the older LASIK procedure. The highest authorship number of links belonged to Zhou XT.
    CONCLUSION: The first bibliometric and altmetric analysis of SMILE research provides novel directions for future work by showing the current research trends, prolific parameters, and zones with potential for the public's attention, providing useful information about the dissemination of scientific knowledge on SMILE in social media and to the general public.
    Keywords:  Altmetric attention scores; Altmetrics; Bibliometrics; SMILE; Web of science
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-023-02652-y
  14. Front Public Health. 2023 ;11 1098013
    How much do we care about teacher job insecurity during the pandemic? A bibliometric review.
    Valentina Gómez-Domínguez, Diego Navarro-Mateu, Teresa Gómez-Domínguez, María Del Carmen Giménez-Espert.
      In this study, a descriptive bibliometric analysis of the scientific production in the Web of Science on job insecurity perceived by teachers in pandemic situations was carried out. The result shows the growing interest in the topic with an upward trend with an annual growth of 41.52%. Forty-seven papers from 41 journals with 2,182 cited references were considered, with 149 researchers from 30 countries publishing at least one article. The country with the most publications was the United States, followed by Germany and Spain. The United States was the country with the most collaborations. A total of 95 institutions published papers, and the universities with the most registrations were Miami University and the University of the Basque Country, although York University and the University of the Basque Country had a higher overall citation coefficient (102 and 40, respectively). Of the 41 journals that have published on the topic, Frontiers in Education and the British Journal of Educational Psychology stood out in terms of their article numbers. However, this last one was superior in terms of the overall number of citations per year, followed by Frontiers of Psychology.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; bibliometrics; job insecurity; teachers; thematic analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1098013
  15. Front Immunol. 2023 ;14 1098977
    Global trends in research of fibroblasts associated with rheumatoid diseases in the 21st century: A bibliometric analysis.
    Runzhi Huang, Minghao Jin, Yifan Liu, Yuwei Lu, Mengyi Zhang, Penghui Yan, Shuyuan Xian, Siqiao Wang, Hao Zhang, Xinkun Zhang, Shaofeng Chen, Bingnan Lu, Yiting Yang, Zongqiang Huang, Xin Liu, Shizhao Ji.
       Background: Rheumatoid Diseases (RDs) are a group of systemic auto-immune diseases that are characterized by chronic synovitis, and fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) play an important role in the occurrence and progression of synovitis. Our study is the first to adopt bibliometric analysis to identify the global scientific production and visualize its current distribution in the 21st century, providing insights for future research through the analysis of themes and keywords.
    Methods: We obtained scientific publications from the core collection of the Web of Science (WoS) database, and the bibliometric analysis and visualization were conducted by Biblioshiny software based on R-bibliometrix.
    Results: From 2000 to 2022, a total of 3,391 publications were reviewed. China is the most prolific country (n = 2601), and the USA is the most cited country (cited 7225 times). The Center of Experimental Rheumatology at University Hospital Zürich supported the maximum number of articles (n = 40). Steffen Gay published 85 records with 6263 total citations, perhaps making him the most impactful researcher. Arthritis and Rheumatism, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, and Rheumatology are the top three journals.
    Conclusion: The current study revealed that rheumatoid disease (RD)-related fibroblast studies are growing. Based on the bibliometric analysis, we summarized three important topics: activation of different subsets of fibroblasts; regulation of fibroblast function; and in vitro validation of existing discoveries. They are all valuable directions, which provide reference and guidance for researchers and clinicians engaged in the research of RDs and fibroblasts.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics; fibroblast-like synoviocytes; fibroblasts; rheumatoid arthritis; rheumatoid diseases; systemic sclerosis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1098977
  16. Front Neurosci. 2023 ;17 1096789
    Global trends of traditional Chinese exercises for musculoskeletal disorders treatment research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis.
    Chong Guan, Yuanjia Gu, Ziji Cheng, Fangfang Xie, Fei Yao.
       Background: Traditional Chinese exercise has been shown to be effective in relieving long-term chronic pain, physical dysfunction, decreased ability to participate in society and decreased quality of life in musculoskeletal diseases. In recent years, there has been a steady increase in publications on the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders by traditional Chinese exercises. The purpose of this study is to review the characteristics and trends of Chinese traditional exercise studies on musculoskeletal diseases published since 2000 through bibliometric analysis, and identify current research hotspots, so as to guide the direction of future research.
    Methods: Publications regarding traditional Chinese exercises for musculoskeletal disorders from 2000 to 2022 were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection. VOSviewer 1.6.18 and CiteSpace V software were used for bibliometric analyses. Bibliometric visualization and comparative analysis were conducted for authors, cited authors, journals, co-cited journals, institutions, countries, references, and keywords.
    Results: A total of 432 articles were obtained, with an upward trend over time. The most productive countries and institutions in this field are the USA (183) and Harvard University (70). Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (20) was the most prolific journal, Cochrane Database System Review (758) was the most commonly cited journal. Wang Chenchen published the largest number of articles (18). According to high frequency keywords, the hot spot musculoskeletal disorder and the type of traditional Chinese exercise are knee osteoarthritis and Tai Chi.
    Conclusion: This study provides a scientific perspective for the research of traditional Chinese exercises for musculoskeletal disorders and provides valuable information for researchers to discover the current research status, hot spots and new trends of future research.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometric; musculoskeletal disorders; traditional Chinese exercises
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1096789
  17. Heliyon. 2023 Mar;9(3): e13800
    Research on HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 in Latin America and the Caribbean over the last ten years.
    Dustin M Solorzano-Salazar, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Fabriccio J Visconti-Lopez, Diego Azañedo.
      Worldwide, Human T-lymphtropic virus-1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and 2) infects approximately more than 10 million people, mostly occurring in hyperendemic areas such as the region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). A comprehensive bibliographic exploration of original articles published on the Web of Science Core Collection database over the last 10 years was done. A bibliometric analysis was performed using the bibliometrix package in RStudio and VOSviewer. A total of 519 articles published in 194 journals were identified along the 10 years studied. In 2012 the peak number of publications was identified and the average number of citations per document was 1.33. Galvao-Castro B was the author with the greatest number of publications. Aids Research and Human Retroviruses was the most productive journal, and the study by Bangham CRM was the most cited. Brazil was the country with most corresponding authors that had the most publications and the most significant number of total citations. Infections and HTLV-1 were the most used keywords. In conclusion, according to the current quantitative analysis, there is a need for more significant promotion of research on HTLV-1 and 2 among the scientific community of LAC.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Caribbean region; HTLV; Human t-lymphotropic virus; Latin America; Trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13800
  18. Front Psychiatry. 2023 ;14 1104683
    Female researchers in high-impact psychiatric journals: What do they focus on?
    Melanie Trimmel, Michaela Amering, Stefanie Suessenbacher-Kessler, Beate Schrank, Andrea Gmeiner.
      The regular analysis of publication trends, including gender aspects, is an important contribution to the identification of gender-specific differences in academic psychiatry. The present study aimed to characterise publication topics in three high-impact psychiatric journals across three time points within 15 years (2004, 2014 and 2019). Publication patterns of female authors compared to their male colleagues were examined. All articles published in 2019 in the three high-impact psychiatry journals JAMA Psychiatry, British Journal of Psychiatry and American Journal of Psychiatry were included and compared with data from the 2004 and 2014 assessments. Descriptive statistics were calculated and Chi-square tests were performed. In 2019, a total of 473 articles were published, 49.5% were original research articles, of which 50.4% were published by female first authors. The results of this study showed a stable trend in the publication of research on mood disorders as well as schizophrenia and psychotic disorders in high-ranking psychiatric journals. Although the percentage of female first authors in the three most common target populations under study (mood disorders, schizophrenia and general mental health) increased from 2004 to 2019, gender equality has not yet been achieved in these fields. However, in the two most frequent subject matters, basic biological research and psychosocial epidemiology, the percentage of female first authors was more than 50%. Consistent monitoring of publication trends and gender distribution by researchers and journals in psychiatric research should be continued to identify and counteract the possibility of the underrepresentation of women in certain fields.
    Keywords:  academic psychiatry; bibliometric analysis; gender; medical literature; psychiatry research; women in medicine
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1104683
  19. Front Public Health. 2023 ;11 1049411
    Electronic health records in nursing from 2000 to 2020: A bibliometric analysis.
    Ze Luan, Zhiru Zhang, Yanan Gao, Shiyuan Du, Nan Wu, Yulu Chen, Xin Peng.
       Background: Electronic health records (EHR) is the longitudinal data generated by patients in medical institutions and recorded by electronic medical information systems in the form of digital, which is also the most widespread application of big data in medicine. The purpose of this study was to explore the application of electronic health records in the field of nursing and determine the current research status and hotspots.
    Methods: A bibliometric analysis of electronic health records in nursing was undertaken from 2000 to 2020. The literature comes from Web of Science Core Collection database. We used CiteSpace (version 5.7 R5; Drexel University), which is a Java-based software that especially visualized collaborative networks and research topics.
    Results: A total of 2616 publications were included in the study. We found that publications increased year by year. The Journal of American Medical Informatics Association (n = 921) is the most cited. The United States (n = 1,738) has the most publications in this field. University Penn (n = 63) is the institution with the most publications. There is no influential cooperation network among the authors, of which Bates, David W (n = 12) have the largest number of publications. The relevant publications also focus on the fields of health care science and services, and medical informatics. In keywords, EHR, long-term care, mobile application, inpatient falls, and advance care planning has been researching hotspots in recent years.
    Conclusion: With the popularization of information systems, the publications of EHR in the nursing field have increased year by year. This study provides the basic structure, potential cooperation, and research trends of EHR in the field of nursing from 2000 to 2020, and provides a reference for nurses to effectively use EHR to help clinical work or scientific researchers explore the potential significances of EHR.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; bibliometric analysis; data visualization; electronic health records; nursing
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1049411
  20. Front Physiol. 2023 ;14 1118360
    Knowledge graph analysis and visualization of artificial intelligence applied in electrocardiogram.
    Mengting Yang, Hongchao Zhang, Weichao Liu, Kangle Yong, Jie Xu, Yamei Luo, Henggui Zhang.
      Background: Electrocardiogram (ECG) provides a straightforward and non-invasive approach for various applications, such as disease classification, biometric identification, emotion recognition, and so on. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) shows excellent performance and plays an increasingly important role in electrocardiogram research as well. Objective: This study mainly adopts the literature on the applications of artificial intelligence in electrocardiogram research to focus on the development process through bibliometric and visual knowledge graph methods. Methods: The 2,229 publications collected from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database until 2021 are employed as the research objects, and a comprehensive metrology and visualization analysis based on CiteSpace (version 6.1. R3) and VOSviewer (version 1.6.18) platform, which were conducted to explore the co-authorship, co-occurrence and co-citation of countries/regions, institutions, authors, journals, categories, references and keywords regarding artificial intelligence applied in electrocardiogram. Results: In the recent 4 years, both the annual publications and citations of artificial intelligence in electrocardiogram sharply increased. China published the most articles while Singapore had the highest ACP (average citations per article). The most productive institution and authors were Ngee Ann Polytech from Singapore and Acharya U. Rajendra from the University of Technology Sydney. The journal Computers in Biology and Medicine published the most influential publications, and the subject with the most published articles are distributed in Engineering Electrical Electronic. The evolution of research hotspots was analyzed by co-citation references' cluster knowledge visualization domain map. In addition, deep learning, attention mechanism, data augmentation, and so on were the focuses of recent research through the co-occurrence of keywords.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; VOSviewer; artificial intelligence (AI); electrocardiogram (ECG); knowledge graph analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1118360
  21. Clin Rheumatol. 2023 Feb 27.
    Knowledge mapping of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for axial spondyloarthritis: a bibliometric study.
    Qian He, Jia-Qi Chen, Xin-Bo Yu, Jia-He Liao, Zi-Wei Huang, Jian-Ying Yang, Tzu-Hua Wu, Wei-Jiang Song, Jing Luo, Qing-Wen Tao.
      Various biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) have been applied for treating axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, there is a glaring absence of a bibliometric analysis on bDMARDs against axSpA. Articles related to use of bDMARDs in treating axSpA published from 2004 to 2022 were searched from the Web of Science Core Collection. VOS viewer 1.6.18 and CiteSpace 6.1.R2 were used to analyze and visualize the quantity and citations of publications, as well as to identify "research hotspots" and trends in this field. BibExcel version 1.0.0 and gCLUTO version 1.0 were used to build matrices for bi-clustering analysis. A total of 2546 articles referring to bDMARDs for treatment of axSpA were included in this bibliometric analysis. Overall, the number of publications has been increasing steadily annually. The USA (23.21%, 591 publications) ranked first with the largest output of papers, followed by Germany, and the Netherlands. Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet ranked first as the most frequent publisher (119 articles). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases published the most documents (6.76%, 172 publications) in this field. The predominant hotspots have been "tuberculosis," "IL-17," and "quality of life" in the field until 2020. Since 2015, "biosimilar pharmaceuticals" has retained the popularity. Current research hotspots are "spinal radiographic progression," Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, and adverse events (AEs). Machine learning has become popular gradually. Globally, there has been a steady increase in the number of studies on bDMARDs use against axSpA. JAK inhibitors, spinal radiographic progression, biosimilar pharmaceuticals, and AEs are current research hotspots. Machine learning is emerging research hotspots and trends in this field.
    Keywords:  Axial spondyloarthritis; Bibliometric analysis; Biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; Hotspot; Knowledge mapping
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-023-06540-9
  22. Clin Exp Med. 2023 Mar 01.
    Autoimmune diseases and gut microbiota: a bibliometric and visual analysis from 2004 to 2022.
    Youao Zhang, Yongzheng Peng, Xu Xia.
      Many studies have shown that gut microbiota is closely related to autoimmune diseases (ADs). Studies on gut microbiota and ADs have also increased significantly, but no bibliometric analysis has summarized the association between gut microbiota and ADs. This study aimed to conduct a bibliometric and visual analysis of published studies on gut microbiota and ADs. Based on the Web of Science Core Collection SCI-expanded database, we utilize Excel 2019 and visualization analysis tools VOSviewer and co-occurrence13.2 (COOC13.2) for analysis. A total of 2516 related kinds of literature were included, and the number of papers presented an overall increasing trend. The country/region with the most publications is the USA, the institution is the Harvard Medical School, and the author is Mikael Knip from the USA. Hot research areas include intestinal regulation (such as dysbiosis, short chain fatty acids, and probiotics), multisystem ADs (such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease), and immune-related cells (such as T cells, and dendritic cells). Psoriasis, dysbiosis, autoimmune liver disease, and fecal microbiota transplantation may be the future research direction. Our research results can help researchers grasp the current status of ADs and gut microbiota research and find new research directions in the future.
    Keywords:  Autoimmune diseases; Frontiers; Gut microbiota; Hot spots; Keywords analysis; Visual analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10238-023-01028-x
  23. Health Info Libr J. 2023 Feb 26.
    The popularisation of self-care: Tracing the dissemination of Orem's Self-Care Deficiency Nursing Theory into the scientific disciplines.
    Kemal Yayla, Medine Yilmaz, Hatice Yildirim Sari.
       BACKGROUND: Bibliometric methods may be used to examine research trends, and information visualisation techniques are useful in illustrating the diffusion of knowledge and how theories are applied.
    OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to illustrate how Orem's Self-Care Deficiency Nursing Theory (SCDNT) has been cited and applied in nursing science and beyond.
    METHODS: A bibliometric analysis examined scientific publications that cited Orem's nursing theory. In addition, the diffusion of SCDNT was assessed using data visualisation methods and integration scores of SCDNT versions were calculated to define trends in its theoretical usage in other scientific domains.
    RESULTS: The information visualisation demonstrated increased usage of SCDTN in different disciplines. Integration scores demonstrated that the scientific community still recognises and uses versions of SCDTN.
    DISCUSSION: Studying citation patterns helps to identify which publications are still cited and relevant, as well as illustrating the dissemination of theory. Findings may be used in the collection weeding of SCDTN book versions.
    CONCLUSIONS: Findings provided nursing scientists with a better conceptual understanding of SCDNT diffusion and development. For academic library managers, the findings identify which SCDNT should be retained for historical interest and curriculum needs.
    Keywords:  citation analysis; library collection development; nursing literature; scholarly communication
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12476
  24. Front Surg. 2023 ;10 1113491
    Global research trends on platelet-rich plasma for tendon and ligament injuries from the past two decades: A bibliometric and visualized study.
    Jie Xu, Wanli Du, Xiali Xue, Meng Chen, Wenqi Zhou, Xiaobing Luo.
       Background: In sports medicine, tendon and ligament injuries are the most prevalent conditions, and with the booming of sports competition, the incidence of sports injuries is gradually increasing, investigating more potent therapeutic options is therefore becoming increasingly crucial. Platelet-rich plasma therapy has gained popularity as an effective and secure treatment in recent years. Currently, a faceted systematic and clear visual analysis is lacking in this research area.
    Methods: The literature related to using platelet-rich plasma to treat ligament and tendon injuries from 2003 to 2022 in the core dataset of the Web of Science database was collected and analyzed visually using Citespace 6.1 software. Research hotspots and development trends were analyzed in terms of high-impact countries or regions, authors, research institutions, keywords, and cited literature.
    Results: The literature comprised a total of 1,827 articles. The annual publication volume of relevant literature has demonstrated a significant development tendency as the field of platelet-rich plasma research for tendon and ligament injuries has heated up in recent years. With 678 papers, the United States came in top place, followed by China with 187 papers. Hosp Special Surg ranked first with 56 papers. The hot research topics analyzed by keywords were tennis elbow, anterior cruciate ligament, rotator cuff repair, achilles tendon, mesenchymal stem cells, guided tissue regeneration, network meta analysis, chronic patellar tendinopathy, and follow up.
    Conclusion: Analysis of the research literature over the past 20 years shows that the United States and China will continue to dominate in terms of volume of publications based on annual volume and trends, with some collaboration among high-impact authors and further collaboration still needed in different countries and institutions. Platelet-rich plasma is widely used in the treatment of tendon ligament injuries. Its clinical efficacy is influenced by a number of factors, the main ones being the inconsistency in the preparation and composition of platelet-rich plasma and its related preparations, and the differences in efficacy due to different activation methods of platelet-rich plasma, as well as factors such as injection time, injection site, administration method, number of administrations, acidity and evaluation methods, In addition, the applicability to different injury diseases remains controversial. In recent years, the molecular biology of platelet-rich plasma for tendon ligament therapy has received increasing attention.
    Keywords:  PRP; bibliometric analysis; citespace; ligaments; tendinopathy; visual analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1113491
  25. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 ;11 1107209
    Bibliometric and visualization analysis of stem cell therapy for meniscal regeneration from 2012 to 2022.
    Zhen Yang, Zejun Fan, Du Wang, Hui Li, Zihao He, Dan Xing, Jianhao Lin.
      Background: Meniscus injuries, a common joint disease caused by long-term wear, trauma and inflammation, usually cause chronic dysfunction and pain in the joint. Current clinical surgeries mainly aim to remove the diseased tissue to alleviate patient suffering instead of helping with meniscus regeneration. As an emerging treatment, stem cell therapy has been verified to facilitate meniscus regeneration effectively. The purpose of this study is to investigate the publication conditions of stem cell therapy for meniscal regeneration and to visualize the research trends and frontiers. Methods: Relevant publications relevant to stem cells for meniscal regeneration was retrieved SCI-Expanded of the Web of Science database from 2012 to 2022. Research trends in the field were analysed and visualized by CiteSpace and VOSviewer. Results: A total of 354 publications were collected and analysed. The United States contributed the largest number of publications (118, 34.104%). Tokyo Medical Dental University has contributed the largest number of publications (34) among all full-time institutions. Stem cell research therapy has published the largest number of researches on stem cells for meniscal regeneration (17). SEKIYA. I contributed the majority of publications in this field (31), while Horie, M was the most frequently cited authors (166). #1 tissue engineering, #2 articular cartilage, #3 anterior cruciate ligament, #4 regenerative medicine, #5 scaffold are the chief keywords. This indicates that the current research hotspot has been transformed from basic surgical research to tissue engineering. Conclusion: Stem cell therapy is a promising therapeutic method for meniscus regeneration. This is the first visualized and bibliometric study to thoroughly construct the development trends and knowledge structure in the research field of stem cell therapy for meniscal regeneration in the past 10 years. The results thoroughly summarize and visualize the research frontiers, which will shed light on the research direction of stem cell therapy for meniscal regeneration.
    Keywords:  bibliometric; citespace; meniscal regeneration; stem cell; vosviewer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1107209
  26. Front Physiol. 2023 ;14 1133059
    A bibliometric analysis of the studies in high-altitude induced sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment research.
    Jiexin Zhang, Songyuan Tang, Chao Chen, Hezhong Jiang, Hai Liao, Huawei Liu, Li Wang, Xin Chen.
      Background: The two main symptoms at high altitude, sleep abnormalities and cognitive impairments, interact with each other. These two dysfunctions are also closely related to systemic multisystem diseases, including cerebrovascular diseases, psychiatric disorders, and immune regulatory diseases. Purpose: To systematically analyze and visualize research on sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment at high altitudes using a bibliometrics method, and to determine future research directions by analyzing research trends and the latest hotspots. Methods: Publications from 1990 to 2022 on sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment at high altitudes were retrieved from the Web of Science. Using the R Bibliometrix software and Microsoft Excel, all data were examined statistically and qualitatively. For network visualization, the data were later exported into VOSviewer 1.6.17 and CiteSpace 6.1.R6. Results: A total of 487 articles in this area were published from 1990 to 2022. In this period, there was an overall increase in the number of publications. The United States has shown considerable importance in this sector. Bloch Konrad E was the most prolific and valuable author. The most prolific journal was High Altitude Medicine & Biology, and it has been the first choice for publishing in this field in recent years. Analysis of keyword co-occurrences suggested that research interest in the clinical manifestations of sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment caused by altitude hypoxia was mainly focused on "acute mountain-sickness," "insomnia," "apnea syndrome," "depression," "anxiety," "Cheyne-strokes respiration," and "pulmonary hypertension." The mechanisms of disease development related to "oxidative stress," "inflammation," "hippocampus," "prefrontal cortex," "neurodegeneration," and "spatial memory" in the brain have been the focus of recent research. According to burst detection analysis, "mood" and "memory impairment," as terms with high strength, are expected to remain hot topics in the coming years. High-altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension is also in the emerging stage of research, and the treatments will continue to receive attention in the future. Conclusion: More attention is being focused on sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment at high altitudes. This work will serve as a useful reference for the clinical development of treatments for sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment induced by hypobaric hypoxia at high altitudes.
    Keywords:  apnea syndrome; bibliometric study; hippocampus; hypobaric hypoxia; oxidative stress
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1133059
  27. J Postgrad Med. 2023 Feb 23.
    Mapping and visualizing the research contribution of India on telemedicine: A scientometric study.
    P K Behera, P Kaur, S S Mishra, S K Mishra.
       Background: The term "Telemedicine" is being used in the medical and health sector to treat patients and to provide medical guidance remotely. The intellectual output from India in terms of publications was harvested from Scopus® with the keyword "Telemedicine" and analyzed by using bibliometric techniques.
    Methods: The source data was downloaded from the Scopus® database. All the publications on telemedicine and indexed in the database up to the year 2021 were considered for scientometric analysis. The software tools VOSviewer® version 1.6.18 to visualize bibliometric networks, statistical software R Studio® version 3.6.1 with the Bibliometrix package Biblioshiny® were used for analysis and data visualization, and EdrawMind® was used for mind mapping.
    Result: India contributed 2,391 (4.32%) publications on telemedicine to a total of 55,304 publications worldwide until 2021. There were 886 (37.05%) papers that appeared in open access mode. The analysis revealed that the first paper was published in the year 1995 from India. Steep growth in the number of publications was observed in 2020 with 458 publications. The highest, 54 research publications, appeared in the "Journal of Medical Systems." The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, contributed the highest number of publications (n = 134). A considerable overseas collaboration was observed (USA: 11%; UK: 5.85%).
    Conclusions: This is the first such attempt to address the intellectual output of India in the emerging medical discipline of telemedicine and has yielded useful information such as leading authors, institutions, their impact, and year-wise topic trends.
    Keywords:  Scientometric analysis; telemedicine; telemedicine - India
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_107_22
  28. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2023 Feb 27.
    Bibliometric analysis of global research on breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer from 2011 to 2021.
    Hongyi Zhang, Yakun Gao, Jianghui Ying, Hang Yu, Rong Guo, Jiachao Xiong, Hua Jiang.
       BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the world, and most patients require a mastectomy. Women who have undergone mastectomy often suffer from breast loss that seriously affects their daily life, and breast reconstruction is not only beneficial to patient's quick recovery after surgery, but also their mental health. So, in recent years, more and more female breast cancer patients are receiving breast reconstruction surgery. We aim to map hot trends in breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer and provide directions for future research.
    METHODS: We screened all literature (2011-2021) on breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer from The Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) and analyzed research trends in this field using Vosviewer and CiteSpace.
    RESULTS: Based on the search results, a total of 3404 articles related to breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer were screened. The US (n = 1371) is the country with the highest number of articles, followed by Italy (n = 282) and the UK (n = 277). Harvard University (n = 183) was the institution with the highest number of publications, followed by the University of Texas (n = 141) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (n = 136). Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is the most published journal in the field. Pusic AL is the most published author in the field, while Matros E is the most cited author on average. Cluster analysis showed that breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer is a hot topic of research by scholars, and more and more experts recommend breast reconstruction for breast cancer patients.
    CONCLUSIONS: This study comprehensively summarizes and analyzes global research trends in breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer. In the past 10 years, there has been a significant increase in relevant high-quality publications in this field, and the field of breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer has a promising future.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics; breast cancer; breast plastic surgery; breast reconstruction; mastectomy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.15683
  29. Front Psychol. 2023 ;14 1135243
    A bibliometric review of coach leadership studies.
    Angelita Bautista Cruz, Hyun-Duck Kim.
      This study examined published articles concerning sports leadership within the sport psychology domain over the last 30 years using bibliometric analysis that centered on the written content of the publications as unit of analysis in order to explore the intellectual base, particularly the structural relationships among relevant research components about coach leadership. Leximancer version 5.0 (Leximancer Pty Ltd.) was used to extract data from 100 sports leadership-related articles from four sport psychology journals. Overall, the most relevant concepts generated were coaches (100%) and athletes (59%), followed by study, sport, support, and motivation, and behaviors. Also, relevant concepts produced for each journal were quite similar which included coaches, athletes, behaviors, study, support and team. Further, publications related to coach leadership have shown a steady growth rate since 1990 with 76% of all published articles were conducted via quantitative research method. Finally, United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium were the top countries involved in the area of coach leadership. Coach leadership studies generally focus on behaviors and perceptions related to the coach and relationships between leadership and psychological outcomes. Each journal has a similar but distinct rationale when publishing papers about coach leadership. Bibliometric analysis can be applied as an alternative methodology to summarize large volumes of relevant data in order to map the current knowledge as well as identify potential future research directions.
    Keywords:  Leximancer; athlete performance measure; coach; review; sport leadership; sport psychology; text analytics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1135243
  30. Toxics. 2023 Jan 24. pii: 112. [Epub ahead of print]11(2):
    Global Research Activities on Micro(nano)plastic Toxicity to Earthworms.
    Wenwen Gong, Haifeng Li, Jiachen Wang, Jihua Zhou, Haikang Zhao, Xuexia Wang, Han Qu, Anxiang Lu.
      Micro(nano)plastics are emerging contaminants that have been shown to cause various ecotoxicological effects on soil biota. Earthworms, as engineers of the ecosystem, play a fundamental role in soil ecosystem processes and have been used as model species in ecotoxicological studies. Research that evaluates micro(nano)plastic toxicity to earthworms has increased greatly over the last decade; however, only few studies have been conducted to highlight the current knowledge and evolving trends of this topic. This study aims to visualize the research status and knowledge structure of the relevant literature. Bibliometrics and visualization analyses were conducted using co-citations, cooperation networks and cluster analysis. The results showed that micro(nano)plastic toxicity to earthworms is an emerging and increasingly popular topic, with 78 articles published from 2013 to 2022, the majority of which were published in the last two years. The most prolific publications and journals involved in this topic were also identified. In addition, the diversity of cooperative relationships among different countries and institutions confirmed the evolution of this research field, in which China contributed substantially. The high-frequency keywords were then determined using co-occurrence analysis, and were identified as exposure, bioaccumulation, soil, pollution, toxicity, oxidative stress, heavy metal, microplastic, Eisenia foetida and community. Moreover, a total of eight clusters were obtained based on topic knowledge clustering, and these included the following themes: plastic pollution, ingestion, combined effects and the biological endpoints of earthworms and toxic mechanisms. This study provides an overview and knowledge structure of micro(nano)plastic toxicity to earthworms so that future researchers can identify their research topics and potential collaborators.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; earthworms; knowledge map; micro(nano)plastic toxicity; web of science
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020112
  31. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2023 Feb 16.
    Physiotherapy research on low back pain in the indian context: A bibliometric analysis using the scopus database.
    Arun Vijay Subbarayalu, Mohamed Idhris, Sivasankar Prabaharan, Muhil Sakthivel, Shahul Hameed Pakkir Mohamed, Manuelraj Peter, Spurgeon Anandraj, Anand Pandiyarajan, Mohammed Barkath Ali Mohammed Farook, Abdurahiman Pattukuthu.
       BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal condition that necessitates public health concerns. It also attracts considerable research interest among physiotherapists.
    OBJECTIVE: This study conducted a bibliometric analysis to reveal the affinity of Indian physiotherapists toward research on LBP using the Scopus database.
    METHODS: An electronic search was performed on December 23, 2020, using specific keywords. The data was downloaded in a Scopus plain text file (.txt) format and were analyzed using R studio (biblioshiny) software.
    RESULTS: Two hundred and thirteen articles concerning LBP published from 2003 to 2020 were retrieved from the Scopus database. Among those articles (N= 213), 85.45% (n= 182) were published between 2011 and 2020. An article published by "James SL (2018)" in the Lancet had the highest citation of 1439. The highest collaboration was between India and the United Kingdom, and India and the United States of America jointly accounted for 12.2% (n= 26) of the entire articles (N= 213).
    CONCLUSION: Indian physiotherapists have shown an interest through gradually increasing their research output on LBP since 2015. They contributed effectively to various journals and international collaboration. Nevertheless, there is room to improve the quality and quantity of LBP articles in high-quality journals, thereby enhancing the citation count. This study recommends improving the scientific output of Indian physiotherapists on LBP by expanding their international networks.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; India; low back pain; physical therapists
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3233/BMR-210363
  32. Scientometrics. 2023 Feb 20. 1-17
    Gender bias in special issues: evidence from a bibliometric analysis.
    Magdalena Formanowicz, Marta Witkowska, Weronika Hryniszak, Zuzanna Jakubik, Aleksandra Cisłak.
      Even though the majority of psychologists are women, they are outnumbered by men in senior academic ranks. One reason for this representation bias in academia is that men favor other men in decision-making, especially when the stakes are high. We tested the possibility of such bias in a bibliometric analysis, in which we coded editors' and authors' gender in regular and special issues, the latter considered of higher scientific prominence. We examined all special issues from five prominent scientific outlets in the fields of personality and social psychology published in the twenty-first century. Altogether, we analyzed 1911 articles nested in 93 sets comprising a special issue and a neighboring regular issue treated as a control condition. For articles published in special (but not regular) issues, when there were more men editors, more men first-authored and co-authored the work. This pattern suggests how gender bias can be perpetuated within academia and calls for revising the editorial policies of leading psychology journals.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Gender bias; Special issues
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04639-z
  33. J Public Health Res. 2023 Jan;12(1): 22799036221149840
    A new system of authorship best assessment.
    Luca Saba, Michele Porcu, Gianluca De Rubeis, Antonella Balestrieri, Alessandra Serra, Mauro Giovanni Carta.
       Purpose: The standard bibliometric indexes ("m-quotient "H-," "H2-," "g-," "a-," "m-," and "r-" index) do not considered the research' position in the author list of the paper. We proposed a new methodology, System of Authorship Best Assessment (SABA), to characterize the scientific output based on authors' position.
    Material and Methods: Four classes S1A, S1B, S2A, and S2B include only papers where the researcher is in first, first/last, first/second/last, and first/second/second-last/last position respectively were used for the calculation of H-index and number of citations The system was tested with Noble prize winners controlled with researchers matched for H-index. The different in percentage between standard bibliometric index and S2B was calculated and compared.
    Results: The percentage differences in Noble prize winners between S2B-H-index versus Global H-index and number of citations is very lower comparing with control group (median 4.15% [adjusted 95% CI, 2.54-5.30] vs 9.00 [adjusted 95% CI, 7.16-11.84], p < 0.001; average difference 8.7% vs 20.3%). All different in percentage between standard bibliometric index and S2B except two (H2- and m-index) were significantly lower among Noble prize compared with control group.
    Conclusion: The SABA methodology better weight the research impact by showing that for excellent profiles the S2B is similar to global values whereas for other researchers there is a significant difference.
    Keywords:  Abstracting and indexing; bibliometrics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/22799036221149840
  34. Front Aging Neurosci. 2023 ;15 999594
    The knowledge domain of cognitive neuroscience of aging: A Scientometric and bibliometric analysis.
    Jiaxing Jiang, Lin Fan, Jia Liu.
      Cognitive neuroscience of aging (CNA) is a relatively young field compared with other branches of cognitive aging (CA). From the beginning of this century, scholars in CNA have contributed many valuable research to explain the cognitive ability decline in aging brains in terms of functional changes, neuromechanism, and neurodegenerative diseases. However, very few studies have systematically reviewed the research in the domain of CAN, with regard to its primary research topics, theories, findings, and future development. Therefore, this study used CiteSpace to conduct a bibliometric analysis of 1,462 published articles in CNA from Web of Science (WOS) and investigated the highly influential and potential research topics and theories of CNA, as well as important brain areas involved in CAN during 2000-2021. The results revealed that: (1) the research topics of "memory" and "attention" have been the focus of most studies, progressing into a fMRI-oriented stage; (2) the scaffolding theory and hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults model hold a key status in CNA, characterizing aging as a dynamic process and presenting compensatory relationships between different brain areas; and (3) age-related changes always occur in temporal (especially the hippocampus), parietal, and frontal lobes and the cognitive declines establish the compensation relationship between the anterior and posterior regions.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; bibliometric analysis; cognitive aging; cognitive neuroscience of aging; scientometric analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.999594
  35. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2023 Feb;85(2): 124-129
    Cumulative group metrics: a new and efficient method to measure the scientific impact of research groups.
    Uta Moll, Christopher L Camp, Asheesh Bedi, Anthony N Khoury, Sarah M Villinger, Laurence D Higgins, Coen A Wijdicks.
      Various metrics have emerged for assessing scientific impact, most of which are based on complex calculations and, in many cases, are not freely available. Moreover, most of these metrics are not intended for assessing the scientific impact of research groups. Cumulative group metrics are proposed as an efficient and cost-effective strategy for measuring group scientific impact.
    Materials and methods: The authors collected peer-reviewed output in 2020 from two academic orthopedic surgery departments [University of Michigan (UM) and Mayo Clinic Rochester (MC)] and one medical device research department [Arthrex Inc. (AI)]. The sites evaluated the Cumulative Group Number of Publications (CGNP), Cumulative Journal Impact Factor (CJIF), Cumulative CiteScore (CCS), Cumulative SCImago Journal Rank (CSJR), and Cumulative Source Normalized Impact per Paper (CSNIP) for the three institutions.
    Results: In 2020, UM published 159 peer-reviewed studies, MC published 347 peer-reviewed studies, and AI supported 141 publications. The UM publications achieved a CJIF of 513, a CCS of 891, a CSJR of 255, and a CSNIP of 247. The MC publications achieved a CJIF of 956, a CCS of 1568, a CSJR of 485, and a CSNIP of 508. AI-supported publications achieved a CJIF of 314, a CCS of 598, a CSJR of 189, and a CSNIP of 189.
    Conclusion: The presented cumulative group metrics are an effective tool to assess the scientific impact of a research group. The cumulative submetrics can further evaluate research groups compared with other departments due to field normalization. Department leadership and funding agencies can utilize these metrics to evaluate research output quantitatively and qualitatively.
    Keywords:  cumulative group metrics; metrics; research; scientific impact
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MS9.0000000000000086
  36. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 2023 ;16 479-498
    Global Trends and Research Progress of Photodynamic Therapy in Skin Cancer: A Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review.
    Jiachen Sun, Hongqing Zhao, Lin Fu, Jing Cui, Yuguang Yang.
       Background: Based on photochemical reactions through the combined use of light and photosensitizers, photodynamic therapy (PDT) is gaining popularity for the treatment of skin cancer. Various photosensitizers and treatment regimens are continuously being developed for enhancing the efficacy of PDT on skin cancer. Reviewing the development history of PDT on skin cancer, and summarizing its development direction and research status, is conducive to the further research.
    Methods: To evaluate the research trends and map knowledge structure, all publications covering PDT on skin cancer were retrieved and extracted from Web of Science database. We applied VOSviewer and CiteSpace softwares to evaluate and visualize the countries, institutes, authors, keywords and research trends. Literature review was performed for the analysis of the research status of PDT on skin cancer.
    Results: A total of 2662 publications were identified. The elements, mechanism, pros and cons, representative molecular photosensitizers, current challenges and research progress of PDT on skin cancer were reviewed and summarized.
    Conclusion: This study provides a comprehensive display of the field of PDT on skin cancer, which will help researchers further explore the mechanism and application of PDT more effectively and intuitively.
    Keywords:  bibliometric; photodynamic therapy; photosensitizers; skin cancer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S401206
  37. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jan 29. pii: 295. [Epub ahead of print]11(2):
    A Bibliometric Visualization Analysis on Vaccine Development of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
    Dequan Zeng, Jie Wang, Bin Xiao, Hao Zhang, Xingming Ma.
      Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), beginning in December 2019, has spread worldwide, leading to the death of millions. Owing to the absence of definitive treatment, vaccination against COVID-19 emerged as an effective strategy against the spread of the pandemic. Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine has advanced considerably, and vaccine-related research has significantly increased over the past three years. This study aimed to evaluate the content and external characteristics of COVID-19 vaccine-related literature for tracking research trends related to the global COVID-19 vaccine with the means of bibliometrics and visualization maps. A total of 18,285 records in 3499 journals were retrieved in the Web of Science Core Collection database and included in the final analysis. China was the first to focus on COVID-19 vaccine research, while European and American countries started late but developed rapidly. The USA and the UK are the top contributors to COVID-19 vaccine development, with the largest number of publications. The University of Washington and Harvard Medical School were the leading institutions, while Krammer, F. from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was the author most active and influential to the topic. The New England Journal of Medicine had the highest number of citations and the highest TLS, and was the most cited and influential journal in the field of COVID-19 vaccine research. COVID-19 vaccine research topics and hotspots focused on populations' attitudes towards vaccination, immunity-related information analysis of spike proteins, the effectiveness and side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the public management of epidemic transmission. The findings of this study provide the global status, research hotspots and potential trends in the field of COVID-19 vaccine research, which will assist researchers in mastering the knowledge structure, and evaluating and guiding future developmental directions of COVID-19 vaccine.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; Citespace; SARS-CoV-2; VOSviewer; bibliometrics; vaccine
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020295
  38. J Family Community Med. 2023 Jan-Mar;30(1):30(1): 12-17
    Trends, characteristics, and impact of global scientific production on mental health of health workers in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
    Javier Puchuri-Lopez, Manuel Galvez-Sandoval, Maria E Guerrero, Arnaldo Munive-Degregori, Cesar Mauricio-Vilchez, John Barja-Ore, Frank Mayta-Tovalino.
       BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers are under significant constant stress as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of this study, therefore, was to analyze bibliometrically the impact, trend, and characteristics of scientific production related to the mental health of health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    MATERIALS AND METHODS: A bibliometric analysis of the scientific production on the mental health of health professionals and COVID-19 in Scopus from December 2019 to December 2021 was performed. An advanced search was designed using Boolean operators in Scopus and applied in April 2022. The metadata was entered into Microsoft Excel for the elaboration of the tables, SciVal to obtain the bibliometric indicators, and VosViewer to plot collaborative networks.
    RESULTS: A total of 1393 manuscripts, 1007 of which met the eligibility criteria, were found on the mental health of health workers and COVID-19. The country with the highest academic production was the United States and Harvard University with 27 manuscripts as the most productive institution. The scientific journal with the highest scientific production was the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with 138 manuscripts and 1580 citations, and the author with the most citations per publication was Carnnasi Claudia with 69.8.
    CONCLUSION: The countries with the highest economic income occupy the first places in scientific production on the mental health of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the United States as the leader. There is a gap in the scientific knowledge on the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in middle- and low-income countries.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; coronavirus disease 2019; health workers; mental health
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_228_22
  39. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2023 ;16 465-481
    Visual Analysis of Psychological Resilience Research Based on Web of Science Database.
    Pan Su, Jindong Yi, Xiuwen Chen, Yao Xiao.
       Background: The importance of psychological resilience that people show in coping with stress and adversity is prominent, but few studies have used rigorous bibliometric tools to analyze the knowledge structure and distribution of psychological resilience research.
    Objective: The purpose of this study was to sort out and summarize the previous studies on psychological resilience by using bibliometrics. Specifically, the time distribution of psychological resilience research was determined by publication trend, the power distribution was determined by the distribution of countries, authors, institutions and journals, the hot research spots were analyzed according to the results of keyword cluster analysis, and the research frontier was explored according to the results of burst keywords.
    Methods: CiteSpace5.8.R3 was used to analyze the literatures on psychological resilience collected in Web of Science core Collection database from January 1, 2010, to June 16, 2022.
    Results: A total of 8462 literatures were included after screening. Research on psychological resilience has been on the rise in recent years. The United States had made a high contribution in this field. Robert H Pietrzak, George A Bonanno, Connor KM and others were highly influential. J Pers Soc Psychol has the highest citation frequency and centrality. The research hot spots focus on five aspects: study on psychological resilience related to COVID-19 pandemic, influencing factors of psychological resilience, psychological resilience related to PTSD, study on psychological resilience of special population, and the molecular biology and genetic basis of psychological resilience. Psychological resilience related to COVID-19 pandemic was the most cutting-edge research aspect.
    Conclusion: The current situation and trend of psychological resilience research were found in this study, which may be used to identify more hot issues and explore new research directions in this field.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; hot spots; psychological resilience; visualization
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S394693
  40. Cureus. 2023 Jan;15(1): e34238
    Association of Non-traditional Indicators of Readers' Engagement With Traditional Dissemination Metrics of COVID-19-Related Research.
    Faran Ahmad, Matthew Merwin, Abbis H Jaffri, Bryan Krajicek.
       INTRODUCTION:  Researchers are increasingly interested in appraising the impact of their research work, which eventually drives public perception. The overall impact of a study can only be gauged if we consider both traditional and non-traditional dissemination patterns. Hence, we preferred to study the association between the non-traditional reader engagement metrics and traditional dissemination metrics in relation to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related research published in five high-impact peer-reviewed medical journals.
    METHOD:  This observational study was conducted using data sourced from Altmetric, including the Altmetric attention score (AAS), an aggregate score of an article's dissemination. New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Lancet Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID), Chest Journal (CHEST), and Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) were included in the study based on the prevalence of COVID-19-related original research published in each of them. The number of citations was framed as the reference for traditional metrics. To avoid artificial variance, data were collected on the same day, November 13, 2022. Correlational analyses were performed using the Pearson correlation coefficient using Minitab 17 (Minitab Inc., State College, PA). The relationship between the variables was considered very weak if r<0.3, weak if r: 0.3 to 0.5, moderate if r: 0.5 to 0.7, and strong for r>0.7.
    RESULTS:  We found a very weak correlation between citations and AAS for Clinical Infectious Diseases, Lancet Infectious Diseases, and CHEST, whereas the correlation was moderate for NEJM and JAMA. The correlation between citations and Twitter mentions was very weak for Clinical Infectious Disease, Lancet Infectious Disease, and CHEST, but it improved for NEJM and JAMA. There was a very weak correlation between citations and news mentions for Clinical Infectious Diseases, Lancet Infectious Diseases, and CHEST.
    CONCLUSION:  Our study highlights that the traditional indicator, i.e., citation has a very weak to moderate correlation with the AAS and it doesn't capture the entire influence of a research publication. Also, the current method of determining a journal's impact factor doesn't take this disparity into consideration. Hence, there needs to have a more inclusive strategy to define the impact of scientific research on the general population in real-time.
    Keywords:  altmetric analysis; altmetric attention score; citation metrics; journal impact factor; sars-cov-2
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34238
  41. World Neurosurg. 2023 Feb 23. pii: S1878-8750(23)00236-X. [Epub ahead of print]
    Characteristics, Treatment and Research Development of Bertolotti's Syndrome: A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review.
    Yijun Sun, Wenhao Zhu, Xing Ding, Jiale Zheng, Fan Zeng, Fan Zhang, Xuequn Wu, Junming Ma, Wen Mo, Mengchen Yin.
       STUDY DESIGN: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review.
    PURPOSE: This study aimed to review the clinical characteristics and management of Bertolotti's syndrome.
    METHODS: The literature was systematically reviewed according to the PRISMA guidelines. Three independent reviewers extracted the data and assessed the quality and risk of bias of the studies based on MINORS. SPSS, VOS viewer, and the Citespace software were used for the systematic review, visual analysis, data mining, mapping, and clustering of the retrieved articles, clearly and visually presenting the structural patterns.
    RESULT: A total of 118 articles, describing of 419 patients, were included. The world map distribution showed that most publications were predominantly from North America and Asia. The most cited articles were published in Spine. The mean age of the patients was 47.7 years, and 49.6% of them were male. A total of 159 (96.4%) patients had low back pain symptoms. The mean symptom duration was 41.4 months (74.8%), and most of the patients had Castellvi type II. Disc degeneration was the most reported comorbid spinal diseases. The mean MINORS score was 4.16±3.95 points. A total of 265 (68.3%) patients underwent surgical treatments.
    CONCLUSIONS: The stable increase in the number of publications demonstrated increased attention of researchers. Our results showed a significant prevalence in patients with LBP and a long symptom duration. Surgical treatments were commonly used after a non-effective conservative treatment. Minimally invasive surgical techniques, prevalence, image classification, and disc degeneration are major research areas of Bertolotti's syndrome.
    Keywords:  Bertolotti’s syndrome; bibliometric analysis; characteristics; research development; systematic review
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.02.083
  42. Front Immunol. 2023 ;14 1034755
    Mapping knowledge structure and research of the biologic treatment of asthma: A bibliometric study.
    Jiamin Sun, Shiyao Bai, Jieyu Zhao, Danling Li, Xueqing Ma, Lin Ma, Xinming Su.
       Background: Bronchial asthma (asthma) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, involving a variety of cells and cellular components, that manifests clinically as recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, with or without chest tightness or cough, airway hyperresponsiveness, and variable airflow limitation. The number of people with asthma has reached 358 million worldwide and asthma causes huge economic loss. However, there is a subset of patients who are not sensitive to existing drugs and the existing drugs have many adverse effects. Therefore, it's important to find new drugs for asthma patients.
    Methods: Publications related to biologics in asthma published from 2000 to 2022 were retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection. The search strategies were as follows: topic: TS=(biologic* OR "biologic* product*" OR "biologic* therap*" OR biotherapy* OR "biologic* agent*" OR Benralizumab OR "MEDI-563" OR Fasenra OR "BIW-8405" OR Dupilumab OR SAR231893 OR "SAR-231893" OR Dupixent OR REGN668 OR "REGN-668" OR Mepolizumab OR Bosatria OR "SB-240563" OR SB240563 OR Nucala OR Omalizumab OR Xolair OR Reslizumab OR "SCH-55700" OR SCH55700 OR "CEP-38072" OR CEP38072 OR Cinqair OR "DCP-835" OR DCP835 OR Tezspire OR "tezepelumab-ekko" OR "AMG-157" OR tezspire OR "MEDI-9929" OR "MEDI-19929" OR MEDI9929 OR Itepekimab OR "REGN-3500"OR REGN3500 OR "SAR-440340"OR SAR440340 OR Tralokinumab OR "CAT-354" OR Anrukinzumab OR "IMA-638" OR Lebrikizumab OR "RO-5490255"OR "RG-3637"OR "TNX-650"OR "MILR1444A"OR "MILR-1444A"OR"PRO301444"OR "PRO-301444"OR Pitrakinra OR altrakincept OR "AMG-317"OR"AMG317" OR Etokimab OR Pascolizumab OR "IMA-026"OR Enokizumab OR "MEDI-528"OR "7F3COM-2H2" OR 7F3COM2H2 OR Brodalumab OR "KHK-4827" OR "KHK4827"OR "AMG-827"OR Siliq OR Ligelizumab OR "QGE-031" OR QGE031 OR Quilizumab OR Talizumab OR "TNX-901" OR TNX901 OR Infliximab OR Etanercept OR "PRS-060") AND TS=asthma*. The document type was set to articles and review articles and the language restriction was set to English. Three different analysis tools including one online platform, VOS viewer1.6.18, and CiteSpace V 6.1.R1 software were used to conduct this bibliometric study.
    Results: This bibliometric study included 1,267 English papers published in 244 journals from 2,012 institutions in 69 countries/regions. Omalizumab, benralizumab, mepolizumab, and tezepelumab in relation to asthma were the research hotspots in the field.
    Conclusion: This study systematically uncovers a holistic picture of existing literature related to the biologic treatment of asthma over the past 20 years. We consulted scholars in order to understand key information in this field from the perspective of bibliometrics, which we believe may greatly facilitate future research in this field.
    Keywords:  asthma; bibliometric analysis; biologics; treatment; visualization analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1034755
  43. Front Psychol. 2023 ;14 1028771
    Scholarly literature in HIV-related lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies: A bibliometric analysis.
    Tham Thi Nguyen, Anh Linh Do, Long Hoang Nguyen, Giang Thu Vu, Vu Anh Trong Dam, Carl A Latkin, Brian J Hall, Cyrus S H Ho, Melvyn W B Zhang, Roger C M Ho.
       Introduction: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) people are marginalized and understudied. Analyzing research activity worldwide is vital to better understand their needs in confronting the HIV epidemic. This study aimed to evaluate the global literature to identify the research collaboration, content, and tendency in HIV-related issues among the LGBT populations.
    Methods: Peer-reviewed original articles and reviews were achieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Country's collaborations and co-occurrence of most frequent terms were illustrated by VOSviewer software. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and the linear regression model were utilized to uncover the hidden topics and examine the research trend.
    Results: From 1990 to 2019, a total of 13,096 publications were found. Stigma, sexual risk behaviors and HIV testing were the major topics in the LGBT research during the study period. Among 15 topics, topics about HIV/Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) prevalence, Outcomes of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, and Opportunistic infections in HIV-positive LGBT people showed decreasing attention over years, while other topics had a slight to moderate increase.
    Discussion: Our study underlined the exponential growth of publications on the LGBT population in HIV research, and suggested the importance of performing regional collaborations in improving research capacity. Moreover, further research should focus on examining the manner to increase the coverage of HIV testing and treatment, as well as implement HIV-interventions with low cost and easy to scale-up.
    Keywords:  HIV; bibliometric; bisexual; gay; lesbian; transgender
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1028771
  44. Ann Transl Med. 2023 Feb 15. 11(3): 145
    Current status and trends of artificial intelligence research on the four traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic methods: a scientometric study.
    Zhikui Tian, Dongjun Wang, Xuan Sun, Yadong Fan, Yuanyuan Guan, Naijin Zhang, Mi Zhou, Xianyue Zeng, Yin Yuan, Huaien Bu, Hongwu Wang.
       Background: With the development of technology and the renewal of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic equipment, artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely applied in TCM. Numerous articles employing this technology have been published. This study aimed to outline the knowledge and themes trends of the four TCM diagnostic methods to help researchers quickly master the hotspots and trends in this field. Four TCM diagnostic methods is a TCM diagnostic method through inspection, listening, smelling, inquiring and palpation, the purpose of which is to collect the patient's medical history, symptoms and signs. Then, it provides an analytical basis for later disease diagnosis and treatment plans.
    Methods: Publications related to AI-based research on the four TCM diagnostic methods were selected from the Web of Science Core Collection, without any restriction on the year of publication. VOSviewer and Citespace were primarily used to create graphical bibliometric maps in this field.
    Results: China was the most productive country in this field, and Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine published the largest number of related papers, and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the dominant research organization. The Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine had the highest average number of citations. Jinhong Guo was the most influential author and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine was the most authoritative journal. Six clusters separated by keywords association showed the range of AI-based research on the four TCM diagnostic methods. The hotspots of AI-based research on the four TCM diagnostic methods included the classification and diagnosis of tongue images in patients with diabetes and machine learning for TCM symptom differentiation.
    Conclusions: This study demonstrated that AI-based research on the four TCM diagnostic methods is currently in the initial stage of rapid development and has bright prospects. Cross-country and regional cooperation should be strengthened in the future. It is foreseeable that more related research outputs will rely on the interdisciplinarity of TCM and the development of neural networks models.
    Keywords:  Citespace; Scientometric analysis; VOSviewer; artificial intelligence (AI); four TCM diagnoses
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-6431
  45. C R Biol. 2022 Dec 08. 345(2): 1-5
    An ambitious editorial policy.
    André Sentenac.
      
    Keywords:  Editorial Scoop; Impact factor; Memory transfer; Science; Scotophobia
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.86
  46. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Feb 23. pii: S0360-3016(23)00170-0. [Epub ahead of print]
    Equity, diversity, and inclusion in radiation oncology: a bibliometric analysis and critical review.
    Pierfrancesco Franco, Francesca De Felice, Orit Kaidar-Person, Dorota Gabrys, Gustavo Nader Marta, Marco Banini, Lorenzo Livi, Reshma Jagsi, Charlotte Elizabeth Coles, Philip Poortmans, Icro Meattini.
      The promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is increasingly pursued in healthcare, both in general and within radiation oncology. Since bibliometrics is a powerful tool to reveal the scientific literature on a specific topic during a certain timespan, a systematic bibliometric analysis of the documents published on EDI in radiation oncology was performed, aiming at exploring common patterns in research and emerging trends, tracking collaborations and networks, and anticipating future directions in clinical research. Standard descriptive statistics and bibliometric techniques were used in the analysis. A collaboration network and thematic map were generated from the data. Four domains were represented: i) motor themes, including those themes well developed and important for the structuring of the research field; ii) niche themes, representing the isolated topics that do not share important external links with other themes; iii) emerging themes, referring to still weakly developed topics; iv) basic themes, including the essential topics. EDI in the profession of radiation oncology is essential both to ensure that the workforce delivering radiation oncology care draws from the full talent pool of human capital and delivers the highest quality science and clinical care to all patients. The burgeoning literature on EDI in radiation oncology suggests that a large and growing cohort of scholars within radiation oncology are dedicated to addressing these important challenges.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.02.026
  47. Curr Med Sci. 2023 Feb;43(1): 206-212
    Aortic Dissection Research in China: Analysis of Studies Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
    Zhang Yue, Da-Shuai Wang, Sheng Le, Jia-Hong Xia, Ping Ye, Xiao-Fan Huang.
       OBJECTIVE: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has made great progress in promoting the development of aortic dissection research in recent years. This study aimed to examine the development and research status of aortic dissection research in China so as to provide references for future research.
    METHODS: The NSFC projects data from 2008 to 2019 were collected from the Internet-based Science Information System and other websites utilized as search engines. The publications and citations were retrieved by Google Scholar, and the impact factors were checked by the InCite Journal Citation Reports database. The investigator's degree and department were identified from the institutional faculty profiles.
    RESULTS: A total of 250 grant funds totaling 124.3 million Yuan and resulting in 747 publications were analyzed. The funds in economically developed and densely populated areas were more than those in underdeveloped and sparsely populated areas. There was no significant difference in the amount of funding per grant between different departments' investigators. However, the funding output ratios of the grants for cardiologists were higher than those for basic science investigators. The amount of funding for clinical researchers and basic scientific researchers in aortic dissection was also similar. Clinical researchers were better in terms of the funding output ratio.
    CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the medical and scientific research level of aortic dissection in China has been greatly improved. However, there are still some problems that urgently need to be solved, such as the unreasonable regional allocation of medical and scientific research resources, and the slow transition from basic science to clinical practice.
    Keywords:  National Natural Science Foundation of China; aortic dissection; funding; funding output ratio; grant
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-022-2662-9
  48. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 ;10 999312
    A bibliometric analysis of 16,826 triple-negative breast cancer publications using multiple machine learning algorithms: Progress in the past 17 years.
    Kangtao Wang, Chanjuan Zheng, Lian Xue, Dexin Deng, Liang Zeng, Ming Li, Xiyun Deng.
       Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is proposed at the beginning of this century, which is still the most challenging breast cancer subtype due to its aggressive behavior, including early relapse, metastatic spread, and poor survival. This study uses machine learning methods to explore the current research status and deficiencies from a macro perspective on TNBC publications.
    Methods: PubMed publications under "triple-negative breast cancer" were searched and downloaded between January 2005 and 2022. R and Python extracted MeSH terms, geographic information, and other abstracts from metadata. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) algorithm was applied to identify specific research topics. The Louvain algorithm established a topic network, identifying the topic's relationship.
    Results: A total of 16,826 publications were identified, with an average annual growth rate of 74.7%. Ninety-eight countries and regions in the world participated in TNBC research. Molecular pathogenesis and medication are most studied in TNBC research. The publications mainly focused on three aspects: Therapeutic target research, Prognostic research, and Mechanism research. The algorithm and citation suggested that TNBC research is based on technology that advances TNBC subtyping, new drug development, and clinical trials.
    Conclusion: This study quantitatively analyzes the current status of TNBC research from a macro perspective and will aid in redirecting basic and clinical research toward a better outcome for TNBC. Therapeutic target research and Nanoparticle research are the present research focus. There may be a lack of research on TNBC from a patient perspective, health economics, and end-of-life care perspectives. The research direction of TNBC may require the intervention of new technologies.
    Keywords:  Latent Dirichlet Allocation; Nanoparticle research; bibliometric analysis; machine learning; triple-negative breast cancer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.999312
  49. New Microbes New Infect. 2023 Feb 23. 101105
    Bibliometric analysis reveals the Mediterranean diet can benefit against coronavirus disease 2019.
    Chenqinyao Li, Ju Hye Baek, Jiazhang Huang, Baolei Jia.
      
    Keywords:  COVID-19; Diet; Inflammation; Obesity; SARS-CoV-2
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101105
  50. Arch Sex Behav. 2023 Feb 27.
    Retrospective and Prospective Analysis on "Sexting": Indicators of Productivity, Dispersion, and Content (2009-2019).
    Antonio Manuel Rodríguez-García, Antonio José Moreno-Guerrero, Marina García-Carmona.
      In the last decade, research on "sexting" has undergone an exponential increase, giving rise to the publication of numerous studies clarifying its meaning, offering information of educational value, and favoring a good use of technology to prevent problems caused by this exchange of sexual information. The aim of this article was to analyze the production, performance, impact, and content of scientific articles evaluating the "sexting" thesaurus (title, abstract, and/or keywords) between 2009 and September 2019. Articles were sourced from two internationally recognized databases: Scopus and Web of Science. A scientometric study was then carried out on a sample of 641 articles that met the established inclusion criteria. The main findings indicate that "sexting" is a very recent research focus, but one in full growth phase, with scientific production related to the topic likely to double over the next few years. Although "sexting" has been researched worldwide, the scientific production of the US and American authors is the most notable. There were also some differences between the Scopus and Web of Science databases, mainly in the volume of production and the trend. However, the studies do show a common research line, "cyberbullying," and a common target population: adolescents. Therefore, the content analysis reveals that research on "sexting" is mostly carried out with adolescents and takes into consideration other themes such as cyberbullying, dating violence, and sexuality.
    Keywords:  Adolescents; Scientometrics; Sexting; Sexual behavior
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02562-1
  51. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Mar 07. 120(10): e2214664120
    A gender perspective on the global migration of scholars.
    Xinyi Zhao, Aliakbar Akbaritabar, Ridhi Kashyap, Emilio Zagheni.
      Although considerable progress toward gender equality in science has been made in recent decades, female researchers continue to face significant barriers in the academic labor market. International mobility has been increasingly recognized as a strategy for scientists to expand their professional networks, and that could help narrow the gender gap in academic careers. Using bibliometric data on over 33 million Scopus publications, we provide a global and dynamic view of gendered patterns of transnational scholarly mobility, as measured by volume, distance, diversity, and distribution, from 1998 to 2017. We find that, while female researchers continued to be underrepresented among internationally mobile researchers and migrate over shorter distances, this gender gap was narrowing at a faster rate than the gender gap in the population of general active researchers. Globally, the origin and destination countries of both female and male mobile researchers became increasingly diversified, which suggests that scholarly migration has become less skewed and more globalized. However, the range of origin and destination countries continued to be narrower for women than for men. While the United States remained the leading academic destination worldwide, the shares of both female and male scholarly inflows to that country declined from around 25% to 20% over the study period, partially due to the growing relevance of China. This study offers a cross-national measurement of gender inequality in global scholarly migration that is essential for promoting gender-equitable science policies and for monitoring the impact of such interventions.
    Keywords:  bibliometric data; feminization of global migration; gender gap; global migration of scholars; science of science
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214664120
  52. Elife. 2023 Feb 28. pii: e82498. [Epub ahead of print]12
    Tracing the path of 37,050 studies into practice across 18 specialties of the 2.4 million published between 2011-2020.
    Moustafa Abdalla, Salwa Abdalla, Mohamed Abdalla.
      The absence of evidence to assess treatment efficacy partially underpins the unsustainable expenditure of the US healthcare system; a challenge exacerbated by a limited understanding of the factors influencing the translation of clinical research into practice. Leveraging a dataset of >10,000 UpToDate articles, sampled every 3 months between 2011-2020, we trace the path of research (37,050 newly added articles from 887 journals) from initial publication to the point-of-care, compared to the 2.4 million uncited studies published during the same time window across 18 medical specialties. Our analysis reveals substantial variation in how specialties prioritize/adopt research, with regards to fraction of literature cited (0.4%-2.4%) and quality-of-evidence incorporated. In 9 of 18 specialties, less than 1 in 10 clinical trials are ever cited. Further, case reports represent one of the most cited article types in 12 of 18 specialties, comprising nearly a third of newly-added references for some specialties (e.g., dermatology). Anesthesiology, cardiology, critical care, geriatrics, internal medicine, and oncology tended to favor higher-quality evidence. By modelling citations as a function of NIH department-specific funding, we estimate the cost of bringing one new clinical citation to the point-of-care as ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars depending on specialty. The success of a subset of specialties in incorporating a larger proportion of published research, as well as high(er) quality of evidence, demonstrates the existence of translational strategies that should be applied more broadly. In addition to providing a baseline for monitoring the efficiency of research investments, we also describe new 'impact' indices to assess the efficacy of reforms to the clinical scientific enterprise.
    Keywords:  medicine
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82498
  53. Front Psychol. 2023 ;14 1126815
    A comprehensive review on emerging trends in the dynamic evolution of digital addiction and depression.
    Turgut Karakose, Bilal Yıldırım, Tijen Tülübaş, Abdurrahman Kardas.
       Introduction: Using digital addiction as an umbrella term to cover any type of addictions to digital technologies such as the internet, smartphones, social media, or video games, the current study aimed to reveal the intellectual structure and evolution of research addressing digital addiction-depression relationship.
    Methods: The study combined bibliometric and science mapping analysis methods for this purpose. Data for the study was gathered from Web of Science Core Collection after a comprehensive process of data search/extraction, and 241 articles were included in the final data set. A period-based, comparative science mapping analysis was performed using the SciMAT software.
    Results: The analysis of data over three periods, Period 1 (1983-2016), Period 2 (2017-2019), and Period 3 (2020-2022) showed that internet addiction was the most significant theme across all three periods, which was followed by social media addiction. Depression, which emerged as a significant theme during Period 1, was later covered under anxiety disorder theme. Research interest was mostly on factors related to both addiction and depression such as cognitive distortion, insomnia, loneliness, self-esteem, social support, alexithymia, as well as cybervictimization or academic performance.
    Discussion: The results suggested that much research is warranted on the digital addiction-depression relationship in different age cohorts, especially children and elderly. Similarly, the current analysis showed that this line of research particularly focused on internet, gaming and social media addiction, and evidence with regard to other types of digital addiction or related compulsive behaviors was almost absent. In addition, research was mostly inclined to understanding cause-effect relationships, which is significant, but preventive strategies seemed to be barely addressed. Likewise, the smartphone addiction-depression relationship arguably garnered less research interest, so future research would contribute to the field in this respect.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics; depression; digital addiction; problematic use; science mapping
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1126815
  54. Eur Spine J. 2023 Mar 01.
    Minimally invasive endoscopy in spine surgery: where are we now?
    Khanathip Jitpakdee, Yanting Liu, Dong Hwa Heo, Vit Kotheeranurak, Siravich Suvithayasiri, Jin-Sung Kim.
       INTRODUCTION: Endoscopic spine surgery (ESS) is a minimally invasive surgical technique that offers comparable efficacy and safety with less collateral damage compared to conventional surgery. To achieve clinical success, it is imperative to stay abreast of technological advancements, modern surgical instruments and technique, and updated evidence.
    PURPOSES: To provide a comprehensive review and updates of ESS including the nomenclature, technical evolution, bibliometric analysis of evidence, recent changes in the spine communities, the prevailing of biportal endoscopy, and the future of endoscopic spine surgery.
    METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive review of the literature on ESS for the mentioned topics from January 1989 to November 2022. Three major electronic databases were searched, including MEDLINE, Scopus, and Embase. Covidence Systematic Review was used to organize the eligible records. Two independent reviewers screened the articles for relevance.
    RESULTS: In total, 312 articles were finally included for review. We found various use of nomenclatures in the field of ESS publication. To address this issue, we proposed the use of distinct terms to describe the biportal and uniportal techniques, as well as their specific approaches. In the realm of technical advancement, ESS has rapidly evolved from addressing disc herniation and spinal stenosis to encompassing endoscopic fusion, along with technological innovations such as navigation, robotics, and augmented reality. According to bibliometric analysis, China, South Korea, and the USA have accounted for almost three-quarters of total publications. The studies of the biportal endoscopy are becoming increasingly popular in South Korea where the top ten most-cited articles have been published. The biportal endoscopy technique is relatively simple to adopt, as it relies on a more familiar approach, requires less expensive instruments, has a shorter learning curve, and is also well-suited for interbody fusion. The uniportal approach provided the smallest area of soft tissue dissection. While robotics and augmented reality in ESS are not widely embraced, the use of navigation in ESS is expected to become more streamlined, particularly with the emergence of recent electromagnetic-based navigation technologies.
    CONCLUSIONS: In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution of ESS, as well as an updated summary of current trends in the field, including the biportal and uniportal approaches. Additionally, we summarize the nomenclature used in ESS, present a bibliometric analysis of the field, and discuss future directions for the advancement of the field.
    Keywords:  Endoscopic spine surgery; Endoscopy; Minimally invasive spine surgery
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-023-07622-7
  55. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Mar 07. 120(10): e2217564120
    A critical analysis of plant science literature reveals ongoing inequities.
    Rose A Marks, Erik J Amézquita, Sarah Percival, Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso, Claudia Chibici-Revneanu, Shandry M Tebele, Jill M Farrant, Daniel H Chitwood, Robert VanBuren.
      The field of plant science has grown dramatically in the past two decades, but global disparities and systemic inequalities persist. Here, we analyzed ~300,000 papers published over the past two decades to quantify disparities across nations, genders, and taxonomy in the plant science literature. Our analyses reveal striking geographical biases-affluent nations dominate the publishing landscape and vast areas of the globe have virtually no footprint in the literature. Authors in Northern America are cited nearly twice as many times as authors based in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, despite publishing in journals with similar impact factors. Gender imbalances are similarly stark and show remarkably little improvement over time. Some of the most affluent nations have extremely male biased publication records, despite supposed improvements in gender equality. In addition, we find that most studies focus on economically important crop and model species, and a wealth of biodiversity is underrepresented in the literature. Taken together, our analyses reveal a problematic system of publication, with persistent imbalances that poorly capture the global wealth of scientific knowledge and biological diversity. We conclude by highlighting disparities that can be addressed immediately and offer suggestions for long-term solutions to improve equity in the plant sciences.
    Keywords:  diversity; eurocentrism; gender equality; inclusion; taxonomic gaps
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217564120
  56. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jan 24. pii: 253. [Epub ahead of print]11(2):
    Evolution of Tick Vaccinology Highlights Changes in Paradigms in This Research Area.
    Agustín Estrada-Peña, José de la Fuente.
      Ticks and tick-borne diseases affect human and animal health worldwide. Although some tick-protective antigens have been identified and characterized, further research is needed for the development and application of effective anti-tick vaccines, which currently are unavailable for human protection. To study the trends and gaps in anti-tick vaccine approaches, herein we used scientometric analysis to evaluate several aspects of tick vaccinology. Co-authorship and citations networks pointed out two main research fronts, one focused on the laboratory protocols driving the recognition of candidate antigens and the other devoted to field experiments of protection against ticks. The analysis demonstrated the prominence of research in European countries on the topic. The scientometric approach allowed the recognition of isolated teams working casually on the topic, the lack of cooperation between middle- and low-income countries, and the need for sustained and integrated research. Most important, we identified a considerable lack of new candidates for vaccine development, as well as the participation of African and Asian countries. These results provide significant insights obtained from bibliographical analysis, suggest the strength and weaknesses in this field of research, and highlight new directions to advance in the development of effective vaccines for the control of tick infestations and tick-borne pathogens.
    Keywords:  citations; scientific publications; scientometric; theme maps; tick; vaccine
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020253
  57. Lab Med. 2023 Mar 01. pii: lmac166. [Epub ahead of print]
    An Assessment of Gender Equity and Parity Among "Nontraditional" Pathology Awards.
    Jeremy W Jacobs, Brian D Adkins, Elizabeth S Allen, Carlos Parra-Herran, Laura D Stephens, Jennifer S Woo, Garrett S Booth.
       OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the gender composition of nontraditional pathology recognition award recipients.
    METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Top Five 40 Under Forty and The Pathologist Power List award recipients' gender. Gender was independently analyzed by 2 authors using pronouns. Two analyses were performed: difference in gender parity and difference in gender equity for award recipients.
    RESULTS: From 2014 through 2022, 618 total awards were conferred. Significantly more men than women received an award overall (57.1% vs 42.9%; P < .001). Compared with population benchmarks, awards conferred to US-based nontrainee pathology physicians (men 56.2%, women 43.8%; P = .091) and US-based pathology physician trainees (men 60.5%, women 39.5%; P = .15) are equitable. Conversely, gender inequities exist among awards conferred to US-based nonphysician laboratory professionals (men 51.7%, women 48.3%; P < .001).
    CONCLUSION: The Pathologist Power List and Top Five ASCP 40 Under Forty awards have not completely achieved gender parity, and gender inequities remain among subgroups.
    Keywords:  diversity; equity; gender equity; inclusion; pathology; recognition awards
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1093/labmed/lmac166
  58. J Safety Res. 2023 Feb;pii: S0022-4375(22)00168-2. [Epub ahead of print]84 138-154
    Analysis of prevention through design studies in construction: A subject review.
    Ziyu Jin, John Gambatese, Ali Karakhan, Chukwuma Nnaji.
       INTRODUCTION: The concept of addressing and minimizing construction site safety risks in the early phase of a project has generated research interest, especially since the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) launched its national Prevention through Design (PtD) initiative in July 2007. In the last decade, several studies on PtD with differeing goals and methods have been published in construction journals. To date, few systematic examinations of the development and trends associated with PtD research have been conducted in the discipline.
    METHOD: This paper presents a study of the latest PtD research trends in construction safety management through analysis of publications in prominent construction journals from 2008 to 2020. Both descriptive and content analyses were conducted based on the number of papers published annually and clusters of topics covered in the papers.
    RESULTS: The study shows an increasing interest in PtD research in recent years. Research topics covered mainly focus on the perspectives of PtD stakeholders, PtD resources/tools/procedures, and technology applications to facilitate PtD implementation in practice. This review study provides an improved understanding of the state-of-the-art of PtD research in terms of accomplishments and research gaps. The study also compares the findings from journal articles with industry best practices related to PtD to guide future research in this domain.
    PRACTICAL APPLICATION: This review study is of significant value to researchers to overcome the limitations of the current PtD studies, and to extend the scope of PtD research, and can be used by industry professionals when considering and selecting appropriate PtD resources/tools in practice.
    Keywords:  Construction safety; Construction technologies; Design for safety; Occupational health and safety; Prevention through Design (PtD)
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2022.10.015
  59. Med Educ Online. 2023 Dec;28(1): 2182188
    The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine.
    Cayla Hurst, Toni R Leeth, Etty N Benveniste, Robert P Kimberly, Craig Hoesley, LaKisha Mack, Mona N Fouad, David A Rogers, Selwyn M Vickers, Anupam Agarwal.
      The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine established the Pittman Scholars Program in 2015 to elevate scientific impact and to support the recruitment and retention of highly competitive junior faculty. The authors examined the impact of this program on research productivity and on faculty retention. The authors evaluated publications and extramural grant awards and available demographic data for the Pittman Scholars compared to all junior faculty in the Heersink School of Medicine. From 2015 to 2021, the program awarded a diverse group of 41 junior faculty members across the institution. For this cohort, ninety-four new extramural grants were awarded and 146 grant applications were submitted since the inception of the scholar award. Pittman Scholars published a total of 411 papers during the term of the award. The faculty retention rate of the scholars was 95%, comparable to that of all Heersink junior faculty, with 2 recipients being recruited to other institutions. The implementation of the Pittman Scholars Program has been an effective strategy to celebrate scientific impact and acknowledge junior faculty members as outstanding scientists at our institution. The Pittman Scholars award allows junior faculty to use funds for their research program, publications, collaborations, and career advancement. The Pittman Scholars are recognized at local, regional, and national levels for the work they are contributing to academic medicine. The program has served as an important pipeline faculty development program and an avenue for individual recognition for research-intensive faculty.
    Keywords:  Junior faculty recognition; faculty development; faculty productivity; scholar
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2023.2182188
  60. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Mar 01.
    Evaluation and analysis of leading position in hydrogen fuel cell vehicle innovation network erand the influential factors: a case of patent citations in China.
    Pei Yu, Zhengfang Cai, Feng Jiang, Yongping Sun.
      Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle industry is of great significance for China to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 and enhance the international competitiveness in the new energy vehicle industry. We propose a framework to evaluate the leading position in the innovation network of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and analyze the influential factors of the leading position. First, we construct China's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle innovation network and its two sub-networks through 3528 patents registered in China and applied by 254 Chinese and foreign innovators. Second, the positions of Chinese and foreign innovators in the network are evaluated. Last, the influential factors of the leading position are tested through regression analysis. The main results show that (1) China has formed a hub-and-spoke mode of innovation cluster in hydrogen fuel cell vehicle innovation network, but the inter-provincial innovation cooperation has not been formed in the industrial chain. (2) Universities and research institutes are important innovators in China's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle innovation network. Firms obtain knowledge through collaboration with them, which form an industry-university-research cooperation mode. (3) The number of Chinese leaders in hydrogen fuel cell vehicle network is increasing. Foreign innovators occupy the leading position in fuel cell sub-network, while Chinese innovators are the leaders in hydrogen infrastructure sub-network. (4) The leading position of Chinese innovators in hydrogen infrastructure sub-network is promoted by the patent applications of the universities, the development of equipment manufacturing, the government subsidies, and the competition of electric vehicles, while they are hindered by the scale of traditional automobile industry.
    Keywords:  Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle; Innovation network; Patent citation; Social network analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25969-8
  61. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 01. 6(2): e230855
    Gender, Racial, and Ethnic and Inequities in Receipt of Multiple National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants.
    Mytien Nguyen, Sarwat I Chaudhry, Mayur M Desai, Kafui Dzirasa, Jose E Cavazos, Dowin Boatright.
       Importance: Diversity in the biomedical research workforce is essential for addressing complex health problems. Female investigators and investigators from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups generate novel, impactful, and innovative research, yet they are significantly underrepresented among National Institutes of Health (NIH) investigators.
    Objective: To examine the gender, ethnic, and racial distribution of super NIH investigators who received 3 or more concurrent NIH grants.
    Design, Setting, and Participants: This cross-sectional study included a national cohort of NIH-funded principal investigators (PIs) from the NIH Information for Management, Planning, Analysis, and Coordination (IMPAC II) database from 1991 to 2020.
    Exposures: Self-identified gender, race and ethnicity, annual number of NIH grant receipt, career stage, and highest degree.
    Main Outcomes and Measures: Distribution of investigators receiving 3 or more research project grants, referred to as super principal investigators (SPIs), by gender, race, and ethnicity.
    Results: Among 33 896 investigators in fiscal year 2020, 7478 (22.01%) identified as Asian, 623 (1.8%) as Black, 1624 (4.8%) as Hispanic, and 22 107 (65.2%) as White; 21 936 (61.7%) identified as men; and 8695 (35.3%) were early-stage investigators. Between 1991 and 2020, the proportion of SPIs increased 3-fold from 704 (3.7%) to 3942 (11.3%). However, SPI status was unequal across gender, ethnic, and racial groups. Women and Black PIs were significantly underrepresented among SPIs, even after adjusting for career stage and degree, and were 34% and 40% less likely than their male and White colleagues, respectively, to be an SPI. Black women PIs were the least likely to be represented among SPIs and were 71% less likely to attain SPI status than White men PIs (adjusted odds ratio, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.21-0.41).
    Conclusions and Relevance: In this cross-sectional study of a national cohort of NIH-funded investigators, the gender, ethnic, and racial gaps in receipt of multiple research project grants among NIH investigators was clearly apparent and warrants further investigation and interventions.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.0855
  62. PLoS One. 2023 ;18(2): e0279723
    Analyzing referencing patterns in grey literature produced by influential global management consulting firms and international organizations.
    Sumayya Saleem, Elizabeth Dhuey, Linda White, Jamie Waese, Michal Perlman.
      Given the growing influence of non-academic organizations in the policy sphere, it is important to investigate the evidence both produced by and relied on by these organizations. Using citation analysis, a methodology primarily used in academic literature, we investigated the evidence base supporting the grey literature published by leading global management consulting firms (GMCFs) and international organizations (IOs). With the topic of the skills needed for the future of work as a case study, we collected 234 reports published by influential GMCFs and IOs over twenty years. By extracting references from the bibliographies of these reports we: 1) analyzed referencing patterns by measuring citation counts, institutional self-referencing and utilization of scholarly sources; 2) compared reference patterns across GMCFs and IOs; and 3) described the most influential sources. Overall, both GMCFs and IOs showed increasing reliance on grey literature, demonstrated high levels of self-referencing, and had considerable variation in the number of sources referred to. Across type of publishing organization, we found that IOs had better referencing practices than GMCFs. Our findings call into question the evidence-base behind the reports published by these policy actors. We emphasize the need to rely on strong academic literature to inform policy decisions around the future of work.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279723
  63. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 ;11 1126737
    Biological treatment of biowaste as an innovative source of CO-The role of composting process.
    Karolina Sobieraj, Sylwia Stegenta-Dąbrowska, Gang Luo, Jacek A Koziel, Andrzej Białowiec.
      Carbon monoxide (CO) is an essential "building block" for producing everyday chemicals on industrial scale. Carbon monoxide can also be generated though a lesser-known and sometimes forgotten biorenewable pathways that could be explored to advance biobased production from large and more sustainable sources such as bio-waste treatment. Organic matter decomposition can generate carbon monoxide both under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. While anaerobic carbon monoxide generation is relatively well understood, the aerobic is not. Yet many industrial-scale bioprocesses involve both conditions. This review summarizes the necessary basic biochemistry knowledge needed for realization of initial steps towards biobased carbon monoxide production. We analyzed for the first time, the complex information about carbon monoxide production during aerobic, anaerobic bio-waste treatment and storage, carbon monoxide-metabolizing microorganisms, pathways, and enzymes with bibliometric analysis of trends. The future directions recognizing limitations of combined composting and carbon monoxide production have been discussed in greater detail.
    Keywords:  CODH; aerobic; anaerobic; bibliometric analysis; carbon monoxide; composting
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1126737
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