bims-evares Biomed News
on Evaluation of research
Issue of 2022–04–24
fifty-nine papers selected by
Thomas Krichel, Open Library Society
  1. Microvascular decompression: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited papers.
  2. Endodontic therapy in primary teeth: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited papers.
  3. Global Scientific Research Landscape on Medical Informatics From 2011 to 2020: Bibliometric Analysis.
  4. Emerging trends and frontier research on recurrent implantation failure: a bibliometric analysis.
  5. The status of scholarly efforts of librarians on health literacy: a bibliometric analysis.
  6. Emerging trends and hotspot in gut-lung axis research from 2011 to 2021: a bibliometrics analysis.
  7. Bibliometric Analysis of Artificial Intelligence in Textiles.
  8. Gender Distribution of First and Senior Authorship Across Most Cited Studies Within the Top Ten Surgical Journals From 2015-2020: Cementing Women Academic Surgery Representation.
  9. Emerging Trends in Photodynamic Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace.
  10. Emergency and rapid response systems: a bibliometric analysis.
  11. The relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and infertility: a bibliometric analysis.
  12. Academic medicine's glass ceiling: Author's gender in top three medical research journals impacts probability of future publication success.
  13. Evaluation of Issues Affecting Time Between Study Completion, Manuscript Submission, Acceptance, and Publication in Medical Journals.
  14. Bibliometric Analysis of Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Based Immunotherapy in Cancers From 2001 to 2021.
  15. Trends and frontiers of research on pharmacoeconomics from 2012-2021: a scientometric analysis.
  16. A bibliometric analysis on global eHealth.
  17. Ten Hotspot MicroRNAs and Their Potential Targets of Chondrocytes Were Revealed in Osteoarthritis Based on Bibliometric Analysis.
  18. Bibliometric study of refractive surgery and dry eye scientific literature.
  19. Correlation Between Altmetric Attention Scores and Citations for Articles Published in High-Impact Factor Ophthalmology Journals From 2018 to 2019.
  20. Preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: A bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited research articles.
  21. Visual Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapy: A Bibliometric Analysis From 2012 to 2021.
  22. Integration of Neuroscience and Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis.
  23. Visualizing Research Trends and Identifying Hotspots of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Nursing Technology for Insomnia: A 18-Years Bibliometric Analysis of Web of Science Core Collection.
  24. Construction and Demolition Waste Management Research: A Science Mapping Analysis.
  25. Using citation network analysis to enhance scholarship in psychological science: A case study of the human aggression literature.
  26. Vascular Surgery Research in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Sex-Based Bibliometric Analysis.
  27. The Worldwide Influence of Social Media on Cervical Spine Literature.
  28. Bibliometric and Density Visualisation Mapping Analysis of Domestic Violence in Australia Research Output 1984-2019.
  29. Analysis of clinical research publication patterns to characterize the cooperation among China's "double first-class" construction medical universities: based on social network analysis.
  30. The narrowing of literature use and the restricted mobility of papers in the sciences.
  31. Bibliometric report of authorship trends in a professional journal- An update.
  32. Altmetric Analysis of the Most-Cited 100 Articles on the Retina Published between 2010 and 2020.
  33. A Review of Urban Microclimate Research Based on CiteSpace and VOSviewer Analysis.
  34. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Upper Extremity Lymphedema Complications: Altmetric Analysis of Online Media.
  35. Bibliometric Study of Trends in the Diabetic Nephropathy Research Space from 2016 to 2020.
  36. Reply to correspondence re: Altmetric Analysis of the Most-Cited 100 Articles on the Retina Published between 2010 and 2020.
  37. Understanding the Research Landscape of Deep Learning in Biomedical Science: Scientometric Analysis.
  38. Predictors of future academic productivity in pediatric otolaryngology fellowship applicants.
  39. Alerts in Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS): A Bibliometric Review and Content Analysis.
  40. Shifting interpretations in evidence and guidance in pain and opioids research: A bibliometric analysis of a highly cited case series from 1986.
  41. Publication Trends in Rehabilitative Effects of Acupuncture: A Visual Analysis of the Literature.
  42. Green grain warehousing: bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review.
  43. Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Integration in Business: Trends from a Bibliometric-Content Analysis.
  44. The apportionment of citations: a scientometric analysis of Lewontin 1972.
  45. Micro Energy Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Applications: Analytical Evaluation towards Future Research Improvement.
  46. A Bibliometric Analysis of Review Types Published in the Nursing Scientific Literature.
  47. Gamification in education: A scientometric, content and co-occurrence analysis of systematic review and meta-analysis articles.
  48. Publication of clinical trials on medicinal products: follow-up on trials authorized in Hungary.
  49. Why was this cited? Explainable machine learning applied to COVID-19 research literature.
  50. Impact of Predatory Journals in Plastic Surgery Literature: Researchers Beware.
  51. The Use of Surgical Splints in Orthognathic Surgery: A Bibliometric Study.
  52. Exploring machine learning: a scientometrics approach using bibliometrix and VOSviewer.
  53. Where are all the surgeons in clinical academia?
  54. The ripple effects of funding on researchers and output.
  55. Publish or perish, information overload, and journal impact factors - A conflicting tripod of forces.
  56. The structural shift and collaboration capacity in GenBank Networks: A longitudinal study.
  57. Current Research Trends in Cytokine Storm: A Scientometric Study.
  58. Scientific publication speed and retractions of COVID-19 pandemic original articles.
  59. Representation of Racial/ Ethnic Minority Individuals in the Leadership of Major Medical Journals.
  1. World Neurosurg. 2022 Apr 15. pii: S1878-8750(22)00421-1. [Epub ahead of print]
    Microvascular decompression: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited papers.
    Filipe Wolff Fernandes, Joachim K Krauss.
       OBJECTIVE: Bibliometric analyses assess the impact and influence of articles in the academic community. There is no previous work which used bibliometric analysis on microvascular decompression (MVD). This study aims to identify and characterize the current 100 most cited articles on MVD.
    METHODS: Highly cited articles were identified assessing the Scopus library by using the keywords "microvascular decompression", "MVD", "nerve decompression", "nerve root decompression" and "microvascular surgery". Data were further processed by sampling techniques with defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The number of citations, country of origin, institutions of origin, year of publication, type of cranial nerve disorder, type of article and the publishing journal were analyzed. Further, article categories and the type of studies were investigated.
    RESULTS: The 100 most cited articles on MVD ranged from 951 to 76 total citations, and from 38,04 to 1,88 citations per year. Publication dates spanned a period from 1959 to 2015. The most frequently studied cranial nerve disorder was trigeminal neuralgia (n=54). Articles were published in 29 journals, with Neurosurgery (n=33) topping the list. The articles came from 14 different countries, with most contributions from the USA (n=55). Authors on the highly cited articles who received most citations were Peter J. Jannetta (n=26), followed by Aage Møller (n=13), and Marc Sindou (n=11).
    CONCLUSIONS: This work provides a detailed evaluation of the 100 most cited articles on MVD, thus allowing recognition and selected reading of the most influential academic contributions related to this surgical technique in a variety of cranial nerve disorders.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; citation analysis; glossopharyngeal neuralgia; hemifacial spasm; microvascular decompression; neurosurgery; trigeminal neuralgia
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.128
  2. Braz Oral Res. 2022 ;pii: S1806-83242022000100242. [Epub ahead of print]36 e049
    Endodontic therapy in primary teeth: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited papers.
    Filipe Colombo Vitali, Karina Maria Pires, Ihan Vitor Cardoso, Elisa Varela de Oliveira, Michele Bolan, Paulo Antônio Martins Júnior, Mariane Cardoso.
      The purpose of this review was to identify and analyze the main characteristics of the 100 most-cited papers in the field of endodontic therapy in primary teeth. A search for the most-cited articles was conducted in the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science 'Core-Collection' (WoS-CC) database up to December 2020. Papers were ranked in descending order, by number of citations, and each paper was matched with the citation count on Scopus and Google Scholar. Two independent reviewers selected the most-cited papers and analyzed it according to the number and density of citations, year and journal of publication, authors, countries and contributing institutions, study design, topic of the paper, and keywords. Spearman's correlation and Poisson regression were used to determine associations between the number of citations and study characteristics. The citation count varied from 15 to 135 (WoS-CC), 8 to 141 (Scopus), and 14 to 317 (Google Scholar). Of the 306 contributing authors, most paper contributions were from Sakai VT, Oliveira TM, and Machado MAAM (5 each). Most of the papers originated from the USA (n=21) and Brazil (n=18). Randomized trials were the most common study design (n=32), and "pulpotomy" was the most frequently used keyword (n=35). Poisson regression showed that the number of citations decreased by 1.5% each year, and increased by 9.7% for each unit of impact factor. This bibliometric analysis highlighted papers, authors, and institutions that have contributed to endodontic therapy in primary teeth. Common terms of interest in this research area was also identified, representing the first bibliometric analysis on this subject.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-3107bor-2022.vol36.0049
  3. JMIR Med Inform. 2022 Apr 21. 10(4): e33842
    Global Scientific Research Landscape on Medical Informatics From 2011 to 2020: Bibliometric Analysis.
    Xuefei He, Cheng Peng, Yingxin Xu, Ye Zhang, Zhongqing Wang.
       BACKGROUND: With the emerging information and communication technology, the field of medical informatics has dramatically evolved in health care and medicine. Thus, it is crucial to explore the global scientific research landscape on medical informatics.
    OBJECTIVE: This study aims to present a visual form to clarify the overall scientific research trends of medical informatics in the past decade.
    METHODS: A bibliometric analysis of data retrieved and extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database was performed to analyze global scientific research trends on medical informatics, including publication year, journals, authors, institutions, countries/regions, references, and keywords, from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2020.
    RESULTS: The data set recorded 34,742 articles related to medical informatics from WoSCC between 2011 and 2020. The annual global publications increased by 193.86% from 1987 in 2011 to 5839 in 2020. Journal of Medical Internet Research (3600 publications and 63,932 citations) was the most productive and most highly cited journal in the field of medical informatics. David W Bates (99 publications), Harvard University (1161 publications), and the United States (12,927 publications) were the most productive author, institution, and country, respectively. The co-occurrence cluster analysis of high-frequency author keywords formed 4 clusters: (1) artificial intelligence in health care and medicine; (2) mobile health; (3) implementation and evaluation of electronic health records; (4) medical informatics technology application in public health. COVID-19, which ranked third in 2020, was the emerging theme of medical informatics.
    CONCLUSIONS: We summarize the recent advances in medical informatics in the past decade and shed light on their publication trends, influential journals, global collaboration patterns, basic knowledge, research hotspots, and theme evolution through bibliometric analysis and visualization maps. These findings will accurately and quickly grasp the research trends and provide valuable guidance for future medical informatics research.
    Keywords:  VOSviewer; bibliometrics; data visualization; medical informatics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2196/33842
  4. Ann Transl Med. 2022 Mar;10(6): 307
    Emerging trends and frontier research on recurrent implantation failure: a bibliometric analysis.
    Caiyun Wang, Defeng Guan, Zhihong Li, Yongxiu Yang, Kehu Yang.
       Background: Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) has been recognized to be a major obstacle to the successful application of artificial reproduction technologies. In this study, the trends in RIF research were examined through a bibliometric analysis evaluating relevant literature quantitatively and qualitatively.
    Methods: A total of 1,764 publications from 2000 to 2020 were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). Relevant articles were searched using the term "recurrent implantation failure" and other synonyms of this term. Using Excel 2013, CiteSpace V, and VOSviewer 1.6.10 software, data extracted from the literature, including countries/regions, institutions, journals, keywords, and trends, were analyzed. Next, a clustered network was constructed based on 46,718 references cited by the 1,764 publications to determine the top 10 cocited articles.
    Results: The annual number of publications on RIF progressively increased over time. The highest number of publications were from the United States. Analysis of the cocited reference cluster showed that "endometrial injury", "platelet-rich plasma", "chronic endometritis" and "extracellular vesicles" were the hotspots in RIF research. Burst detection analysis of the top keywords showed that "hysteroscopy" and "improvement" are emerging research foci.
    Conclusions: This study clarifies the current research status and evolution of research in the field of RIF. New therapeutic interventions designed to improve pregnancy outcomes are the focus of current research and are expected to dominate future research in the field of RIF.
    Keywords:  Recurrent implantation failure (RIF); burst detection; cocitation analysis; emerging trends; research foci
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-703
  5. J Med Libr Assoc. 2022 Apr 01. 110(2): 166-173
    The status of scholarly efforts of librarians on health literacy: a bibliometric analysis.
    Alexandria Quesenberry Wilson, Courtney Wombles, R Eric Heidel, Kelsey Leonard Grabeel.
       Objective: In order to determine the status of scholarly efforts on health literacy by librarians, researchers examined the characteristics of health literacy publications authored by librarians from 2000 to 2020.
    Methods: Bibliometric analysis was used to assess the indicators of productivity, affiliation, collaboration, and citation metrics of librarians in health literacy-related research. Data were collected using the Scopus database; articles were screened for inclusion before importation into Microsoft Excel for analysis. SPSS software was used to run basic descriptive statistics.
    Results: Of 797 search results, 460 references met the inclusion criteria of librarian authorship. There was a significant linear trend upward in publications since 2001 with an average increase of 1.52 papers per year. The number of publications per year peaked in 2019 (n=59). Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet was the most prolific journal. The majority of references were authored by at least two authors and by multidisciplinary teams. Nineteen percent (n=107) of the librarian authors were responsible for more than one publication, and 84.1% of publications were cited at least once.
    Conclusions: In the last two decades, librarian involvement in health literacy publications has exponentially increased, most markedly in the years following 2014. The productivity, multidisciplinary collaboration efforts, and consistent growth in literature indicate that librarians are engaged in health literacy scholarship. Further research is needed to explore the work of librarians whose impacts on health literacy may not be reflected within well-indexed, peer-reviewed publications.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics; health literacy; librarians
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2022.1253
  6. Biomed Eng Online. 2022 Apr 21. 21(1): 27
    Emerging trends and hotspot in gut-lung axis research from 2011 to 2021: a bibliometrics analysis.
    Zhendong Wang, Chen Bai, Tingyao Hu, Changyong Luo, He Yu, Xueyan Ma, Tiegang Liu, Xiaohong Gu.
       BACKGROUND: Increasing attention has been paid to the potential relationship between gut and lung. The bacterial dysbiosis in respiratory tract and intestinal tract is related to inflammatory response and the progress of lung diseases, and the pulmonary diseases could be improved by regulating the intestinal microbiome. This study aims to generate the knowledge map to identify major the research hotspots and frontier areas in the field of gut-lung axis.
    MATERIALS AND METHODS: Publications related to the gut-lung axis from 2011 to 2021 were identified from the Web of Science Core Collection. CiteSpace 5.7.R2 software was used to analyze the publication years, journals, countries, institutions, and authors. Reference co-citation network has been plotted, and the keywords were used to analyze the research hotspots and trends.
    RESULTS: A total of 3315 publications were retrieved and the number of publications per year increased over time. Our results showed that Plos One (91 articles) was the most active journal and The United States (1035 articles) published the most articles. We also observed the leading institution was the University of Michigan (48 articles) and Huffnagle Gary B, Dickson Robert P and Hansbro Philip M, who have made outstanding contributions in this field.
    CONCLUSION: The Inflammation, Infection and Disease were the hotspots, and the regulation of intestinal flora to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy in lung cancer was the research frontier. The research has implications for researchers engaged in gut-lung axis and its associated fields.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric; Gut–lung axis; Inflammation; Knowledge map
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-022-00987-8
  7. Materials (Basel). 2022 Apr 15. pii: 2910. [Epub ahead of print]15(8):
    Bibliometric Analysis of Artificial Intelligence in Textiles.
    Habiba Halepoto, Tao Gong, Saleha Noor, Hafeezullah Memon.
      Generally, comprehensive documents are needed to provide the research community with relevant details of any research direction. This study conducted the first descriptive bibliometric analysis to examine the most influential journals, institutions, and countries in the field of artificial intelligence in textiles. Furthermore, bibliometric mapping analysis was also used to examine diverse research topics of artificial intelligence in textiles. VOSviewer was used to process 996 articles retrieved from Web of Science-Core Collection from 2007 to 2020. The results show that China and the United States have the largest number of publications, while Donghua University and Jiangnan University have the highest output. These three themes have also appeared in textile artificial intelligence publications and played a significant role in the textile structure, textile inspection, and textile clothing production. The authors believe that this research will unfold new research domains for researchers in computer science, electronics, material science, imaging science, and optics and will benefit academic and industrial circles.
    Keywords:  Web of Science; artificial intelligence; bibliometric analysis; research trend; textiles
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15082910
  8. J Surg Res. 2022 Apr 19. pii: S0022-4804(22)00167-6. [Epub ahead of print]277 7-16
    Gender Distribution of First and Senior Authorship Across Most Cited Studies Within the Top Ten Surgical Journals From 2015-2020: Cementing Women Academic Surgery Representation.
    Matthew Sauder, Kevin Newsome, Israel Zagales, Cody Autrey, Snigdha Das, Ruth Zagales, Tracy Bilski, Adel Elkbuli.
       INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study is to investigate the gender distribution of first and senior authors in the most highly cited original research studies published in the top 10 surgical journals from 2015 to 2020 to identify disparities and changes over time.
    METHODS: A retrospective study analyzing the gender distribution of first and senior authors in the top 10 most cited studies from the top 10 surgical journals from 2015 to 2020. The genders of the first and senior authors of each study were assessed using National Provider Identifier (NPI) numbers or pronouns from institutional biographies or news articles.
    RESULTS: The genders of 1200 first and senior authors from 600 original research studies were assessed. First author gender distribution consisted of 71.8% men, 22.3% women, 0% non-binary, and 5.8% unknown. Senior author gender distribution was 82.3% men, 14.3% women, 0% non-binary, and 3.3% unknown. Studies published by first authors who are women received more citations than those published by first authors that are men in 2015 (169.1 versus 112.9, P = 0.002) and 2016 (144.2 versus 101.5, P = 0.011). There was an increase in first authorship among men from 2015 to 2020 (P = 0.035).
    CONCLUSIONS: Men represent a significantly higher proportion of both first and senior authorships in top surgical research and the gap has widened from 2015 to 2020. However, studies written by women first authors received significantly more citations than those written by men.
    Keywords:  Academic surgery; Authorship distribution; Gender equity; Women surgeon representation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.03.019
  9. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2022 Apr 13. pii: S1572-1000(22)00148-X. [Epub ahead of print] 102860
    Emerging Trends in Photodynamic Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace.
    Qi Zhan, Chenzhou Wu, Haoran Ding, Yingzhao Huang, Zhou Jiang, Nailin Liao, Kunyu Wang, Yi Li.
       BACKGROUND: Head and neck cancer (HNC) was the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved, minimally invasive treatment, which was shown to be effective in the treatment of head and neck cancer and potentially malignant disorders. We used a bibliometric analysis to analyze the publications of radiomics in oncology to clearly illustrate the current situation and future trends and encourage more researchers to participate in radiomics research in oncology.
    METHODS: Publications for Photodynamic therapy in for head and neck cancer and potentially malignant disorders were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). CiteSpace was used for a bibliometric analysis of countries, institutions, journals, authors, keywords, and references pertaining to this field. The state of research and areas of focus were analyzed through burst detection.
    RESULTS: A total of 1,002 studies were used for analysis on CiteSpace. The USA is in first place by number of publications. Hopper C was the most prolific author, and the author with the most citations was Chen XY. Among the journals and the co-cited journals, "Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy" was the first. "Nanoparticle" showed the highest burst strength level and materials research is major area of focus in this field.
    CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the bibliometric analysis of photodynamic therapy in head and neck cancer, providing a visual analysis of publications in this field. The conclusion of the current research in this field was focused on the research of photosensitizers, particularly nanomaterials and targeted therapies.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; oncology; photodynamic therapy; trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2022.102860
  10. Ann Transl Med. 2022 Mar;10(6): 311
    Emergency and rapid response systems: a bibliometric analysis.
    Jing Hao, Yutao Huang, Jianguo Su, Zhaofeng Lu.
       Background: The emergency rapid response system (RRS) can reduce the mortality of hospitalized patients, and its core is the activation criteria and the rapid response team (RRT). This study adopted a bibliometric method to analyze the research status of RRSs for hospitalized patients.
    Methods: The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) database was searched using the keywords "emergency" and "rapid response system", and the search results were analyzed using CiteSpace software. The retrieved data included the annual distribution of studies and literature citations; the source country of the literature; the distribution of institutions and authors of the literature; the cooperation between countries, institutions, and authors; the distribution of journals that published the literature, and the use of keywords in the literature.
    Results: A total of 1,320 research papers were found, with a total of 29,920 citations. The number of papers and their citations increased yearly. The top 5 countries in terms of number of publications were the United States, Australia, China, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The top 5 countries in terms of centrality were the United States, the United Kingdom, Argentina, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland. The research institutions were mainly located in developed countries, such as the United States and Australia. There was relatively little collaboration between researchers. The journals that published the literature mainly specialized in critical care medicine and emergency medicine. The keyword analysis revealed that most studies focused on medical emergency teams (METs) and mortality.
    Conclusions: There were few studies related to the emergency RRS for hospitalized patients. The majority of studies were from developed countries and mainly focused on the impact of team building and the effect of the RRS on mortality.
    Keywords:  Emergency; bibliometrics analysis; rapid response system (RRS)
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-709
  11. Ann Transl Med. 2022 Mar;10(6): 318
    The relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and infertility: a bibliometric analysis.
    Sulian Zhuang, Chunxia Jing, Lei Yu, Liwei Ji, Weiwei Liu, Xingpo Hu.
       Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is common and often causes infertility in women of childbearing age. This study adopted the method of bibliometrics to analyze the current research status of research on PCOS and infertility.
    Method: We conducted a literature search based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) database. All records of search results were exported and the records were cited r in plain text format to generate source files for analysis. CiteSpace software was then used to analyze the source files. The content of the analysis included: annual changes in the number of publications, the distribution of the countries and institutions of the authors of the literature, the distribution of the journals from which the literature was sourced, the distribution of authors, and the use of keywords.
    Results: There were a total of 2,716 documents retrieved, and the frequency of citations was 86,817. Both the number of documents and the number of citations showed an annually increasing trend. In this field of research, the United States was in a leading position, with many important research institutions and researchers. Emphasis was placed on top-level journals in the field of reproduction and top-level comprehensive journals. The use of keywords changed over time: in recent years, popular keywords included meta-analysis, follicular fluid, oxidative stress, and diagnostic criteria.
    Conclusions: There are obvious regional differences in PCOS and infertility research. International cooperation, especially cooperation with developing countries, should be strengthened.
    Keywords:  Polycystic ovary; bibliometric analysis; infertility
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-714
  12. PLoS One. 2022 ;17(4): e0261209
    Academic medicine's glass ceiling: Author's gender in top three medical research journals impacts probability of future publication success.
    John E Krstacic, Brendan M Carr, Ashutosh R Yaligar, Annet S Kuruvilla, Joshua S Helali, Jamie Saragossi, Chencan Zhu, Robert Hutnik, Mohammad Noubani, Jie Yang, Henry J Tannous, A Laurie W Shroyer.
       INTRODUCTION: In December 2017, Lancet called for gender inequality investigations. Holding other factors constant, trends over time for significant author (i.e., first, second, last or any of these authors) publications were examined for the three highest-impact medical research journals (i.e., New England Journal of Medicine [NEJM], Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMA], and Lancet).
    MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using randomly sampled 2002-2019 MEDLINE original publications (n = 1,080; 20/year/journal), significant author-based and publication-based characteristics were extracted. Gender assignment used internet-based biographies, pronouns, first names, and photographs. Adjusting for author-specific characteristics and multiple publications per author, generalized estimating equations tested for first, second, and last significant author gender disparities.
    RESULTS: Compared to 37.23% of 2002 - 2019 U.S. medical school full-time faculty that were women, women's first author publication rates (26.82% overall, 15.83% NEJM, 29.38% Lancet, and 35.39% JAMA; all p < 0.0001) were lower. No improvements over time occurred in women first authorship rates. Women first authors had lower Web of Science citation counts and co-authors/collaborating author counts, less frequently held M.D. or multiple doctoral-level degrees, less commonly published clinical trials or cardiovascular-related projects, but more commonly were North American-based and studied North American-based patients (all p < 0.05). Women second and last authors were similarly underrepresented. Compared to men, women first authors had lower multiple publication rates in these top journals (p < 0.001). Same gender first/last authors resulted in higher multiple publication rates within these top three journals (p < 0.001).
    DISCUSSION: Since 2002, this authorship "gender disparity chasm" has been tolerated across all these top medical research journals. Despite Lancet's 2017 call to arms, furthermore, the author-based gender disparities have not changed for these top medical research journals - even in recent times. Co-author gender alignment may reduce future gender inequities, but this promising strategy requires further investigation.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261209
  13. Cureus. 2022 Mar;14(3): e23184
    Evaluation of Issues Affecting Time Between Study Completion, Manuscript Submission, Acceptance, and Publication in Medical Journals.
    Paresh G Koli, Ankita Kulkarni, Yashashri C Shetty.
       INTRODUCTION: Difficulty in finding the appropriate journal, adherence to the formatting differences between various journals, publication fees, delay in acceptance/rejection, etc., are a few reasons due to which much research is not published or when published the data in the research may become outdated. There are no studies to find out the issues which affect the time delay between study completion, submission to the journal, acceptance by the journal, and publication. With this background, we conducted this study.
    METHODS: This study was exempted by the Ethics committee as it was based on online data. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2020 (Clarivate analytics), CiteScore, and Google Scholar were used to sort the high-, moderate-, and low-impact factor journals. Forty-five journals each from high-, medium- and low-impact factors (h-index median, Google Scholar Metrics h5-index) were selected. Similarly, 15 predatory scientific journals were chosen. Journals with medical science backgrounds were chosen by randomization. Only original research articles were included. From each journal, five articles were chosen randomly from the latest issue pre-pandemic. The search was performed from April 2021 to June 2021. Variables analyzed were indexing of the journal, publication fees, level of impact factor, specialty domain, number of editors, frequency per year, date of study completion, date of submission, date of acceptance, date of publication, and h-index median. Data were compiled in Microsoft Excel Workbook (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA) and analyzed using IBM Corp. Released 2019. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp. Variables of time were represented as median and interquartile range, and the number of journals and processing fees for publication were descriptively analyzed.
    RESULTS: Out of 60 journals selected, 300 original articles were analyzed. There were 26 specialty-wise journals; the commonest was multispecialty journals. The fastest time from study completion to submission, submission to acceptance, submission to publication, and acceptance to publication was 15.5, 30, 61, and 0 days, respectively, and the slowest duration was 1636, 452, 615, and 456 days, respectively. PubMed indexed journals had a higher number of editors, h5-index, and h5 median, and slower time for acceptance and publication compared to non-PubMed indexed journals (p<0.05). Predatory journals had a lower h5-index and h5 median along with faster time to acceptance and publication compared to high and moderate impact factor journals (p<0.05). Journal with faster acceptance had faster publication as well (r=0.85), but no impact of the number of editors, number of issues per year (frequency), and publication fees with time to acceptance and publication.
    CONCLUSION: Though PubMed indexed journals with a greater number of editors and high fees are slower to publish articles but they are a safe option for researchers. The impact factor does not effect the speed of publication for non-predatory journals. Paying high fees and choosing a journal with more issues per year does not ensure quick publication to the researchers.
    Keywords:  journal citation report; journal impact factor; journal rank; published in pubmed journal; research and publication
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23184
  14. Front Immunol. 2022 ;13 822004
    Bibliometric Analysis of Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Based Immunotherapy in Cancers From 2001 to 2021.
    Zhanpeng Ou, Ling Qiu, Haixu Rong, Bowen Li, Siqi Ren, Shijia Kuang, Tianjun Lan, Hsinyu Lin, Qunxing Li, Fan Wu, Tingting Cai, Lingjian Yan, Yushan Ye, Song Fan, Jinsong Li.
       Background: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-based immunotherapy has shown great potential for the treatment of both hematopoietic malignancies and solid tumors. Nevertheless, multiple obstacles still block the development of CAR-based immunotherapy in the clinical setting. In this study, we aimed to summarize the research landscape and highlight the front lines and trends of this field.
    Methods: Literature published from 2001 to 2021 was searched in the Web of Science Core Collection database. Full records and cited references of all the documents were extracted and screened. Bibliometric analysis and visualization were conducted using CiteSpace, Microsoft Excel 2019, VOSviewer and R software.
    Results: A total of 5981 articles and reviews were included. The publication and citation results exhibited increasing trends in the last 20 years. Frontiers in Immunology and Blood were the most productive and most co-cited journals, respectively. The United States was the country with the most productive organizations and publications in the comprehensive worldwide cooperation network, followed by China and Germany. June, C.H. published the most papers with the most citations, while Maude, S.L. ranked first among the co-cited authors. The hotspots in CAR-based therapy research were multiple myeloma, safety and toxicity, solid tumors, CAR-engineered immune cells beyond T cells, and gene editing.
    Conclusion: CAR-based immunotherapy is a promising treatment for cancer patients, and there is an emerging movement toward using advanced gene modification technologies to overcome therapeutic challenges, especially in solid tumors, and to generate safer and more effective universal CAR-engineered cell products.
    Keywords:  CAR-based immunotherapy; bibliometric analysis; chimeric antigen receptors (CARs); gene editing; natural killer cells; safety and toxicity; solid tumors
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.822004
  15. Ann Transl Med. 2022 Mar;10(6): 327
    Trends and frontiers of research on pharmacoeconomics from 2012-2021: a scientometric analysis.
    Yan Liu, Zhenyan Bo, Dan Liu, Sha Diao, Chunsong Yang, Hailong Li, Linan Zeng, Qin Yu, Lingli Zhang.
       Background: Research on pharmacoeconomics (PE) promotes the rational allocation of medical resources, which has received attention in the last decade. We conducted a scientometric analysis of PE to determine the current status and frontiers, and promote cooperation and development.
    Methods: The Web of Science Core Collection-Science Citation Index Expanded was adopted to retrieve publications associated with PE from 2012-2021. After screening publications, CiteSpace 3.8.R3 was used to conduct a scientometric analysis. We analyzed terms, including publications and citations, countries/regions, institutions, journals, authors, keywords, and references.
    Results: In total, 4,715 documents published from 2012-2021 were included in this study, of which 3,829 were articles and 886 were reviews. The documents were cited 54,596 times, at an average of 11.58 times per document. 121 countries/regions and 410 institutions were involved. The top 3 countries/regions by the number of publications were the United States of America (n=1,790), England (n=601), and China (n=403), while the institution with the most publications was Pfizer. Pharmacoeconomics was the main journal of PE, with 310 publications in all, and the top 3 cited journals were New England Journal of Medicine (citation times =1,620), Value in Health (citation times =1,306), and Lancet (citation times =1,255). Bin Wu was the most productive author (n=16), while World Health Organization was the most influential author (citation times =387). 524 keywords altogether were found, and the top 3 keywords by frequency were therapy (frequency =318), impact (frequency =305), and cost-effectiveness (frequency =296). The keyword "modifying antirheumatic drug" associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has continued bursting from 2016-2021. Guide to the methods of technology appraisal 2013 by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, was the most frequently cited publication on PE (citation times =65). Cluster 0 labeled as "cost-effectiveness analysis" (CEA) was the largest and latest cluster, and its citing articles focused on the CEA of first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
    Conclusions: The economic analysis of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs related to RA was a popular topic in the last 6 years, and CEA of NSCLC first-line treatment was at the frontier of PE.
    Keywords:  Pharmacoeconomics (PE); modifying antirheumatic drug; non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); rheumatoid arthritis (RA); scientometrics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-1050
  16. Digit Health. 2022 Jan-Dec;8:8 20552076221091352
    A bibliometric analysis on global eHealth.
    Hua Tian, Jie Chen.
       Background: The current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic highlights the potential of eHealth. Drawing the knowledge map of eHealth research through data mining and visual analysis technology was helpful to systematically present the research status and future trends of global academic circles.
    Methods: Based on the web of Science Core Collection (SCIE/SSCI) database, using bibliometric theory and visual analysis technology, this work analyzed the global eHealth research publications from 2000 to 2021, and introduced the interdisciplinary characteristics, hot topics and future trends in this field.
    Results: A total of 10188 authors, 891 journals, 3586 institutions, 98 countries using 12 languages had conducted eHealth research in the world. The United States, the Netherlands, Australia and the United Kingdom were the main forces and international cooperation. However, the international co-operation between Eastern and Western countries was still relatively few. The frontier of global eHealth research mainly focused on #0eHealth innovation, #1physical activity, #2generalised anxiety disorder, #3lightweight authentication protocol, #4 eHealth information, #5technology readiness, #6 ehealth literacy scale, #7family carer, #8citance analysis, #9 guiding patient. Clusters #3 lightweight authentication protocol and #9 guiding patient were the latest clusters, indicating the research trend and direction of eHealth in the future.
    Conclusions: Cooperation network framework at the regional, national and global levels and the cooperation of multidisciplinary teams with complementary backgrounds and expertise were needed to realize the in-depth popularization and application of eHealth knowledge. Interdisciplinary international cooperation should be the trend of eHealth research in the future.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics; eHealth; frontier; hotspots; international cooperation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221091352
  17. J Healthc Eng. 2022 ;2022 8229148
    Ten Hotspot MicroRNAs and Their Potential Targets of Chondrocytes Were Revealed in Osteoarthritis Based on Bibliometric Analysis.
    Wei-Shang Hu, Qi Zhang, Si-Hui Li, Shuang-Chun Ai, Qiao-Feng Wu.
       Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common joint disorders and debilitating diseases. Current evidence suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) play a critical role in the pathogenesis of OA and have great potential as new biomarkers and therapeutic targets. We aimed to analyze the trends and research status on miRNAs in OA and further demonstrate the hotspot miRNAs in OA via CiteSpace and VOSviewer.
    Methods: Publications regarding miRNAs and OA were extracted from the Web of Science (WOS) database on October 30, 2021. We assessed the number of publications, institutions, countries, authors, journals, cited references, and keywords with the help of the software tools CiteSpace and VOSviewer.
    Results: A total of 1109 articles were included. Research related to miRNAs and OA began to appear in 2008, and the overall trend is increasing. Chinese institutions have a leading advantage in the number of publications but lack high-quality and high-cited research and are laggard in co-cited literature. Ten miRNAs including miR-140, miR-146, miR-34, miR-181, miR-27, miR-9, miR-29, miR-21, miR-26, and miR-155 and chondrocytes were revealed as the most obvious miRNAs and a potential target for OA based on bibliometric analysis. More focus will be placed on a comprehensive study on chondrocytes regulated by miRNAs, which may accelerate possible diagnostic biomarkers and diagnostic biomarkers of OA in the future.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8229148
  18. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed). 2022 Apr 19. pii: S2173-5794(22)00040-8. [Epub ahead of print]
    Bibliometric study of refractive surgery and dry eye scientific literature.
    E Fraga-Graells, F J Povedano-Montero, C Alvarez-Peregrina, C Villa-Collar, A Arance-Gil, M A Sánchez-Tena.
       OBJECTIVE: Currently, refractive surgery is a safe and effective procedure, and considered as a risk for development of dry eye. The aim of study is to analyze the scientific publications in the field of ocular dryness secondary to refractive surgery through a bibliometric approach. The temporal period goes since 2001-2019, years in which first references appeared and search limited selection is done, respectively. The set of publications ranges from the first publication appeared in 2001, to the last one selected in 2019.
    METHODS: A search of references was made through Scopus, using "refractive surgery" as main descriptor, and «dry eye» as secondary one; both descriptors were limited to those available in the chosen field for the title, abstract, and keywords. The most common indicators and bibliometric maps were applied for to the selected publications.
    RESULTS: A total of 78 original articles were collected from the timeframe 2001-2019. According to the Price's law, the growth of literature production was linear turned out in a linear growth of literature production. The annual growth rate was 8.6% with a literature doubling time of 8.4 years. The Bradford core, preferred journals chosen by authors were 4 with offered four preferred journals by the authors, all of them with an impact factor >2. These were Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Journal of Glaucoma and British Journal of Ophthalmology. Regarding geographical distribution, the United States had the highest production.
    CONCLUSIONS: The scientific production of dry eye after refractive surgery follows a linear growth. In this instance, postulates of the Price's growth law of science are not fulfilled. In addition, there is a high rate of transience. That may indicate low productivity or presence of researchers from other related subjects disciplines, who have published occasionally in this topic.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric; Bibliométrico; Cirugía refractiva; Dry eye; Lotka; Ojo seco; Price; Refractive surgery
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oftale.2022.02.011
  19. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 Apr 21.
    Correlation Between Altmetric Attention Scores and Citations for Articles Published in High-Impact Factor Ophthalmology Journals From 2018 to 2019.
    Mak Djulbegovic, Karthik Kalahasty, Arjun Watane, Sinan K Jabori, Hasenin Al-Khersan, Jayanth Sridhar.
       Importance: The Altmetric attention score (AAS) provides new information to gauge the impact of a research article not found through typical metrics, such as impact factor or citation counts.
    Objective: To explore the association between AAS and common impact markers among high-impact ophthalmology journals from 2018 to 2019.
    Design, Setting, and Participants: All articles published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology (AJO), JAMA Ophthalmology (JAMAO), and Ophthalmology (OPH) from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019, were collected for this cross-sectional study. Excluded articles were those missing Altmetric data at the time of data collection. The AAS and associated social media impact for each article were collected with the AAS calculator bookmarklet. Spearman rank correlation analyses and analysis of variance tests were conducted to assess differences in various metrics between AJO, JAMAO, and OPH. The study included articles published of all document types (article, conference paper, editorial, erratum, letter, note, retracted, review, and short survey) and access status (open access and not open access).
    Main Outcomes and Measures: The correlation between citation counts and Altmetric variables including AAS.
    Results: A total of 2467 articles were published in the study period. There were 351 articles excluded owing to missing Altmetric data. Of the 2116 articles included in the analysis, 1039 (49.1%) were published in 2018, and 1077 (50.9%) were published in 2019; the mean number of citations was 8.8 (95% CI, 7.9-9.6) for AJO, 6.2 (95% CI, 5.3-7.1) for JAMAO, and 15.1 (95% CI, 13.3-17.0) for OPH. The mean AAS was 4.5 (95% CI, 3.3-5.6) for AJO (723 publications), 27.4 (95% CI, 22.1-32.8) for JAMAO (758 publications), and 15.1 (95% CI, 10.9-19.3) for OPH (635 publications). Citation rate was moderately correlated with AAS across the 3 journals (AJO, ρ = 0.39; P < .001; JAMAO, ρ = 0.41; P < .001; OPH, ρ = 0.40; P < .001), as well as minimally or moderately correlated with engagement or mention by Facebook posts (AJO, ρ = 0.38; P < .001; JAMAO, ρ = 0.24; P < .001; OPH, ρ = 0.20; P < .001), news outlet reporting (AJO, ρ = 0.12; P < .001; JAMAO, ρ = 0.38; P < .001; OPH, ρ = 0.19; P < .001), and Twitter posts (AJO, ρ = 0.40; P < .001; JAMAO, ρ = 0.38; P < .001; OPH, ρ = 0.42; P < .001).
    Conclusions and Relevance: Results of this cross-sectional study suggest that citation rate has a moderate positive correlation with online and social media sharing of research in ophthalmology literature. Peer-reviewed journals may increase their reach and impact by sharing their literature through social media and online platforms.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0858
  20. Niger J Clin Pract. 2022 Apr;25(4): 448-453
    Preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: A bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited research articles.
    G Turkkan, A Alkan.
       Background and Aims: Preoperative long-course radio-chemotherapy (LC-RCHT) or preoperative short-course radiotherapy (SC-RT) are widely used in the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). This study aimed to evaluate the 100 most-cited research articles focused on preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer to reveal existing academic trends and the direction of therapeutic research.
    Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study based on publicly accessible data. The Web of Science database was used to identify the 100 most-cited articles.
    Results: The median values for total citation and average citation per year (CPY) were 240.50 (range, 150-3787) and 17.32 (5.03-222.76), respectively. Randomized (median: 24.88 vs 13.32, P = 0.001) and funded (median: 27.33 vs 14.73, P = 0.002) studies had more CPY than those with opposite characteristics. No significant difference was found between studies using SC-RT and LC-RCHT, in terms of average CPY (median: 15.27 for SC-RT vs 18.36 for LC-RCHT, P = 0.303). In terms of the primary aim of the investigation, studies investigating non-operative treatment strategies had higher CPY than those investigating other subcategories (p = 0.029).
    Conclusion: Randomized studies, funded studies, and studies investigating non-operative treatment were associated with more CPY. There remains equal interest in preoperative SC-RT and LC-RCHT for rectal cancer.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; most cited articles; non-operative treatment; preoperative radiotherapy; rectal cancer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_1592_21
  21. Front Immunol. 2022 ;13 843106
    Visual Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapy: A Bibliometric Analysis From 2012 to 2021.
    Long Ma, Jixiang Ma, Muzhou Teng, Yumin Li.
      An increasing number of studies have shown that immunotherapy serves a significant role in treating colorectal cancer (CRC) and has become a hotspot. However, few studies used the bibliometric method to analyze this field comprehensively. This study collected 1,899 records of CRC immunotherapy from 2012 to October 31, 2021, and used CiteSpace to analyze regions, institutions, journals, authors, and keywords to predict the latest trends in CRC immunotherapy research. The United States and China, contributing more than 60% of publications, were the main drivers in this field. Sun Yat-sen University was the most active institution, while the National Cancer Institute had the highest frequency of citations. Most publications were published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Adam E Snook was the most prolific writer, while Dung T. Le was the most commonly co-cited author. "T cell", "MMI" and "PD-1blocked" were the most widely studied aspects of CRC immunotherapy. "Immune checkpoint inhibitor", "combination therapy", "drug therapy" and "liver metastases" were current research hotspots. "Tumor microenvironment", "neutrophils", "tumor-associated macrophages", and "suppressor cell" have emerged as research hotspots in recent years. "Gut microbiota", "nanoparticle" and "tumor mutational burden" as recently emerged frontiers of research that should be closely monitored.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; bibliometric; colorectal cancer; gut microbiota; immune checkpoint; immunotherapy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.843106
  22. Front Psychol. 2022 ;13 810550
    Integration of Neuroscience and Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis.
    Weiwei Liu, Yimeng Xu, Tiantian Xu, Zijian Ye, Jiani Yang, Yan Wang.
      In this study, we investigated the integration between neuroscience and entrepreneurship. First, we explored the concept of neuroentrepreneurship and the investigation of neuroentrepreneurship using scientific research methods. Second, we constructed a road map for entrepreneurial researchers interested in conducting neuroentrepreneurship-related research. This is an emerging research area; therefore, to more clearly analyze the dynamics of the research trends, we used a bibliometric method to capture patterns in current publications on subjects related to neuroentrepreneurship, examining papers published between 1999 and 2021 using the keywords "neuroscience" and "entrepreneurship" or "neuroentrepreneurship." To identify the keywords, we used two academic databases-the Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index-accessed through the Web of Science website. The three keywords were identified from studies integrating neuroscience with entrepreneurship. After carefully reviewing the research papers, we identified neuroentrepreneurship as a novel research area. The outcomes of this study provide a guide for describing the theoretical connection between neuroscience and entrepreneurship. In the future, this field of study should be empirically investigated.
    Keywords:  entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; literature analysis; neuro-entrepreneurship; neuroscience
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.810550
  23. Front Neurol. 2022 ;13 816031
    Visualizing Research Trends and Identifying Hotspots of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Nursing Technology for Insomnia: A 18-Years Bibliometric Analysis of Web of Science Core Collection.
    Junxin Wang, Yufeng Chen, Xing Zhai, Yupeng Chu, Xiangdi Liu, Xueling Ma.
       Objective: To explore the research hotspot and frontier direction of TCM nursing of insomnia and provide reference for the follow-up study of the optimal scheme of TCM nursing of insomnia.
    Background: Insomnia is a common sleep-wake disorder, affects 6-10% of adults and was associated with independent higher risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. TCM Nursing Techniques of insomnia has a long history and has shown a definite impact. However, it's still lack of analysis in the field of the most commonly used and effective techniques, as well as the co-morbidities associated with insomnia. Therefore, the database was searched and analyzed to find effective TCM Nursing Techniques for insomnia and related diseases related to insomnia.
    Method: Randomized controlled trials on the intervention of TCM Nursing Techniques in insomnia were retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection and imported into CiteSpace 5.6.R5 visualization software. The works of literature were co-cited by keywords authors and institutions for visual analysis, and the co-morbidities associated with insomnia of TCM Nursing Techniques in literature was extracted manually. The symptoms of co-morbidities associated with insomnia were imported into Cytoscape 3.9.0 software and clustered by CytoHubba.
    Result: As of October 20, 2021, the literature published in the last 20 years from Web of Science Core Collection was screened, and the publication period of the included literature was from 2004 to 2021. From 2016 to now, the total number of articles has been increasing. A total of 146 articles were included, and the highest production year was 2020. There is little cooperation between states, institutions, and authors. China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Hong Kong Polytech University are leading countries and institutions in this area. MYUNGHAENG HUR is the most cited author, and J ALTERN COMPLEM MED is the most cited journal. According to cluster analysis and keyword frequency, auricular therapy, aromatherapy, and acupressure are the three most commonly used techniques. While the top five co-morbidities are fatigue, anxiety, depression, pain and hemodialysis. The three frontier topics and the main research directions are sleep quality, comorbid insomnia and clinical trial design.
    Conclusion: We found that acupressure, aromatherapy, and auricular acupoint therapy are the most commonly used nursing methods of TCM to intervene in insomnia. However, these studies have limitations such as small sample size, lack of objectivity in evaluating sleep quality, and high heterogeneity of intervention measures, which are not conducive to forming TCM clinical nursing guidelines. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt objectified sleep quality evaluation methods, select suitable acupoints according to TCM theories, and design multi-center large-sample clinical trials based on the safety principle of randomized blind control. This study provides an in-depth perspective for insomnia research on TCM Nursing Techniques and includes information for follow-up research on TCM Nursing Techniques of insomnia.
    Keywords:  TCM; bibliometric; insomnia; nursing; technique; visualization analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.816031
  24. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 08. pii: 4496. [Epub ahead of print]19(8):
    Construction and Demolition Waste Management Research: A Science Mapping Analysis.
    Nehal Elshaboury, Abobakr Al-Sakkaf, Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader, Ghasan Alfalah.
      Construction and demolition waste treatment has become an increasingly pressing economic, social, and environmental concern across the world. This study employs a science mapping approach to provide a thorough and systematic examination of the literature on waste management research. This study identifies the most significant journals, authors, publications, keywords, and active countries using bibliometric and scientometric analysis. The search retrieved 895 publications from the Scopus database between 2001 and 2021. The findings reveal that the annual number of publications has risen from less than 15 in 2006 to more than 100 in 2020 and 2021. The results declare that the papers originated in 80 countries and were published in 213 journals. Review, urbanization, resource recovery, waste recycling, and environmental assessment are the top five keywords. Estimation and quantification, comprehensive analysis and assessment, environmental impacts, performance and behavior tests, management plan, diversion practices, and emerging technologies are the key emerging research topics. To identify research gaps and propose a framework for future research studies, an in-depth qualitative analysis is performed. This study serves as a multi-disciplinary reference for researchers and practitioners to relate current study areas to future trends by presenting a broad picture of the latest research in this field.
    Keywords:  bibliometric search; construction and demolition waste; holistic review; science mapping; scientometric analysis; waste management
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084496
  25. PLoS One. 2022 ;17(4): e0266513
    Using citation network analysis to enhance scholarship in psychological science: A case study of the human aggression literature.
    Alessia Iancarelli, Thomas F Denson, Chun-An Chou, Ajay B Satpute.
      Researchers cannot keep up with the volume of articles being published each year. In order to develop adequate expertise in a given field of study, students and early career scientists must be strategic in what they decide to read. Here we propose using citation network analysis to characterize the literature topology of a given area. We used the human aggression literature as our example. Our citation network analysis identified 15 research communities on aggression. The five largest communities were: "media and video games", "stress, traits and aggression", "rumination and displaced aggression", "role of testosterone", and "social aggression". We examined the growth of these research communities over time, and we used graph theoretic approaches to identify the most influential papers within each community and the "bridging" articles that linked distinct communities to one another. Finally, we also examined whether our citation network analysis would help mitigate gender bias relative to focusing on total citation counts. The percentage of articles with women first authors doubled when identifying influential articles by community structure versus citation count. Our approach of characterizing literature topologies using citation network analysis may provide a valuable resource for psychological scientists by outlining research communities and their growth over time, identifying influential papers within each community (including bridging papers), and providing opportunities to increase gender equity in the field.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266513
  26. Am Surg. 2022 Apr 22. 31348221091965
    Vascular Surgery Research in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Sex-Based Bibliometric Analysis.
    Xiya Ma, Dominique Vervoort, Maryam Salma Babar, Jessica Gy Luc, Laura M Drudi.
       INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted vascular surgery services globally and its impact on researchers has illustrated disproportionate barriers for female researchers. We assessed the pandemic's consequences on bibliometric trends in vascular surgery and vascular medicine throughout the pandemic.
    METHODS: A scoping review was performed using the PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and EMBASE databases from January to December 2020 to identify articles related to COVID-19 and vascular surgery or vascular medicine. Articles only describing cardiac or neurovascular care were excluded. The scoping review was performed according to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Bibliometric data were extracted and analyzed.
    RESULTS: Four hundred and fourteen articles were identified, including 125 (30.2%) original articles, 42 (10.1%) review papers, 105 (25.4%) case reports, 27 (6.5%) editorials and commentaries, 94 (22.7%) letters and correspondences, and 21 (5.1%) conference abstracts. The 5 most common countries of study or discussion were all high-income countries. English was the predominant (n = 393, 94.9%) language. Funding was reported for 5.1% (n = 21) of articles. In the first 6 months, 17.6% (n = 30) of first authors and 10.6% (n = 18) of last authors were female, while the last 6 months saw an increase in representation to 30.6% (n = 74) and 15.6% (n = 38) for first and last author, respectively.
    CONCLUSION: The pandemic caused a rapid surge in vascular publications related to COVID-19. Female authors remain underrepresented in vascular research and the share in female authorship has dropped early in the pandemic, but rose after the end of the first wave. High-income countries remain overrepresented in research productivity, alluding to important disparities in COVID-19-related literature.
    Keywords:  coronavirus disease 2019; gender disparities; research; vascular surgery
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348221091965
  27. Int J Spine Surg. 2022 Apr;16(2): 264-271
    The Worldwide Influence of Social Media on Cervical Spine Literature.
    Conor P Lynch, Elliot D K Cha, Kevin C Jacob, Madhav R Patel, Nathaniel W Jenkins, James M Parrish, Caroline N Jadczak, Shruthi Mohan, Cara E Geoghegan, Kern Singh.
       BACKGROUND: The Altmetric (Digital Science, Holtzbrinck Publishing) Attention Score (AAS) is an automatically calculated score that accounts for other literary influences, which include academic sources as well as nonacademically focused social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, and news articles. This study compares the most popular cervical surgery articles on social media to the most cited articles within peer-reviewed literature and identifies journals that contribute the most articles and geographic trends.
    METHODS: We searched the Altmetric database for cervical spine surgery articles since inception using the search phrase "cervical" and "spine." We ranked journals that contributed the most articles and calculated their AAS, contributing social media outlets (eg, Twitter, Facebook, News, etc) and citation counts. We also ranked the top 100 most popular cervical spine articles on social media and compared them to the most cited articles. Countries were assessed based on their mentions through the most contributing social media platform.
    RESULTS: Of the 527 total journals identified in our search, the top 10 journals were responsible for contributing 60.2% of the total articles. The 3 journals that contributed the most articles were Spine (18.9%), European Spine Journal (11.8%), and The Spine Journal (10.3%). The journals with the highest AAS scores included Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine (11.3), Spine (8.8), and Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics (5.8). Social media outlets that contributed the most mentions per article were Twitter (4.4), Facebook (0.5), and news sources (0.3). Among all countries contributing Twitter mentions, the 3 countries with the most cervical spine posts included the United States (23.3%), the United Kingdom (10.3%), and Spain (5.5%).
    CONCLUSION: Our evaluation of cervical spine literature revealed Twitter, Facebook, and news sources are the most common social media outlets influencing title dissemination. Journals contributing the most articles did not necessarily have the highest average AAS.
    CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Spinal surgeons should consider utilization of social media outlets, such as Twitter, Facebook, and news sources, to potentially increase the dissemination of their articles.
    LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3:
    Keywords:  altmetric; cervical spine; literature; social media
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.14444/8213
  28. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 15. pii: 4837. [Epub ahead of print]19(8):
    Bibliometric and Density Visualisation Mapping Analysis of Domestic Violence in Australia Research Output 1984-2019.
    Chloe Charlton, Ravishankar Ram Mani, Sasikala Chinnappan, Ashok Kumar Balaraman, Thangavel Muthusamy, Chitraabaanu Paranjothy, Deepa Suresh, Sunil Krishnan, Kartik Lokhotiya, Gothandam Kodiveri Muthukaliannan, Siddhartha Baxi, Rama Jayaraj.
      Domestic violence is highly prevalent in Australia and has serious and complex impacts. This study aimed to analyse research outputs on domestic violence in Australia from the period of 1984 to 2019. Articles relevant to domestic violence in Australia that met specified inclusion criteria were retrieved using the Scopus database. Bibliometric analysis of the output was conducted to examine trends in publications. A trend of an increase in publications relating to domestic violence in Australia over time was identified, with the majority published in institutions located in densely populated capital cities. Significant diversity was found in the subject matter of highly cited articles, reflecting the far-reaching impacts of domestic violence. The increase in social attention to domestic violence over time was reflected in an increase in publications. Future research would benefit from examining trends in the reporting of domestic violence, and analysing the effectiveness of interventions for perpetrators and victims.
    Keywords:  VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; domestic violence; family violence; intimate partner violence
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084837
  29. Ann Transl Med. 2022 Mar;10(6): 320
    Analysis of clinical research publication patterns to characterize the cooperation among China's "double first-class" construction medical universities: based on social network analysis.
    Xue Jing, Guo Hua.
       Background: The "Double First-Class" refers to world first-class university and first-class academic discipline construction proposed by China government. The "Double First-Class" construction medical universities have made many clinical research achievements, but the analysis and evaluation of research collaboration networks in the field of clinical research are still lacking.
    Methods: Clinical research papers by 23 "Double First-Class" construction medical universities in China from 2000 to 2019 indexed in the databases of the China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Web of Science (WoS) databases were collected. Through the social network analysis (SNA) method and Ucinet software, the interuniversity research cooperation networks of domestic and international publications were comparatively analyzed at the overall, individual, and group levels in terms of number of publications, cooperation network matrix, centrality analysis, cohesive subgroup analysis, and core-periphery structure to understand the developmental status of the cooperative network of clinical research publications among China's "Double First-Class" construction medical universities.
    Results: The cooperation among China's "Double First-Class" construction universities showed certain regional distribution characteristics, and they showed closer cooperation in publishing papers in international journals than in domestic ones. The overall density of the domestic-journal research collaboration network of the universities was 0.4229, mainly centered on Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In contrast, the overall density of international-journal research collaboration network was 0.9052, mainly centered on Peking University, Central South University, and Zhengzhou University, with large differences in subgroup density and low integration.
    Conclusions: To promote the development of clinical research, it is necessary to improve the construction of the interuniversity clinical research collaboration system, build a national clinical research network with a multilevel structure and sophisticated functions, and expand resource sharing as well as collaborative innovation capacity.
    Keywords:  clinical research; cohesive subgroup analysis; social network analysis (SNA); “Double First-Class” construction
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-516
  30. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Apr 26. 119(17): e2117488119
    The narrowing of literature use and the restricted mobility of papers in the sciences.
    Attila Varga.
      SignificanceA narrower range of literature is being read as citations are concentrating more on top papers. This is a long-standing trend, present since 1970. Citation concentration may lead to a less flexible scholarly communication system, whereby novel findings have a harder time resurfacing. In line with this argument, the popularity of a paper is more predictable today based on its previous citation impact. I present a mechanism of cumulative advantage that links increased concentration to the restricted mobility of papers. Citations are more dispersed from the 1990s, in the sense that papers are more likely to be cited at least a few times. Information technologies to disseminate papers are likely behind this latter trend.
    Keywords:  citation analysis; complex networks; narrowing; science of science
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117488119
  31. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2022 Jan-Mar;40(1):40(1): 98-101
    Bibliometric report of authorship trends in a professional journal- An update.
    Gauri Kalra, Jatinder Kaur Dhillon, Vijay Prakash Mathur.
       Background: With rising trends in research and scientific writing, various ethical organizations have been vigilant over developing rigorous authorship criteria. There may be times, when authors tend to publish more due to their seniority or previously earned credit for former publications, proving the existence of Matthew effect in scientific research. It indicates that the majority of publications in a field are contributed by smaller number of authors. It was hypothesized that the Matthew effect may be still applicable for scientific work published by Indian pediatric dentists in the official Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (JISPPD) from 2015 to 2019.
    Methodology: To assess the number of times each author has published in the official Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, we downloaded all issues for the 5-year period from the journal website. Full names of all authors were entered year-wise in Microsoft Excel 2007 and descriptive statistics were used for finding out contribution percentages.
    Results: A total of 372 papers were published during the study period by 1148 authors. About 82% had at least one publication, followed by 12% publishing at least two papers; only 1% of the total authors had contributed to more than five publications. The result showed the absence of Matthew effect for publications in the JISPPD.
    Conclusion: The final results of the study did not show any presence of Matthew effect among authorship in the JISPPD.
    Keywords:  Authorship; Matthew effect; bibliometric study; pediatric dentistry
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_185_21
  32. Retina. 2022 Apr 11.
    Altmetric Analysis of the Most-Cited 100 Articles on the Retina Published between 2010 and 2020.
    Austin Huang, Christina Y Weng.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000003507
  33. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 14. pii: 4741. [Epub ahead of print]19(8):
    A Review of Urban Microclimate Research Based on CiteSpace and VOSviewer Analysis.
    Jiajing Li, Yang Mao, Jingyi Ouyang, Shuanning Zheng.
      Urban microclimate has a direct impact on the quality of life of urban residents. Therefore, research on urban microclimates has received greater attention from contemporary scholars. At present, there is a lack of quantitative summary and review of the research in the field of urban microclimate, and it is urgent to sort out its research context and evolution. The Web of Science was used as the data source, and CiteSpace and VOSviewer software were used to analyze the urban microclimate research from 1980 to 2020. We discussed the annual trends, research countries, research institutions, key authors, highly cited publications, hot issues, and research fronts. The study found that: (1) the number of published articles on urban microclimate has experienced three stages: initial stage-slow growth period-rapid growth period; (2) European and American countries were the first to focus on urban microclimate research, while China started late but developed rapidly; (3) the research topics of urban microclimate are thermal comfort, improvement strategies, urban street canyons, and urban heat island effect; (4) the frontiers of urban microclimate include research on urban microclimate and building energy, ecosystem services, and urban parks.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics; research frontier; research hotspots; scientometric; urban microclimate
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084741
  34. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Apr;10(4): e4024
    Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Upper Extremity Lymphedema Complications: Altmetric Analysis of Online Media.
    Kunal M Kirloskar, Areeg A Abu El Hawa, Kevin G Kim, Paige K Dekker, Guy Shaposhnik, Kenneth L Fan.
       Background: Traditional citation-based metrics do not capture the dissemination of upper extremity lymphedema (UEL) research that occurs online and in mainstream media. There is limited literature reporting the most impactful UEL articles based on citation rate and/or online mentions. We sought to use the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) to determine the most impactful UEL articles in online media and to report trends in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of complications.
    Methods: The Altmetric database was queried to identify all published articles regarding the management, diagnosis, and prevention of complications seen in the setting of UEL. Extracted data points included article topic and type, journal, and number of online mentions on several platforms.
    Results: Our index search yielded 638 studies published between 2000 and 2021. Fifty articles with the highest AAS scores were included for analysis. The median AAS was 27.5, but the top four articles had AAS scores that were substantially higher (AAS ≥ 334) than all other studies. Of the top 50 articles, 68% (34/50) were original research. Of those, 23.5% (8/34) were randomized control trials. The most common article topic was the treatment of UEL (36%; 18/50) followed by diagnostic methods of UEL (30%; 15/50). There were a total of 1156 Twitter mentions (median:14) for the top 50 articles. Of all media platforms, news mentions correlated most strongly with AAS (R2 = 0.99, P < 0.001).
    Conclusions: Our findings suggest that alternative metrics measure distinct components of article impact and add an important dimension to understanding the overall impact of published research on UEL.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004024
  35. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2022 ;2022 8050137
    Bibliometric Study of Trends in the Diabetic Nephropathy Research Space from 2016 to 2020.
    Ying Shao.
       Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most common microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM), but no bibliometric studies pertaining to DN have been published within the last 5 years.
    Objectives: Most prior studies have focused on specific problems in the DN field. This study attempts to sort out and visualize the knowledge framework in this research space from a holistic and highly generalized perspective. Readers can quickly understand and master the knowledge regarding DN research conducted from 2016 to 2020, in addition to predicting future research hotspots and possible directions for development in this field in a comprehensive and scientifically valid manner.
    Methods: Literature information, discourse matrices, and co-occurrence matrices were generated using BICOMB. gCLUTO was used for biclustering analyses and visualization. Strategic diagrams were generated using GraphPad Prism 5. The social network analysis (SNA) was analyzed and plotted using Ucinet 6.0 and Netdraw.
    Results: In total, 55 high-frequency MeSH terms/MeSH subheadings were selected and grouped into 5 clusters in a biclustering analysis. These analyses revealed that extensive studies of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of DN have been conducted over the last 5 years, while further research regarding DN-related single nucleotide polymorphisms, miRNAs, and signal transduction are warranted as these research areas remain relatively immature.
    Conclusion: Together, these results outline a robust knowledge structure pertaining to the field of DN-related research over the last 5 years, providing a valuable resource for readers by enabling the easy comprehension of relevant information. In addition, this analysis highlights predicted DN-related research directions and hotspots.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8050137
  36. Retina. 2022 Apr 11.
    Reply to correspondence re: Altmetric Analysis of the Most-Cited 100 Articles on the Retina Published between 2010 and 2020.
    Hidayet Sener, Osman Ahmet Polat.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000003508
  37. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Apr 22. 24(4): e28114
    Understanding the Research Landscape of Deep Learning in Biomedical Science: Scientometric Analysis.
    Seojin Nam, Donghun Kim, Woojin Jung, Yongjun Zhu.
       BACKGROUND: Advances in biomedical research using deep learning techniques have generated a large volume of related literature. However, there is a lack of scientometric studies that provide a bird's-eye view of them. This absence has led to a partial and fragmented understanding of the field and its progress.
    OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to gain a quantitative and qualitative understanding of the scientific domain by analyzing diverse bibliographic entities that represent the research landscape from multiple perspectives and levels of granularity.
    METHODS: We searched and retrieved 978 deep learning studies in biomedicine from the PubMed database. A scientometric analysis was performed by analyzing the metadata, content of influential works, and cited references.
    RESULTS: In the process, we identified the current leading fields, major research topics and techniques, knowledge diffusion, and research collaboration. There was a predominant focus on applying deep learning, especially convolutional neural networks, to radiology and medical imaging, whereas a few studies focused on protein or genome analysis. Radiology and medical imaging also appeared to be the most significant knowledge sources and an important field in knowledge diffusion, followed by computer science and electrical engineering. A coauthorship analysis revealed various collaborations among engineering-oriented and biomedicine-oriented clusters of disciplines.
    CONCLUSIONS: This study investigated the landscape of deep learning research in biomedicine and confirmed its interdisciplinary nature. Although it has been successful, we believe that there is a need for diverse applications in certain areas to further boost the contributions of deep learning in addressing biomedical research problems. We expect the results of this study to help researchers and communities better align their present and future work.
    Keywords:  deep learning; knowledge diffusion; research collaboration; research landscape; research publications; scientometric analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2196/28114
  38. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 15. pii: S0165-5876(22)00097-0. [Epub ahead of print]157 111136
    Predictors of future academic productivity in pediatric otolaryngology fellowship applicants.
    Jeremy Cha, Diego Preciado, Hannah Mann, Hengameh Behzadpour, Yeshwant Chillakuru, Alexandra G Espinel.
       OBJECTIVES: To investigate which components of pediatric otolaryngology fellowship applications are more closely predictive of future academic productivity in applicants who go on to complete their fellowship training.
    METHODS: Applications to our institution's ACGME accredited pediatric otolaryngology fellowship program through the SF Match program for the years 2011-2016 were reviewed. Applicant files on record were utilized to extract independent variables including sex, mean USMLE score, residency program Doximity ranking, military experience, number of national honors/awards, AOA status, total number of publications listed on application, number of first author publications listed on application, and AAOHNS Committee involvement. Academic productivity was determined by number of PubMed indexed publications per year, practice setting, and H-index (Scopus). Statistical analysis consisted of multivariate and univariate regression models, with p < 0.05 being considered statistically significant.
    RESULTS: Multivariate regression showed that USMLE Step 1 and 2 mean score and number of publications listed on application exhibited statistically significant correlations with a higher number of future post fellowship publications per year. Residency program Doximity rank, applicant number of awards and honors, AOA status, and number of first author publications were not predictive of future academic productivity. No statistically significant associations were found between any variables and the faculty position outcome variable.
    CONCLUSIONS: Quantifiable criteria in pediatric otolaryngology fellowship applications, such as number of listed publications and mean USMLE scores are strongly correlated with future academic productivity metrics.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111136
  39. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Mar 23. pii: 601. [Epub ahead of print]10(4):
    Alerts in Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS): A Bibliometric Review and Content Analysis.
    Shuo-Chen Chien, Ya-Lin Chen, Chia-Hui Chien, Yen-Po Chin, Chang Ho Yoon, Chun-You Chen, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Yu-Chuan Jack Li.
      A clinical decision support system (CDSS) informs or generates medical recommendations for healthcare practitioners. An alert is the most common way for a CDSS to interact with practitioners. Research about alerts in CDSS has proliferated over the past ten years. The research trend is ongoing with new emerging terms and focus. Bibliometric analysis is ideal for researchers to understand the research trend and future directions. Influential articles, institutes, countries, authors, and commonly used keywords were analyzed to grasp a comprehensive view on our topic, alerts in CDSS. Articles published between 2011 and 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science database. There were 728 articles included for bibliometric analysis, among which 24 papers were selected for content analysis. Our analysis shows that the research direction has shifted from patient safety to system utility, implying the importance of alert usability to be clinically impactful. Finally, we conclude with future research directions such as the optimization of alert mechanisms and comprehensiveness to enhance alert appropriateness and to reduce alert fatigue.
    Keywords:  alert fatigue; bibliometrics; clinical; decision support systems; health personnel; medical order entry systems; review literature as topic
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040601
  40. J Eval Clin Pract. 2022 Apr 21.
    Shifting interpretations in evidence and guidance in pain and opioids research: A bibliometric analysis of a highly cited case series from 1986.
    Sina Tafreshi, Adam Steiner, Abhimanyu Sud.
      RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Portenoy and Foley's 1986 landmark case series 'Chronic use of opioid analgesics in non-malignant pain: report of 38 cases' has been reproached for opening the floodgates of opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain and the attendant harms. This influential article has been cited over 500 times in the scientific literature over the last four decades. This study seeks to understand the impact of Portenoy and Foley's article on subsequent discussions and research about opioids.
    METHODS: We conducted a multi-method bibliometric analysis of all citations of this article from 1986 through 2019 using quantitative relational and qualitative content analysis to determine how uses and interpretations of this case series and associated prescribing guidance have changed over time, in relationship to the evolution of the North American opioid crises.
    RESULTS: Using time series analysis, we identified three periods with distinct interpretations and uses of the index article. In the first 'exploration' period (1986-1996), the index article was well-received by the scientific community and motivated further study of the effects of opioids. In the second 'implementation' period (1997-2003, coinciding with the release of OxyContin®), this case series was used as evidence to support widespread prescribing of opioid analgesics, even while it was recognized that long-term effects had not yet been evaluated. The third 'reassessment' period (2004-2019) focused on how opioid-related harms had been overlooked, and in many cases, these harms were directly attributed to this article.
    CONCLUSION: These changes in interpretation demonstrate shifting currents of the use and mobilization of evidence regarding pain and opioids, and how these currents both impact and are impacted by clinical practices and major sociohistorical phenomena such as the opioid crisis. Researchers and clinicians must account for these shifting dynamics when developing and interpreting scientific knowledge, including in the form of clinical practice guidelines.
    Keywords:  analgesics; bibliometrics; drug prescriptions; opioid epidemic; physicians' (MeSH); practice patterns
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13680
  41. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2022 ;2022 7705256
    Publication Trends in Rehabilitative Effects of Acupuncture: A Visual Analysis of the Literature.
    Yanmei Zhong, Jihui Cao, Haizhen Lu, Zonghai Huang, Lu Liu, Chuanbiao Wen, Ji Chen.
       Objectives: To conduct a comprehensive analysis of scientific outputs in 2011-2021 regarding the rehabilitative effects of acupuncture on diseases.
    Methods: The study was conducted in the form of knowledge graph and data visualization, with data being drawn from the Web of Science Core Collection database.
    Results: Articles and reviews were the dominant types; China, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine and Medicine ranked was the active country, institution, and journal, respectively, in terms of issued articles. Systematic reviews and the meta-analyses of stroke and pain were extensively carried out in the past decade, whose principal interventions were manual acupuncture, electroacupuncture, scalp acupuncture, and dry needling correspondingly at Baihui (DU20) and Zusanli (ST36). And most frequently utilized rehabilitation assessment criteria were the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale and the Barthel Index. More recently, motor function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have captured researchers' attention, which might be the futuristic frontier.
    Conclusions: This article provided a relatively panoramic picture of the scientific outputs in acupuncture for disease rehabilitation, which may help readers embrace the heated topic and grasp the recent research focus on this field.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7705256
  42. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Apr 18.
    Green grain warehousing: bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review.
    Qihang Hu, Chunhui Yuan, Xiaolong Li.
      Grain warehousing contributes persistent environmental effects in the food supply chain because of its long-term storage feature and distribution requirements. Thus, it has attracted a number of interdisciplinary researchers to the investigations of green grain warehousing (GGW) over the past decades. This paper presents a valuable comprehensive literature review on the existing publications on this topic via bibliometric analysis and systematic review based on 37 papers obtained from three common international academic databases, namely Web of Science, Scopus, and EBSCOhost. We concluded a framework of existing literature with proposing three macro-themes (energy-saving in transporting, environmental harmony, and green deinsectization) as well as a classification of commonly used methods. The results revealed that (1) the increase in research interests over years was found; (2) there are differences in the attention of GGW among countries. Most of the scholars from developing countries focused more on the green operational technologies or strategies, while most of the scholars from developed countries placed their research focuses on keeping grain quality and developing environment-friendly deinsectization approaches with low emission or chemical alternatives; (3) grain quality started to become the most popular hotspot in recent years; (4) the researchers tended to use more comprehensive methodologies or combined methods to conduct their works. Accordingly, we proposed potential research directions. The contribution of this work is to extend current literature and to offer reference to scholars and practitioners for future research and operation in GGW.
    Keywords:  Conceptual framework; Food supply chain; Green grain warehousing; Post-harvest storage; Review article; Sustainability
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20129-w
  43. Inf Syst Front. 2022 Apr 12. 1-26
    Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Integration in Business: Trends from a Bibliometric-Content Analysis.
    Satish Kumar, Weng Marc Lim, Uthayasankar Sivarajah, Jaspreet Kaur.
      Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are the two disruptive technologies emerging from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) that have introduced radical shifts in the industry. The amalgamation of AI and blockchain holds tremendous potential to create new business models enabled through digitalization. Although research on the application and convergence of AI and blockchain exists, our understanding of the utility of its integration for business remains fragmented. To address this gap, this study aims to characterize the applications and benefits of integrated AI and blockchain platforms across different verticals of business. Using bibliometric analysis, this study reveals the most influential articles on the subject based on their publications, citations, and importance in the intellectual network. Using content analysis, this study sheds light on the subject's intellectual structure, which is underpinned by four major thematic clusters focusing on supply chains, healthcare, secure transactions, and finance and accounting. The study concludes with 10 application areas in business that can benefit from these technologies.
    Keywords:  Artificial intelligence; Blockchain; Business; Fourth industrial revolution; IR 4.0; Integration; Trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-022-10279-0
  44. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2022 Jun 06. 377(1852): 20200409
    The apportionment of citations: a scientometric analysis of Lewontin 1972.
    Jedidiah Carlson, Kelley Harris.
      'The apportionment of human diversity' (1972) is the most highly cited research article published by geneticist Richard Lewontin in his career. This study's primary result-that most genetic diversity in humans can be accounted for by within-population differences, not between-population differences-along with Lewontin's outspoken, politically charged interpretations thereof, has become foundational to the scientific and cultural discourse pertaining to human genetic variation. The article has an unusual bibliometric trajectory in that it is much more salient in the bibliographic record today compared to the first 20 years after its publication. Here, we highlight four factors that may have played a role in shaping the paper's fame: (i) citations in influential publications across several disciplines; (ii) Lewontin's own popular books and media appearances; (iii) the renaissance of population genetics research of the early 1990s; and (iv) the serendipitous collision of scientific progress, influential books and papers, and heated controversies around the year 1994. We conclude with an analysis of Twitter data to characterize the communities and conversations that continue to keep this study at the centre of discussions about race and genetics, prompting new challenges for scientists who have inherited Lewontin's legacy. This article is part of the theme issue 'Celebrating 50 years since Lewontin's apportionment of human diversity'.
    Keywords:  Lewontin's fallacy; Twitter; bibliometrics; citations; human diversity; population genetics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0409
  45. Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Mar 25. pii: 512. [Epub ahead of print]13(4):
    Micro Energy Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Applications: Analytical Evaluation towards Future Research Improvement.
    Mahidur R Sarker, Mohamad Hanif Md Saad, Amna Riaz, M S Hossain Lipu, José Luis Olazagoitia.
      During the last decade, countless advancements have been made in the field of micro-energy storage systems (MESS) and ambient energy harvesting (EH) shows great potential for research and future improvement. A detailed historical overview with analysis, in the research area of MESS as a form of ambient EH, is presented in this study. The top-cited articles in the field of MESS ambient EH were selected from the Scopus database, and based on articles published from 2010 to 2021, and the number of citations. The search for these top-cited articles was conducted in the third week of December 2021. Mostly the manuscripts were technical and contained an experimental setup with algorithm development (65%), whereas 27.23% of the articles were survey-based. One important observation was that the top 20 selected articles, which are the most-cited articles in the different journals, come from numerous countries of origin. This study revealed that the MESS integrated renewable energy sources (RESs) are an enhancement field of research for EH applications. On the basis of this survey, we hope to identify and solve research problems in the field of MESS and RESs integration, and provide suggestions for future developments for EH applications.
    Keywords:  energy harvesting; energy storage; micro energy storage system; renewable energy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13040512
  46. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2022 Apr 18.
    A Bibliometric Analysis of Review Types Published in the Nursing Scientific Literature.
    Heather Carter-Templeton, Jordan Wrigley, Leslie H Nicoll, Jacqueline K Owens, Marilyn H Oermann, Leila S Ledbetter.
      Reviews in the nursing scientific literature have steadily expanded in scope and range. This has resulted in a variety of terms used to describe these reports found in bibliographic databases, creating confusion. This study investigated the status of reviews in the published nursing literature, including: (1) number of reviews; (2) conventions related to naming and description; (3) publication location; and (4) areas of clarity and inconsistency. Eighty-five percent of reviews (n = 5893) included in this study adhered to an identified review strategy, complete with a clear approach. The remainder (n = 981, 15%) did not. Authors of reviews must follow the identified protocol for their review type and share all relevant information including standards and rigor. Editors and peer reviewers need to possess up-to-date knowledge on methodologies associated with specific review types.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000424
  47. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr). 2022 Apr 12. 1-32
    Gamification in education: A scientometric, content and co-occurrence analysis of systematic review and meta-analysis articles.
    Somayyeh Nadi-Ravandi, Zahra Batooli.
      This study seeks scientometric, content and co-occurrence analysis of systematic review and Meta-analysis articles in the field of gamification in education. In terms of purpose, this is an applied study and regarding type, it is a scientometric and co-occurrence analysis. The researchers conducted a search in WoS, Scopus and PubMed databases. The abstract and full text of 25 out of 71 articles were selected to be included in the study. Then, the citation and altmetrics indicators were investigated. In addition, VOSviewer software was utilized to analyze and visualize keywords and map of articles. Finally, the full texts of all articles were analyzed to be provided more information about the types of analyses in these articles. The findings showed that 25 articles were published between 2016 and 2021. Co-occurrence map of articles showed that the three variables of motivation, learning, and engagement have been considered in gamified education studies and most studies have examined gamification in the e-learning environment. Finally, the content analysis of the articles showed that 344 articles were included and analyzed in these 25 systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The types of analyzes performed on these 344 articles categorized them in 7 categories including Country/Territory, Duration of intervention, Lessons/content and the level of gamified educational course, the number of learners, platforms, the game elements and the theories. The results of the study illustrate that different dimensions of the gamification in articles in the field of Education have been considered by the researchers.
    Keywords:  Co-occurrence analysis; Content analysis; Education; Gamification
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11048-x
  48. Trials. 2022 Apr 21. 23(1): 330
    Publication of clinical trials on medicinal products: follow-up on trials authorized in Hungary.
    Kinga Amália Sándor-Bajusz, Andrea Kraut, Odgerel Baasan, Gergely Márovics, Károly Berényi, Szimonetta Lohner.
       BACKGROUND: Clinical research should provide reliable evidence to clinicians, health policy makers, and researchers. The reliability of evidence will be assured once study planning, conducting, and reporting of results are transparent. The present research investigates publication rates, time until publication, and characteristics of clinical trials on medicinal products associated with timely publication of results, measures of scientific impact, authorship, and open access publication.
    METHODS: Clinical trials authorized in Hungary in 2012 were followed until publication and/or June 2020. Corresponding scientific publications were searched via clinical trial registries, PubMed (MEDLINE), and Google.
    RESULTS: Overall, 330 clinical trials were authorized in 2012 of which 232 trials were completed for more than 1 year in June 2020. The proportion of industry initiation was high (97%). Time to publication was 21 (22) months [median (IQR)]. Time to publication was significantly shorter when trials involved both European and non-European countries (26 vs 69 months [median]; hazard ratio = 0.38, 95% CI 0.22-0.66, p< 0.001), and were registered in both EU CTR and clinicaltrials.gov (27 vs 88 months; hazard ratio = 0.24, 95% CI 0.11-0.54; p< 0.001) based on survival analyses. A significant amount (24.1%) of unpublished clinical trial results were accessible in a trial register. The majority of available publications were published "open access" (70.93%). A minority of identified publications had a Hungarian author (21.5%).
    CONCLUSIONS: We encourage academic researchers to plan, register and conduct trials on medicinal products. Registries should be considered as an important source of information of clinical trial results. Publications with domestic co-authors contribute to the research output of a country. Measurable domestic scientific impact of trials on medicinal products needs further improvement.
    Keywords:  Authorship; Evidence-based medicine; Publication rates; Research impact; Time to publication; Trial registration
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06268-y
  49. Scientometrics. 2022 Apr 09. 1-37
    Why was this cited? Explainable machine learning applied to COVID-19 research literature.
    Lucie Beranová, Marcin P Joachimiak, Tomáš Kliegr, Gollam Rabby, Vilém Sklenák.
      Multiple studies have investigated bibliometric factors predictive of the citation count a research article will receive. In this article, we go beyond bibliometric data by using a range of machine learning techniques to find patterns predictive of citation count using both article content and available metadata. As the input collection, we use the CORD-19 corpus containing research articles-mostly from biology and medicine-applicable to the COVID-19 crisis. Our study employs a combination of state-of-the-art machine learning techniques for text understanding, including embeddings-based language model BERT, several systems for detection and semantic expansion of entities: ConceptNet, Pubtator and ScispaCy. To interpret the resulting models, we use several explanation algorithms: random forest feature importance, LIME, and Shapley values. We compare the performance and comprehensibility of models obtained by "black-box" machine learning algorithms (neural networks and random forests) with models built with rule learning (CORELS, CBA), which are intrinsically explainable. Multiple rules were discovered, which referred to biomedical entities of potential interest. Of the rules with the highest lift measure, several rules pointed to dipeptidyl peptidase4 (DPP4), a known MERS-CoV receptor and a critical determinant of camel to human transmission of the camel coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Some other interesting patterns related to the type of animal investigated were found. Articles referring to bats and camels tend to draw citations, while articles referring to most other animal species related to coronavirus are lowly cited. Bat coronavirus is the only other virus from a non-human species in the betaB clade along with the SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. MERS-CoV is in a sister betaC clade, also close to human SARS coronaviruses. Thus both species linked to high citation counts harbor coronaviruses which are more phylogenetically similar to human SARS viruses. On the other hand, feline (FIPV, FCOV) and canine coronaviruses (CCOV) are in the alpha coronavirus clade and more distant from the betaB clade with human SARS viruses. Other results include detection of apparent citation bias favouring authors with western sounding names. Equal performance of TF-IDF weights and binary word incidence matrix was observed, with the latter resulting in better interpretability. The best predictive performance was obtained with a "black-box" method-neural network. The rule-based models led to most insights, especially when coupled with text representation using semantic entity detection methods. Follow-up work should focus on the analysis of citation patterns in the context of phylogenetic trees, as well on patterns referring to DPP4, which is currently considered as a SARS-Cov-2 therapeutic target.
    Keywords:  Bibliometry; CORD-19: COVID-19 open research dataset; Citation prediction; Interpretability; Phylogenetic distance; SARS-CoV-2; Text analysis; Virus clades
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04314-9
  50. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Apr 18.
    Impact of Predatory Journals in Plastic Surgery Literature: Researchers Beware.
    Malke Asaad, Rami Elmorsi, Sebastian Winocour, Alexander F Mericli, Edward Reece, Jesse C Selber, Charles E Butler, Carrie K Chu.
       BACKGROUND: Predatory journals have exploited the open access publishing model and are considered as a major threat to the integrity of scientific research. The goal of this study was to characterize predatory publishing practices in plastic surgery.
    METHODS: To identify potentially predatory journals in the field of plastic surgery, the authors searched the Cabells' Predatory Reports and Beall's List using preidentified keywords. For presumed legitimate open access journals, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) was queried. The characteristics of potentially predatory journals were compared to those of legitimate open access plastic surgery journals.
    RESULTS: The authors identified a total of 25 plastic surgery-focused journals. Out of the 25 potentially predatory journals, only 15 journals had articles published within the last 5 years, with a mean number of articles of 33 ± 39 (range, 2 to 159 articles). The mean number of predatory violations according to Cabells' criteria was 6.8 ± 1.4 (range, 3 to 9). Using the DOAJ database, the authors identified a total of 24 plastic surgery-related journals. Compared to potentially predatory journals, journals from the DOAJ were more likely to be indexed in PubMed (0 versus 50 percent, respectively, p < 0.0001). Time to publication was significantly higher in journals from the DOAJ (17 ± 7 versus 4 ± 1 weeks; p = 0.006). Despite higher article processing charges in the DOAJ group, this difference was not statically significant ($1425 ± $717 versus $1071 ± $1060; p = 0.13).
    CONCLUSIONS: Predatory journals are pervasive in the medical literature and plastic surgery is no exception. Plastic surgeons should practice due diligence when choosing a target journal for their articles. Journals with predatory practices should be distinguished from legitimate open access publication platforms.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000009054
  51. Indian J Plast Surg. 2022 Feb;55(1): 26-30
    The Use of Surgical Splints in Orthognathic Surgery: A Bibliometric Study.
    Francisco Samuel Rodrigues Carvalho, Déborah Isis de Oliveira Barbosa, Iara Furtado Torquato, André Mattos Britto de Souza, Roberta Dalcico, Filipe Nobre Chaves, Fábio Wildson Gurgel Costa.
      Introduction  Orthognathic surgeries require the use of surgical splints (SS) to stabilize the occlusion and the segments fixed with plates and screws. Technological advances in the field of computing and the possibility of generating three-dimensional (3D) images have brought different possibilities for making SS, which has generated greater predictability and customization of surgical plans. The bibliometric study can have a qualitative character through the scope of articles in a certain area of knowledge. It is a selection process that can track a topic or scientific production. Methods  The present study aimed to carry out a bibliometric literature review, in order to assess the evolution of the use of SS and the different planning protocols in orthognathic surgery. The Scopus database was used, with the terms "splint" and "orthognathic surgery." Results  A total of 331 articles were found. These were exported to Rayyan for application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria and selection of articles. A total of 76 references were selected and exported to the VOSviewer application for the analysis of bibliometric data. Conclusions  Orthognathic surgery was initially not associated with any computerized technological resource; however, it underwent updates between the years 2010 to 2012. These advances allowed surgical planning to become faster, cheaper, and more accurate.
    Keywords:  3D printing; Bibliometrics; CAD/CAM; Dentofacial deformities; Orthognathic Surgery; Splints
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1734570
  52. SN Appl Sci. 2022 ;4(5): 143
    Exploring machine learning: a scientometrics approach using bibliometrix and VOSviewer.
    David Opeoluwa Oyewola, Emmanuel Gbenga Dada.
      Machine Learning has found application in solving complex problems in different fields of human endeavors such as intelligent gaming, automated transportation, cyborg technology, environmental protection, enhanced health care, innovation in banking and home security, and smart homes. This research is motivated by the need to explore the global structure of machine learning to ascertain the level of bibliographic coupling, collaboration among research institutions, co-authorship network of countries, and sources coupling in publications on machine learning techniques. The Hierarchical Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (HDBSCAN) was applied to clustering prediction of authors dominance ranking in this paper. Publications related to machine learning were retrieved and extracted from the Dimensions database with no language restrictions. Bibliometrix was employed in computation and visualization to extract bibliographic information and perform a descriptive analysis. VOSviewer (version 1.6.16) tool was used to construct and visualize structure map of source coupling networks of researchers and co-authorship. About 10,814 research papers on machine learning published from 2010 to 2020 were retrieved for the research. Experimental results showed that the highest degree of betweenness centrality was obtained from cluster 3 with 153.86 from the University of California and Harvard University with 24.70. In cluster 1, the national university of Singapore has the highest degree betweenness of 91.72. Also, in cluster 5, the University of Cambridge (52.24) and imperial college London (4.52) having the highest betweenness centrality manifesting that he could control the collaborative relationship and that they possessed and controlled a large number of research resources. Findings revealed that this work has the potential to provide valuable guidance for new perspectives and future research work in the rapidly developing field of machine learning.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrix; Coupling; Machine learning; Scientometrics; VOSviewer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-022-05027-7
  53. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2022 Apr 20.
    Where are all the surgeons in clinical academia?
    J McVeigh, R Smillie, A Wiberg, D Furniss.
       INTRODUCTION: High-quality research into surgical disease will benefit surgical patients. Whereas nearly one-fifth of National Health Service (NHS) England consultants are surgeons, less than 5% of the government's health research funding supports surgical research.
    METHODS: Using an observational study, we identified surgeons in active research fellowships and on selection panels for the three largest pan-specialty medical funding bodies in the UK. We quantified the proportion of editorial board members that are surgeons, and the proportion of surgical research published over a 1-year period in the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and the British Medical Journal.
    RESULTS: Some 185/1,579 (12%) of research fellowships held by clinicians were awarded to surgeons, with relatively fewer surgeons holding senior fellowships compared with predoctoral fellowships. Across the three research funding bodies, 9/165 (5%) of the clinical panel members were surgeons, whereas for the three pan-specialty journals, 5/84 (6%) of the clinical editorial board members were surgeons. Of the 541 original articles published by the same three journals, only 45 (8%) were classified as surgical.
    CONCLUSIONS: We show that surgeons were underrepresented across differing domains of clinical academia. The causes of this are likely multifactorial; there are fewer senior surgeons occupying decision-making positions, fewer role models in senior fellowship positions and surgical training may leave less time to engage in research. We propose further qualitative research within the surgical community, funding bodies and journals to understand the origins of the problem and begin to form evidence-based solutions.
    Keywords:  Fellowships; NIHR; Publications; Surgical Research; UKRI; Wellcome Trust
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2021.0314
  54. Sci Adv. 2022 Apr 22. 8(16): eabb7348
    The ripple effects of funding on researchers and output.
    Reza Sattari, Jung Bae, Enrico Berkes, Bruce A Weinberg.
      Using unique, new, matched UMETRICS data on people employed on research projects and Author-ity data on biomedical publications, this paper shows that National Institutes of Health funding stimulates research by supporting the teams that conduct it. While faculty-both principal investigators (PIs) and other faculty-and their productivity are heavily affected by funding, so are trainees and staff. The largest effects of funding on research output are ripple effects on publications that do not include PIs. While funders focus on research output from projects, they would be well advised to consider how funding ripples through the wide range of people, including trainees and staff, employed on projects.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb7348
  55. Saudi J Anaesth. 2022 Apr-Jun;16(2):16(2): 204-207
    Publish or perish, information overload, and journal impact factors - A conflicting tripod of forces.
    Victor Grech.
      The academic mantra, to the point of cliché, is "publish or perish." Academia is generally too preoccupied with research and publishing to stand back and consider the driving forces behind the actual processes and systems involved. Indeed, academics are generally unaware of the factors that influence one's ability to publish: The drive to publish itself, readers' information overload, and editors' desire to increase journals' impact factors. This paper will detail these forces, and it behooves potential researchers to keep this veritable tripod of forces in mind since understanding the tripod may facilitate publication chances through the invocation and active implementation of news media theory. Media writers' remuneration is dependent on readers clicking on their articles. The media reel in readers by displaying an intriguing/bold/provocative headline and then keep the readers interested and hooked with initial sentences that not only give information but also tantalize with the promise of more to come. A paper's title and abstract should adhere to these precepts so as to increase the chances of avoiding immediate rejection at editorial or initial reviewer level.
    Keywords:  *journal impact factor; *periodicals as topic; Bibliometrics; biomedical research; humans; publishing/*statistics and numerical data
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_632_21
  56. Quant Sci Stud. 2022 ;3(1): 174-193
    The structural shift and collaboration capacity in GenBank Networks: A longitudinal study.
    Jian Qin, Jeff Hemsley, Sarah E Bratt.
      Metadata in scientific data repositories such as GenBank contain links between data submissions and related publications. As a new data source for studying collaboration networks, metadata in data repositories compensate for the limitations of publication-based research on collaboration networks. This paper reports the findings from a GenBank metadata analytics project. We used network science methods to uncover the structures and dynamics of GenBank collaboration networks from 1992-2018. The longitudinality and large scale of this data collection allowed us to unravel the evolution history of collaboration networks and identify the trend of flattening network structures over time and optimal assortative mixing range for enhancing collaboration capacity. By incorporating metadata from the data production stage with the publication stage, we uncovered new characteristics of collaboration networks as well as developed new metrics for assessing the effectiveness of enablers of collaboration-scientific and technical human capital, cyberinfrastructure, and science policy.
    Keywords:  GenBank metadata analysis; collaboration capacity; collaboration networks; impact assessment; longitudinal study of collaboration networks
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00181
  57. Curr Drug Targets. 2022 Apr 14.
    Current Research Trends in Cytokine Storm: A Scientometric Study.
    Kun-Tang Wang, Dong Xu, Yi-Lun Wang, Xin-Ran Dong, Jie Tang, Yue Wang, Tao Qiao, Han Zhang, Qiang-Song Wang, Yuan-Lu Cui.
       BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently rampant all over the world, resulting in unpredictable harm to humans. High blood levels of cytokines and chemokines have been marked in patients with COVID-19 infection, leading to cytokine storm syndrome. Cytokine storm, a violent inflammatory immune response, reveals the devastating effect of immune dysregulation and the critical role of an effective host immune response.
    METHODS: Scientometric analysis summarizes the literature related to cytokine storm in recent decades and provides a valuable and timely approach to track the development of new trends. In this review, the pathogenesis and treatment of diseases associated with cytokine storm are summarized comprehensively on the basis of scientometric analysis.
    RESULTS: Field distribution, knowledge structure, and research topic evolution correlated with cytokine storm are revealed, and the occurrence, development, and treatment of disease relevant to cytokine storm are illustrated.
    CONCLUSION: Cytokine storm can be induced by pathogens and iatrogenic causes, and can also occur in the context of autoimmune diseases and monogenic diseases as well. These reveal the multidisciplinary nature of cytokine storm and remind the complexity of the pathophysiological features, clinical presentation and management. Overall, this scientometric study provides a macroscopic presentation and further direction for researchers who focus on cytokine storms.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; CiteSpace; VOSviewer; cytokine storm; scientometrics analysis; visualization
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2174/1389450123666220414135249
  58. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022 ;46 e25
    Scientific publication speed and retractions of COVID-19 pandemic original articles.
    Luisa Schonhaut, Italo Costa-Roldan, Ilan Oppenheimer, Vicente Pizarro, Dareen Han, Franco Díaz.
       Objective: To describe the editorial processing time of published COVID-19 research articles and compare this with a similar topic, human influenza, and analyze the number of publications, withdrawals, and retractions.
    Methods: A descriptive-analytical study using PubMed on research articles with the MeSH terms human influenza and COVID-19. Time to acceptance (from submission to acceptance) and time to publication (from acceptance to publication) were compared. Retractions and withdrawals were reviewed both qualitatively and quantitatively.
    Results: There were 31 319 research articles on COVID-19 and 4 287 on human influenza published during 2020. The median time to acceptance for COVID-19 was lower than that for human influenza (8 vs. 92 days). The median time to publication for COVID-19 articles was shorter than those on human influenza (12 vs. 16 days); 47.0% of COVID-19 research articles were accepted within the first week of submission, and 19.5% within one day. There were 82 retractions and withdrawals for COVID-19 articles, 1 for human influenza, and 5 for articles that contain both terms; these were mainly related to ethical misconduct, and 27 (31.0%) were published by the same group of authors in one highest-quartile journal.
    Conclusions: The conundrum between fast publishing and adequate standards is shown in this analysis of COVID-19 research articles. The speed of acceptance for COVID-19 manuscripts was 11.5 times faster than for human influenza. The high number of acceptances within a day or week of submission and the number of retractions and withdrawals of COVID-19 papers might be a warning sign about the possible lack of a quality control process in scientific publishing and the peer review process.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; Pandemics; health communication; influenza, human; retraction of publication as topic; scientific misconduct; scientific publication ethics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.25
  59. J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2021 ;14(4): 69-81
    Representation of Racial/ Ethnic Minority Individuals in the Leadership of Major Medical Journals.
    Ashlin Rakhra, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Olajide Williams, Deborah Onakomaiya, Bruce Ovbiagele.
      Medical journals play an important role in achieving health equity by diversifying their leadership, but there is a dearth of published data on how they are faring. The objective of this study was to assess the proportions of the underrepresented in medicine (UIM) racial/ ethnic minorities in medical journal leadership. We pre-selected 6 prominent general medicine journals, 9 prominent specialty journals, and 5 "control" journals (covering public health, health equity, and bench research), assembled names of all editors/ editorial board members listed on the website-based journal mastheads and used major public internet search engines to obtain information about sex, race, and ethnicity. We searched the journal databases for all articles published on racial/ethnic disparities or health equity by each journal between January 2015 to October 2020. Among general medicine journals, there were no UIM Editors-in-Chief or Deputy Editors; 1 (2%) Black and 3 (5%) Hispanic among Associate Editors (n=65); and 8 (6%) Black, and 2 (2%) Hispanic among Editorial Board Members (n=136). Among specialty journals, there were no UIM Editors-in-Chief; 3 (7%) Black and 0 (0%) Hispanic Deputy or Associate Editors (n=43); 6 (6%) Black and 5 (5%) Hispanic Editorial Board Members (n=105). Among "control" journals, there were Black Editors-in-Chief, but no Hispanic Editors-in-chief; 7 (8%) Black and 1(1%) Hispanic Deputy and Associate editors (n=86); 43 (47%) Black and 3 (3%) Hispanic Editorial Board Members (n=92). There is considerable room for improvement to enhance the involvement of UIM racial/ethnic minority individuals in leadership of prominent general and specialty medical journals.
    Keywords:  health equity; racial/ ethnic disparities; underrepresented in medicine
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