bims-evares Biomed News
on Evaluation of research
Issue of 2022‒11‒13
fifty-nine papers selected by
Thomas Krichel
Open Library Society
  1. Mapping the research trends and hot topics of ventricular arrhythmia: A bibliometric analysis from 2001 to 2020.
  2. Research status and trends of the diabetic cardiomyopathy in the past 10 years (2012-2021): A bibliometric analysis.
  3. Global trends in research of glutamate in epilepsy during past two decades: A bibliometric analysis.
  4. Citation analysis of the 100 top-cited articles on the topic of hidradenitis suppurativa since 2013 using Sankey diagrams: Bibliometric analysis.
  5. Bibliometric Analysis on Bibliometric Studies of Case Reports in the Medical Field.
  6. Scientific Publication Patterns of Systematic Reviews on Psychosocial Interventions Improving Well-being: Bibliometric Analysis.
  7. A bibliometric analysis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies from 1982 to 2021.
  8. Global trends and frontiers in research on coronary microvascular dysfunction: a bibliometric analysis from 2002 to 2022.
  9. Mapping the knowledge domain of financial decision making: A scientometric and bibliometric study.
  10. Research trends on endoscopic mucosal resection: A bibliometric analysis from 1991 to 2021.
  11. A visualized and scientometric analysis of research trends of weight loss in overweight/obese children and adolescents (1958-2021).
  12. Bibliometric and visual analysis of neutrophil extracellular traps from 2004 to 2022.
  13. What Are the Contemporary Trends on Euphonic Voice Research? A Scientometric Analysis.
  14. Current Research Trends, Hotspots, and Frontiers of Physical Activity during Pregnancy: A Bibliometric Analysis.
  15. The global research trend on microbially induced carbonate precipitation during 2001-2021: a bibliometric review.
  16. An Analysis of the 50 Most-Cited "Uveitis" Articles Published Between 2010-2020 From a Bibliographic and Altmetric Perspective.
  17. Neurosurgical research in Southeast Asia: A bibliometric analysis.
  18. More than just a number of publications: Unity Index, an alternative "ranking" for bibliometric analyses.
  19. Analysis of Research Trends on Elbow Pain in Overhead Sports: A Bibliometric Study Based on Web of Science Database and VOSviewer.
  20. Global landscape of COVID-19 and epilepsy research: A bibliometric analysis.
  21. Trends in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis.
  22. The association between research funding status and clinical research papers' citation impact in Japan: A cross-sectional bibliometric study.
  23. A bibliometric study of global trends in diabetes and gut flora research from 2011 to 2021.
  24. Research performance of the GCC countries: A comparative analysis of quantity and quality.
  25. Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on the Patos Lagoon, southern Brazil.
  26. Mapping Neuroscience in the Field of Education through a Bibliometric Analysis.
  27. Current global research landscape on COVID-19 and cancer: Bibliometric and visualization analysis.
  28. Bibliometric Analysis of Research on the Main Genes Involved in Meat Tenderness.
  29. Emerging trends and research foci of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in gliomas: A scientometric analysis and review.
  30. Research Progress, Trends, and Current State of Development on PEMFC-New Insights from a Bibliometric Analysis and Characteristics of Two Decades of Research Output.
  31. Scientometric analysis of researches on tai chi and health promotion based on literatures from 1991 to 2021.
  32. The landscape of photoaging: From bench to bedside in a bibliometric analysis.
  33. A comparison of 3 productive authors' research domains based on sources from articles, cited references and citing articles using social network analysis.
  34. A scientometric study on quantitative microbial risk assessment in water quality analysis across 6 years (2016-2021).
  35. Modeling COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics: A Bibliometric Review.
  36. Research trends on clinical fecal microbiota transplantation: A biliometric analysis from 2001 to 2021.
  37. A literature analysis of scientific research on gender incongruence in Muslim nations.
  38. A Bibliometric Analysis of High-Intensity Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
  39. Bibliometrics of the nexus between food security and carbon emissions: hotspots and trends.
  40. Smoking among people living with HIV/AIDS: a bibliometric analysis (GAPRESEARCH).
  41. Comparing the similarity and differences in MeSH terms associated with spine-specific journals using the forest plot: A bibliometric analysis.
  42. Gender analysis of Journal of Perinatology authorship during COVID-19.
  43. Publication delays and associated factors in ophthalmology journals.
  44. A Scientometric Review: Biomass Gasification Study from 2006 to 2020.
  45. Proteomics as a tool to improve novel insights into skin diseases: what we know and where we should be going.
  46. Association Between Twitter Mention and Open-Access Status on Article Citation Metrics in the Field of Ophthalmology.
  47. Gender disparities in multiple sclerosis research and leadership: A Colombian perspective.
  48. The Measurable Impact of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Editor on Diversifying Content, Authorship, and Peer Review Participation in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
  49. A review of research on cigarette smoking in Preventive Medicine in recognition of the journal's 50th anniversary.
  50. Re: Nicholas Corsi, David-Dan Nguyen, Mohit Butaney, et al. Top 100 Urology Influencers on Twitter: Is Social Media Influence Associated with Academic Impact? Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2022.09.009: Hirsch versus Kardashian: Assessing Discrepancies in Social Media Influence Versus Productivity and Citation Impact of Urological Influencers.
  51. Evaluating the success of American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery research grants.
  52. US Departments of Pharmacy Practice Tenure-Track Scholarly Activity PAPERS Study.
  53. Bacteriophages in wastewater treatment: can they be an approach to optimize biological treatment processes?
  54. Cancer research across Africa: a comparative bibliometric analysis.
  55. Getting funded in a highly fluctuating environment: Shifting from excellence to luck and timing.
  56. Visualizing the Knowledge Domain in Urban Soundscape: A Scientometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace.
  57. State of microalgae-based swine manure digestate treatment: An overview.
  58. Relationship between early-career collaboration among researchers and future funding success in Japanese academia.
  59. Role and importance of journal reader: Scientific contribution of letter to editor.
  1. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 ;9 856695
    Mapping the research trends and hot topics of ventricular arrhythmia: A bibliometric analysis from 2001 to 2020.
    Shiwei Wang, Tianyuan Jia, Guoxiang Liu, Xiaoye Lu, Qian Yang, Changqing Zhu.
      Background: Studies of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) have drawn much scholarly attention over the past two decades. Our study aimed to assess the current situation and detect the changing research trends of VA quantitatively and qualitatively.Materials and methods: All the information used in our statistical and bibliometric analysis were collected and summarized from papers retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database on December 22, 2021 using certain criteria. Visual analytics were realized using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, the bibliometrix R package, and the bibliometric online analysis platform.
    Results: A total of 6,897 papers (6,711 original articles, 182 proceedings papers, three book chapters, and one data paper) were published in 796 journals that concentrated on the research areas of cardiovascular and critical care medicine. The most productive country and influential institution was the USA and the Mayo Clinic, respectively. Heart Rhythm (551 articles and 8,342 local citations) published the most manuscripts. The keyword co-occurrence and co-citation network of references analyses revealed that the most popular terms were ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, catheter ablation, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Further, the burst detection analysis demonstrated that topics strongly associated with clinical prognosis, such as meta-analysis, long-term outcomes, and impact, were new concerns.
    Conclusion: Our study offers a comprehensive picture of VA research and provides profound insights into the current research status. Moreover, we show that new topics within the VA research field have focused more on prognosis and evidence-based clinical guidelines.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; R package bibliometrix; VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; ventricular arrhythmia
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.856695
  2. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 ;9 1018841
    Research status and trends of the diabetic cardiomyopathy in the past 10 years (2012-2021): A bibliometric analysis.
    Sicheng Wang, Chuanxi Tian, Zezheng Gao, Boxun Zhang, Linhua Zhao.
      Background: Diabetic cardiomyopathy is one of the most life-threatening diabetic complications. However, the previous studies only discuss a particular aspect or characteristic of DCM, the current state and trends were explored by limited research. We aimed to perform a systemically bibliometric study of DCM research progress status in the past decade, visualize the internal conceptual structure and potential associations, and further explore the prospective study trends.Methods: Articles related to DCM published from January 2012 to December 2021 were collected in the Web of Science core collection (WoSCC) database on June 24, 2022. We exported all bibliographic records, including titles, abstracts, keywords, authorship, institutions, addresses, publishing sources, references, citation times, and year of publication. In addition, the journal Impact Factor and Hirsch index were obtained from the Journal Citation Report. We conducted the data screening, statistical analysis, and visualization via the Bibliometrix R package. VOS viewer software was employed to generate the collaboration network map among countries and institutions for better performance in visualization.
    Results: In total, 1,887 original research articles from 2012 to 2021 were identified. The number of annual publications rapidly increased from 107 to 278, and a drastic increase in citation times was observed in 2017-2019. As for global contributions, the United States was the most influential country with the highest international collaboration, while China was the most productive country. Professor Cai Lu was the most prolific author. Shandong University published the most articles. Cardiovascular Diabetology journal released the most DCM-related articles. "Metabolic Stress-induced Activation of FoxO1 Triggers Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Mice" Battiprolu PK et al., J Clin Invest, 2012. was the most top-cited article regarding local citations. The top three keywords in terms of frequency were apoptosis, oxidative stress, and fibrosis. The analysis of future topic trends indicated that "Forkhead box protein O1," "Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction," "Dapagliflozin," "Thioredoxin," "Mitochondria dysfunction," "Glucose," "Pyroptosis," "Cardiac fibroblast" and "Long non-coding RNA" could be promising hotspots.
    Conclusion: This study provides meaningful insights into DCM, which is expected to assist cardiologists and endocrinologists in exploring frontiers and future research directions in the domain through a refined and concise summary.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; cardiomyopathy; data visualization; diabetic cardiomyopathy; diabetic complications
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1018841
  3. Front Neurosci. 2022 ;16 1042642
    Global trends in research of glutamate in epilepsy during past two decades: A bibliometric analysis.
    Wei Wang, Runshi Gao, Zhiwei Ren, Dongju Yang, Ke Sun, Xiaoling Li, Suying Yan.
      Epilepsy affects more than 70 million people in the world. It is characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures, and it is related to many neurological, cognitive, and psychosocial consequences. Glutamate neurotransmitter dysfunction has essential functions in the pathophysiology of epilepsy. In this work, bibliometric analysis was conducted to explore the trends, frontiers, and hotspots of the global scientific output of glutamate in epilepsy research in the past 20 years. The Science Citation Index Expanded of the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) was searched to obtain information on publications and records published between 2002 and 2021. VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to conduct bibliometric and visual analyses on the overall distribution of annual output, major countries, active institutions, journals, authors, commonly cited literature, and keywords. The impact and quality of the papers were assessed using the global citation score (GCS). Four thousand eight hundred ninety-one publications were retrieved in total. During the past two decades, the number of publications (Np) associated with glutamate in epilepsy has risen yearly. The United States has published the most papers; its H-index and number of citations are also the highest. The League of European Research Universities (LERU) was the most productive institution. In 2016, the total score of the paper written by Zhang Y was 854, ranking first. The keywords that appear most frequently are "epilepsy," "glutamate," "temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)," "hippocampus," and "seizures." This study showed that although the publications related to epileptic glutamate fluctuated slightly, the Np increased overall. The United States is a great creator and influential country in this field. The first three authors are Eid, T., Aronica, E., and Smolders, I. "spectrum," "animal model," "inflammation," "mutation," "dysfunction," and "prefrontal cortex" are increasing research hotspots. By recognizing the most critical indicators (researchers, countries, research institutes, and journals of glutamate release in epilepsy research), the research hotspot of glutamate in epilepsy could help countries, scholars, and policymakers in this field enhance their understanding of the role of glutamate in epilepsy and make decisions.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometric research; epilepsy; glutamate; trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1042642
  4. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Nov 04. 101(44): e31144
    Citation analysis of the 100 top-cited articles on the topic of hidradenitis suppurativa since 2013 using Sankey diagrams: Bibliometric analysis.
    Ting-Ya Yang, Tsair-Wei Chien, Feng-Jie Lai.
      BACKGROUND: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, inflammatory and debilitating dermatosis characterized by painful nodules, sinus tracts and abscesses in apocrine gland-bearing areas that predominantly affect women worldwide. New therapeutic interventions based on the clinical manifestations of patients have recently been introduced in numerous articles. However, which countries, journals, subject categories, and articles have the ultimate influence remain unknown. This study aimed to display influential entities in 100 top-cited HS-related articles (T100HS) and investigate whether medical subject headings (i.e., MeSH terms) can be used to predict article citations.METHODS: T100HS data were extracted from PubMed since 2013. Subject categories were classified by MeSH terms using social network analysis. Sankey diagrams were applied to highlight the top 10 influential entities in T100HS from the three aspects of publication, citations, and the composited score using the hT index. The difference in article citations across subject categories and the predictive power of MeSH terms on article citations in T100HS were examined using one-way analysis of variance and regression analysis.
    RESULTS: The top three countries (the US, Italy, and Spain) accounts for 54% of the T100HS. The T100HS impact factor (IF) is 12.49 (IF = citations/100). Most articles were published in J Am Acad Dermatol (15%; IF = 18.07). Eight subject categories were used. The "methods" was the most frequent MeSH term, followed by "surgery" and "therapeutic use". Saunte et al, from Roskilde Hospital, Denmark, had 149 citations in PubMed for the most cited articles. Sankey diagrams were used to depict the network characteristics of the T100HS. Article citations did not differ by subject category (F(7, 92) = 1.97, P = .067). MeSH terms were evident in the number of article citations predicted (F(1, 98) = 129.1106; P < .001).
    CONCLUSION: We achieved a breakthrough by displaying the characteristics of the T100HS network on the Sankey diagrams. MeSH terms may be used to classify articles into subject categories and predict T100HS citations. Future studies can apply the Sankey diagram to the bibliometrics of the 100 most-cited articles.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031144
  5. Cureus. 2022 Oct;14(10): e29905
    Bibliometric Analysis on Bibliometric Studies of Case Reports in the Medical Field.
    Sonia M Gupta, Waqar M Naqvi, Kalyani N Mutkure, Ashish Varma, Sumit Thakur, Roshan Umate.
      The studies on bibliometric analyses of case reports usually give valuable information regarding various aspects of case reports but lack investigation analysing these publications. This is the first-ever study to examine the bibliometric articles on case reports; hence, it is hypothesized to provide a valuable contribution to this gap. PubMed and SCOPUS databases were searched, and a total of 119 articles were obtained, but only five were analyzed matching the inclusion criteria. The keywords involved in the search were "Bibliometrics", "analysis", "case reports", "case series", and "articles" whereas, the time range in which the case reports were searched for was between 2011-2021. Common parameters from these five articles were employed for bibliometric analysis, which included publication year, publication type, the number of case reports per article, theme or subject of the article, citation, and impact factor (IF). Out of the five articles identified, four were published in 2021. One out of five was a case report, and the rest were review-type of articles. The overall citation number of these articles was less than 10, and the IF of these articles was between 0-0.007. The number of citations of the articles was in a period of one to two years or less than one year. A comprehensive overview of the parametrises, as well as the recent trends that are being used to conduct bibliometric analysis on case reports was acquired.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics; case reports; citations; medical sciences; pubmed; scientometric; scopus
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29905
  6. Interact J Med Res. 2022 Nov 11. 11(2): e41456
    Scientific Publication Patterns of Systematic Reviews on Psychosocial Interventions Improving Well-being: Bibliometric Analysis.
    Ivanna Shubina.
      BACKGROUND: Despite numerous empirical studies and systematic reviews conducted on the effectiveness of interventions improving psychological well-being, there is no holistic overview of published systematic reviews in this field.OBJECTIVE: This bibliometric study explored the scientific patterns of the effectiveness of different psychosocial interventions improving well-being among various categories of individuals with mental and physical diseases, to synthesize well-being intervention studies, and to suggest gaps and further studies in this emerging field.
    METHODS: The bibliometric analysis included identifying the most productive authors, institutions, and countries; most explored fields and subjects of study; most active journals and publishers; and performing citation analysis and analyzing publication trends between 2014 and 2022. We focused on data retrieved from known databases, and the study was conducted with a proven bibliometric approach.
    RESULTS: In total, 156 studies were found concerning the research domains and retrieved using LENS software from high-ranking databases (Crossref, Microsoft Academic, PubMed, and Core). These papers were written in English by 100 authors from 24 countries, among which, the leading country was the United Kingdom. Descriptive characteristics of the publications involved an increased number of publications in 2017 (n=35) and 2019 (n=34) and a decreased number in 2021 (n=4). The top 2 leading authors by citation score are James Thomas (3 papers and 260 citations) and Chris Dickens (3 papers and 182 citations). However, the most cited study had 592 citations. BMJ Open (n=6 articles) is the leading journal in the field of medicine; Clinical Psychology Review (n=5), in psychology; and Frontiers in Psychology, in psychological intervention (n=5) and psychology (n=5). The top 2 publishers were Wiley (n=28) and Elsevier (n=25).
    CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates an overall interest in the declared domains within the last decade. Our findings primarily indicate that psychosocial interventions (PIs) were evaluated as being effective in managing mental and physical problems and enhancing well-being. Cognitive behavioral therapy was assessed as being effective in treating anxiety, psychoeducation in relapse prevention, and gratitude interventions in improving overall health, and the mindfulness approach had a positive impact on decreasing distress and depression. Moreover, all these intervention types resulted in an overall increase in an individuals' well-being and resilience. Integrating social and cultural factors while considering individual differences increases the efficiency of PIs. Furthermore, PIs were evaluated as being effective in managing symptoms of eating disorders, dementia, and cancer. Our findings could help provide researchers an overview of the publication trends on research domains of focus for further studies, since it shows current findings and potential research needs in these fields, and would also benefit practitioners working on increasing their own and their patients' well-being.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; bibliometrics; citation; medical research; mental health; psychosocial intervention; publication; publish; scientific research; scientometrics; systematic review; well-being
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2196/41456
  7. Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Nov 11.
    A bibliometric analysis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies from 1982 to 2021.
    Teng Wu, Jiaping Qi, Yuan Zhang, Wei Huang, Yixuan Li, Zhenhua Ying.
      OBJECTIVE: There has been an increasing number of literature related to idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) in the past few decades. However, there is a lack of intuitive and systematic analysis of research on IIM. Therefore, this study aimed to perform a bibliometric analysis to identify the current trends and hotspots of research on IIM.METHODS: Articles and reviews on IIM published during 1982-2021 were acquired from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. VOSviewer application was applied to conduct a network analysis of the keywords, institutions, and countries. The top 100 most-cited publications regarding IIM were analyzed.
    RESULTS: In total, 665 publications were included. Globally, the USA produced the most articles on IIM (144). Karolinska Institutet was the institution with the most outputs (47). Rheumatology ranked on top of journals, with 47 IIM-related documents collecting a total of 1420 citations. In the area of IIM documents, biomarkers were the most common research theme. According to the co-occurrence analysis of keywords, "cardiac involvement," "criteria," and "refractory adult" were identified as significant future research centers.
    CONCLUSION: The scientific literature on IIM has advanced rapidly in the past 4 decades. The classification criteria, treatment, and extramuscular manifestations of IIM have been identified as promising research frontiers in the field. The global status and trends of the IIM literature from a bibliometric aspect can offer a helpful guidance and new insight for researchers and medical workers in the domain. Key Points • This study reveals the topic trends and knowledge structure of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies literature over the last 40 years. • This study identifies potential future research hotspots, including "cardiac involvement," "criteria," and "refractory adult."
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Hotspots; Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; Top cited; Trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-022-06437-z
  8. Eur J Med Res. 2022 Nov 05. 27(1): 233
    Global trends and frontiers in research on coronary microvascular dysfunction: a bibliometric analysis from 2002 to 2022.
    Jing Gao, Tiantian Meng, Min Li, Ruolin Du, Jingyi Ding, Anqi Li, Shanshan Yu, Yixiang Li, Qingyong He.
      BACKGROUND: Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is a leading cause of ischemic heart disease. Over the past few decades, considerable progress has been made with respect to research on CMD. The present study summarized the current research hotspots and trends on CMD by applying a bibliometric approach.METHODS: Relevant publications between 2002 and 2022 were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection. Visualization network maps of countries, institutions, authors, and co-cited authors were built using VOSviewer. CiteSpace was used for keyword analysis and the construction of a dual-map overlay of journals and a timeline view of co-cited references.
    RESULTS: 1539 CMD-related publications were extracted for bibliometric analysis. The annual publications generally showed an upward trend. The United States of America was the most prolific country, with 515 publications (33.5%). Camici P. G. was the most influential author, whereas the European Heart Journal, Circulation, and Journal of the American College of Cardiology were the most authoritative journals. Research hotspot analysis revealed that endothelial dysfunction as well as reduced nitric oxide production or bioavailability played critical roles in CMD development. Positron emission tomography was the most widely used imaging method for diagnosis. In addition, microvascular angina, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and heart failure have attracted much attention as the main clinical implications. Furthermore, international standards for CMD diagnosis and management may be the future research directions.
    CONCLUSIONS: This study offers a comprehensive view about the hotspots and development trends of CMD, which can assist subsequent researchers and guide future directions.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; CiteSpace; Coronary microvascular dysfunction; VOSviewer; Visual analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-022-00869-8
  9. Front Psychol. 2022 ;13 1006412
    Mapping the knowledge domain of financial decision making: A scientometric and bibliometric study.
    Lin Guo, Junlong Cheng, Zhishuo Zhang.
      Based on a 12-year bibliographic record collected from the Web of Science (Thomson Reuters) database, the present study aims to provide a macroscopic overview of the knowledge domain in financial decision making (FDM). A scientometric and bibliometric analysis was conducted on the literature published in the field from 2010 to 2021, using the CiteSpace software. The analysis focuses on the co-occurring categories, the geographic distributions, the vital references, the distribution of topics, as well as the research fronts and emerging trends of financial related decision making. The steady increase of papers published year by year demonstrated the increasing interest on this topic at the international level. The scientometric analysis of the literature showed that financial decision, investment decision, and financing decision stood out of the crowd of the research on FDM, suggesting their important role in FDM and its research. The results of citation burst analysis predicted the focus of topics, i.e., the impact of individual differences such as financial literacy, gender and age on FDM in the coming years. Different from the traditional approach of literature review, this bibliometric analysis offers a scientometric approach to reveal the status quo and the development trend of FDM by macro and quantitative means. In addition, future research directions for the field are recommended.
    Keywords:  financial decision making; hot spots; individual difference; investment decision; research trend; scientometric analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1006412
  10. Front Surg. 2022 ;9 994718
    Research trends on endoscopic mucosal resection: A bibliometric analysis from 1991 to 2021.
    Yihan Yang, Xuan Xu, Menghui Wang, Yang Zhang, Pinglang Zhou, Sifan Yang, Xu Shu, Chuan Xie.
      Background: In recent years, the rapid development of digestive endoscopy technology has brought revolutionary changes to endoscopic therapy. A growing number of articles have been published annually. We aimed to explore global scientific outputs and hotspots of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) published by different countries, organizations, and authors.Methods: We extracted relevant publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) on June 23, 2022. We examined the retrieved data by bibliometric analysis (e.g., cocited and cluster analysis, keyword co-occurrence) using the software CiteSpace and VOSviewer to analyze and predict the trends and hot spots in this field.
    Results: A total of 2,695 papers were finally identified. The results showed that the number of articles fluctuated with the year and reached its peak in 2021. NATIONAL CANCER CENTER JAPAN was the most influential institution. MICHAEL J BOURKE and YUTAKA SAITO are two of the most prolific scholars. ENDOSCOPY and GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY were the most productive journals. "Early gastric cancer" and "Barrett's esophagus" were the focus of EMR research. "Adverse events", "cold snare polypectomy" and "outcomes" have become increasingly popular in recent years and could become hot spots in the future.
    Conclusion: In this study, we summarized the characteristics of the publications; identified the most influential countries, institutions, and journals; and identified the leading topics in the EMR field.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; endoscopic mucosal resection; publications; research trends; surgical procedure
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.994718
  11. Front Public Health. 2022 ;10 928720
    A visualized and scientometric analysis of research trends of weight loss in overweight/obese children and adolescents (1958-2021).
    Guotao Sun, Long Li, Xiaolin Zhang.
      Background: Weight loss is an appropriate approach to reduce the health risks associated with overweight/obese children and adolescents, and the optimal method of weight loss requires further research. This study systematically explores scientific co-operation, disciplinary interaction, hotspots and trends in the field of weight loss in overweight/obese children and adolescents (WLOCA), and provides references for further research.Methods: Citespace 5.8.R1 (64-bit) was adopted to conduct a comprehensive visualization analysis of the literature on WLOCA from Web of Science Core Collection, including publication, institution, country/region, author, journal, keywords and reference.
    Results: 2,513 papers were found in the Web of Science Core Collection, and the annual number of papers published has increased significantly since 2003. Cincinnati Children's Hospital is the institution with the largest number of publications, while Washington University plays a pivotal role in the collaboration network. In terms of nations, USA has made greater contributions than the rest in terms of the number of publications and global co-operation research. The most influential authors in this field are Thomas H. Inge, Thomas Reinehr, Todd M. Jenkins, Epstein LH, Ogden CL, etc. The most active journals are "Obesity," "International Journal of Obesity," "Obesity Surgery," "Pediatrics," etc. which are characterized by interdisciplinary interactions. Research hot topics mainly include "assessment of obesity and pathophysiological mechanism," "comprehensive intervention," and "bariatric surgery," and there's a gradual shift from "lifestyle intervention" and "pathophysiological mechanism" to "clinical surgical application." In addition, disciplinary integration and comprehensive research, targeted intervention and treatment, and prospective research are the future research trends.
    Conclusion: The overall trend in WLOCA study is positive. The main contribution of this study is to reveal the overall picture of the research in this field with visual maps and detailed data by combining quantitative with qualitative approaches, which can provide valuable references for relevant researchers to quickly understand the status of studies on WLOCA, to seek co-operation, and grasp research hotspots and frontier trends.
    Keywords:  Citespace; children and adolescents; mapping knowledge domains; overweight/obese; scientometric analysis; visualized analysis; weight loss
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.928720
  12. Front Immunol. 2022 ;13 1025861
    Bibliometric and visual analysis of neutrophil extracellular traps from 2004 to 2022.
    Yantong Wan, Junyi Shen, Jiafu Ouyang, Peng Dong, Yinghao Hong, Lixin Liang, Jinghua Liu.
      Background: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are specialized structures formed by neutrophils that were initially found to be important in killing pathogenic bacteria during infection. With the development of related research, the relationship between NETs and diseases such as sepsis, cancer, and systemic lupus erythematosus has received close attention. However, there is a lack of reports that comprehensively and objectively present the current status of NETs-related studies. Therefore, this study aims to visually analyze the current status and trends of NETs-related research by means of bibliometrics and knowledge mapping.Methods: NETs-related articles and reviews were retrieved using the Web of Science core collection subject search, and bibliometric analysis was performed in Excel 365, CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and Bibliometrix (R-Tool of R-Studio).
    Results: A total of 4866 publications from 2004 to 2022 were included in the bibliometric analysis. The number of publications shows an increasing trend from year to year. Collaborative network analysis shows that the United States and Germany are the most influential countries in this field, with the highest number of publications and citations. The journal with the most publications is Frontiers in Immunology. Brinkmann Volker is an authoritative author in this field, and his publication "Neutrophil extracellular traps kill bacteria" is the most frequently cited. The literature and keyword analysis shows that the relationship between NETs and diseases (hematological diseases, sepsis, cancer, etc.) and cell death (apoptosis, necroptosis, pyroptosis, etc.) is a popular research topic. Currently, NETs and SARS-CoV-2-related studies are at the forefront of the field.
    Conclusion: This study is the first to visualize the research in NETs-related fields using bibliometric methods, revealing the trends and frontiers of NETs research. This study will provide valuable references for scholars to find research focus questions and partners.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Nets; VOSviewer; neutrophil; visual analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1025861
  13. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Oct 27. pii: 2137. [Epub ahead of print]10(11):
    What Are the Contemporary Trends on Euphonic Voice Research? A Scientometric Analysis.
    Clara Puig-Herreros, José Luis Sanz, Vicent Rosell-Clari, Luz Barona, María Melo.
      (1) Background: The study of the human euphonic voice is a subject that has been researched in recent years from different perspectives. Therefore, it is pertinent to assess the current state of the science. The aim of analyzing the characteristics of normal voice-related publications over the last 11 years is to identify research trends, the numerical and temporal evolution of the publications, their type, and the most-used descriptors. (2) Methods: Bibliometric data from 2011 to 2021 were obtained through several databases. Subsequently, a science mapping analysis was made via VOSviewer software. (3) Results: A total of 901 publications were obtained. The analysis of the scientific production on the field of study regarding the euphonic voice shows a slight increase over the last 11 years, with an average of 82 publications per year. Co-authorship analysis revealed a 6215 authors contributing to the field with a 901 articles (headed by Jiang, J.J. with 18 articles). Keyword co-occurrence analysis highlighted the lack of temporal advancement and variety in the terminology used in the field of voice research. (4) Conclusions: This scientometric study sheds light to the need to broaden in this field of study and the establishment of solid research groups to contribute to its advancement.
    Keywords:  bibliometry; euphonic voice; normal voice; scientometry; speech; voice
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112137
  14. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 04. pii: 14516. [Epub ahead of print]19(21):
    Current Research Trends, Hotspots, and Frontiers of Physical Activity during Pregnancy: A Bibliometric Analysis.
    Yanbing Zhou, Xian Guo, Jinhao Mu, Jingying Liu, Hongying Yang, Chenxi Cai.
      PURPOSE: Physical activity (PA) during pregnancy has been proven beneficial to pregnant women, with a significant effect on ameliorating many severe gestational complications. This work aimed to reveal current research trends, hotspots, and future frontiers in PA during pregnancy.METHODS: Software CiteSpace was used to perform a bibliometric analysis with 1415 publications in the Web of Science Core Collection.
    RESULTS: the number of published papers on PA during pregnancy has increased gradually by year. The United States has made the most significant contribution to the research on this topic, ranking first in the world in both the number and centrality of research. A total of 54 articles (3.8%) were published in 2022. A majority of publications were research articles (n = 1176, 78.9%). The authors and institutions of the research published have more inter-country collaborations. Different patterns of PA, prevention, and amelioration of pregnancy complications are major research hotspots. Improvement of sedentary behaviour, lifestyle intervention through leisure-time PA, and preterm care are major research frontiers and have received extensive attention in recent years.
    CONCLUSIONS: The current scientometric study presents an overview of PA during pregnancy research conducted throughout the preceding decades. The conclusions of this work might serve as a reference for researchers who are interested in this field.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; physical activity; pregnancy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114516
  15. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov 11.
    The global research trend on microbially induced carbonate precipitation during 2001-2021: a bibliometric review.
    Armstrong Ighodalo Omoregie, Khalida Muda, Oluwapelumi Olumide Ojuri, Ching Yi Hong, Farhan Mohd Pauzi, Nur Shahidah Binti Aftar Ali.
      Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a remarkable method that creates sustainable cementitious binding material for use in geotechnical/structural engineering and environmental engineering. This is due to the increasing demand for alternative environmentally friendly technologies and materials that result in minimal or zero carbon footprint. In contrast to the previously published literature, through bibliometric analysis, this review paper focuses on the current prospects and future research trends of MICP technology via the Scopus database and VOSviewer analysis. The objective of the study was to determine the annual publications and citations trend, most contributing countries, the leading journals, prolific authors, productive institutions, funding sponsors, trending author keywords, and research directions of MICP. There were a total of 1058 articles published from 2001 to 2021 on MICP. The result demonstrated that the volume of publications is increasing. China, Construction and Building Materials, Satoru Kawasaki, Nanyang Technological University, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China are the leading country, journal, author, institution, and funding sponsor in terms of total publications. Through the co-occurrence analysis of the author keywords, MICP was revealed to be the most frequently used author keyword with 121 occurrences, a total link strength of 213, and 152 links to other author keywords. Furthermore, co-occurrence analysis of text data revealed that researchers are concentrating on four important research areas: precipitation, MICP, compressive strength, and biomineralization. This review can provide information to researchers that can lead to novel ideas and research collaboration or engagement on MICP technology.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Biomineralization; Carbonate precipitates; Sustainable material
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24046-w
  16. Cureus. 2022 Oct;14(10): e29930
    An Analysis of the 50 Most-Cited "Uveitis" Articles Published Between 2010-2020 From a Bibliographic and Altmetric Perspective.
    Hidayet Sener, Cem Evereklioglu, Fatih Horozoglu.
      Purpose We aimed to evaluate the 50 most-cited articles on uveitis according to their Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) and additional metrics. Methods The Web of Science (WoS) core collection database was used in this study. The article and journal metrics and characteristics were examined. In addition, the effect of article and journal metrics on the AAS was examined with multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS). Results The number of citations of the evaluated articles ranged from 670 to 90, and AASs ranged from 633 to 0. According to the MARS model, the importance scores of the predictors were as follows: article influence score (100%), immediacy index (77.74%), number of years since publication (57.79%), times cited in WoS (32.69%). We found that the trend of articles on uveitis was related to the "treatment category", namely, adalimumab. Second, the popular topic was uveitis caused by viruses. Conclusions We found that citation-based metrics and year of publication contributed to AAS. AAS appears to be inadequate in assessing the quality of articles. However, due to the electronic transformation of the publishing industry, it seems inevitable that altmetrics will become an additional supportive metric.
    Keywords:  altmetric; eigenfactor; immediacy index; impact; ocular inflammation; uveitis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29930
  17. J Clin Neurosci. 2022 Nov 04. pii: S0967-5868(22)00438-6. [Epub ahead of print]106 159-165
    Neurosurgical research in Southeast Asia: A bibliometric analysis.
    Abdelsimar T Omar, Kevin Ivan P Chan, Erika P Ong, Louie F Dy, Daniel Alexander D Go, Michael Paolo Capistrano, Sean Kendrich N Cua, Jose Danilo B Diestro, Adrian I Espiritu, Julian Spears.
      OBJECTIVES: Bibliometric analysis can provide insight into the growth, development and dissemination of research in neurosurgery. Little work has been done to examine the role of country-specific characteristics affecting research productivity. We aimed to characterize andcompare the research productivity among SEA countries in terms of bibliometric indicesand determine associations with country-specific factors.METHODS: We performed a systematic search of all articles by authors affiliated with a neurosurgical department in any of the Southeast Asian countries, indexed in 3 databases from inception to June 10, 2020. Bibliometric indices - number of publications, number of citations, average citations per publication, h-index, and the i-10-index - were computed for each country. Correlations between the indices and country-specific characteristics (population size, GDP per capita, percentage of GDP allocation to research and development (R&D), number of neurosurgeons, number of neurosurgeons per capita, and number of collaborations with non-SEA authors) were determined.
    RESULTS: The number of publications showed an increasing trend up to 2019. Most studies were cohort studies (37%) or case reports or series (37%). Of the country-specific factors analyzed, only percentage of the GDP allocated to R&D was positively correlated with number of publications (p = 0.0004), total citations (p < 0.0001), H-index (p < 0.0001), and i(10)-index (p < 0.0001). Number of collaborations also positively correlated with the same indices.
    CONCLUSION: Our bibliometric analysis showed increasing contribution by neurosurgeons in the SEA region. Correlational analysis support the view that increased R&D budget allocation and international collaboration can improve neurosurgical research capacity and productivity.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Global neurosurgery; Neurosurgical research; Southeast Asia
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2022.10.028
  18. MethodsX. 2022 ;9 101878
    More than just a number of publications: Unity Index, an alternative "ranking" for bibliometric analyses.
    Carlos Plata.
      This paper presents the unity index- an index designed in response to the call to find a more holistic way to assess scientific production. In this case, the scientific production is understood from a multivariate perspective using existing measurements, such as the number of publications, the number of, and the H-Index. It can be used especially when generating or assessing production in bibliometric studies. The index consists of a 3-part point system where points are assigned to the authors based on their position in the rank of the 3 traditional indicators for production, acceptance and impact. The index is calculated by attributing 1 point to the author with most published articles and increasing the number of points attributed by 1 to all the subsequent authors. The same point attribution is done to the remaining 2 indicators, acceptance -citations- and impact -h-index-. In the presented method, 3 different means of calculation are shared. Finally, the method is validated and different ways to analyze the results and generate insights are suggested.•The Unity Index offers a new way to assess scientific production from a multivariate perspective.•The index can be calculated easily using MS Excel formulas, but automatic ways of calculation are also easily available.•Bibliometric studies can profit from a less linear way to analyze the information and generate more insightful information and guide the research.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric studies; Blibliometrix; Measure; Python; Quantitative research; Ranking; Scientific production; Scientometrics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101878
  19. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Nov 09. pii: 2242. [Epub ahead of print]10(11):
    Analysis of Research Trends on Elbow Pain in Overhead Sports: A Bibliometric Study Based on Web of Science Database and VOSviewer.
    Wei Han Li, Maryam Hadizadeh, Ashril Yusof, Mohamed Nashrudin Naharudin.
      The publications on elbow pain (EP) in overhead sports are increasing. The results of previous studies mostly focus on the influence of EP in the ball game and throwing sports. Thus, a bibliometric analysis of these publications may show the direction of hot topics and future research trends. The purpose of this study is to identify the research trends on EP in overhead sports. For the methods, the first step is to use the main keywords of 'Elbow pain' and 'Overhead sport' merging auxiliary vocabulary to reach the relevant global publications between 1970 and 2022 in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The literature data set is imported into EndNote literature manager software to remove duplication. Secondly, the duplication-reduced articles are imported to an Excel sheet according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study. In the third step, VOSviewer software is applied as the main analysis tool in extracting data for analysis from the articles. Then, the main research results for three aspects are obtained by VOSviewer software which extracted and analyzed the parameters of author name, article title, publication journal, keywords, organization, publication country/region, and the sum of times cited from 455 qualified papers. The study found that the United States of America made the most outstanding contribution to this theme study. The research on EP in overhead sports in China requires more attention from scholars. EP in swimming is a new research direction worthy of attention. In conclusion, the research results prove the growth trend of EP in overhead sports. The EP problem not only exists in the ball game and throwing sports but also swimming. Sport commercialization and the involvement of related professional sports organizations determine the degree of EP's attention in a specific sport and the development of solutions. The development of a region or country also affects the depth and scope of EP study. Clinical research development and in-depth exploration are one of the bases to solve EP problems. Non-clinical action is beneficial to EP patients, but it still needs to be explored and studied.
    Keywords:  VOSviewer; bibliometric study; elbow pain; overhead sports
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112242
  20. Front Neurol. 2022 ;13 1034070
    Global landscape of COVID-19 and epilepsy research: A bibliometric analysis.
    Guangxin Wang, Lian Bai, Mingxue Zhao, Shumei Wang.
      Background: A large number of papers regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and epilepsy have been published since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is no bibliometric analysis on these papers. In this study, we aimed to analyze the bibliometric characteristics of these papers, thus identifying the trends and future directions of COVID-19 and epilepsy research.Methods: Scientific papers regarding COVID-19 and epilepsy were retrieved through searches of the Web of Science Core Collection database. Title, authors, contributing institute, country, source journal, times cited, and additional information were extracted from each selected paper. Microsoft Excel 2019 and GraphPad Prism 8 were used to analyze the extracted data and export the bar charts and tables whilst VOSviewer software was used to perform and visualize co-authorship analysis and co-occurrence analysis of keywords.
    Results: A total of 317 papers regarding COVID-19 and epilepsy were included in the final analysis. Epilepsy & Behavior published the largest number of papers (n = 84). J. Helen Cross and Naoto Kuroda were the most prolific authors (n = 13 each). The United States (n = 88) and the University of London (n = 23) were the country and organization with the most contributions, respectively. The strongest authors' collaborations were between Giovanni Assenza and Jacopo Lanzone and between J. Helen Cross and Nathalie Jette. Selected author keywords were organized into seven clusters, and the keywords in clusters 1 and cluster 4 had the largest average appearing year of any clusters.
    Conclusion: This is the first bibliometric analysis of papers regarding COVID-19 and epilepsy. Our results showed that the United States was the leading country whilst J. Helen Cross was the most influential scholar in COVID-19 and epilepsy research. psychological consequences of COVID-19, and the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people with epilepsy, are possible areas for future research on COVID-19 and epilepsy.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; VOSviewer software; Web of Science; bibliometric analysis; epilepsy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1034070
  21. Orthop J Sports Med. 2022 Oct;10(10): 23259671221132564
    Trends in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis.
    Jinfei Li, Benjamin Rothrauff, Shuyi Chen, Shuying Zhao, Zhaoxi Wu, Qi Chen, Jinshen He.
      Background: Bibliometrics is a methodology that measures the scientific output of an author, institution, or country. Visualized analysis is the transformation of data into visible form by software, highlighting important features, including commonalities and anomalies, allowing users to easily and quickly perceive significant aspects of their data.Purpose: To conduct a bibliometric analysis of the literature on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair, with visualization of trends, in order to identify the areas of interest and the primary researchers involved in ACL repair.
    Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
    Methods: The PubMed database was queried on April 14, 2022, for publications that reported on ACL repair from 1960 onward. The initial search resulted in 1392 publications. Filter settings were applied to remove publications with weak correlation, such as those on meniscal repair and ACL reconstruction. Publication information, citations, authors, commonly used terms, and affiliated institutions and countries were analyzed by VOSviewer and Python.
    Results: A total of 553 articles were included for analysis. Three techniques were visualized: bridge-enhanced ACL repair, internal brace, and dynamic intraligamentary stabilization. The most published authors were Martha Murray (51 articles), Gregory Difelice (35 articles), and Braden Fleming (31 articles). The most cited article was "Collagen-Platelet Rich Plasma Hydrogel Enhances Primary Repair of the Porcine Anterior Cruciate Ligament" by Murray et al. The journals with the most publications on ACL repair were the American Journal of Sports Medicine (n = 49); Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (n = 49); and Arthroscopy (n = 48). The top 3 institutions by publication number were the Hospital for Special Surgery (n = 51), Boston Children's Hospital (n = 49), and Brown University (n = 31), with the most publications coming from the United States (n = 242), Germany (n = 83), and the United Kingdom (n = 47).
    Conclusion: The results demonstrate that the research on ACL repair comes from a small number of authors and corresponding institutions; the top sports medicine journals and the developed countries have an interest in this topic.
    Keywords:  ACL; anterior cruciate ligament; bibliometrics; bridge-enhanced ACL repair; dynamic intraligamentary stabilization; internal brace
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671221132564
  22. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 ;9 978174
    The association between research funding status and clinical research papers' citation impact in Japan: A cross-sectional bibliometric study.
    Fumito Morisawa, Yuji Nishizaki, Patrick Devos, Naotake Yanagisawa, Kotone Matsuyama, Yasuhiro Homma, Rieko Ueda, Miwa Sekine, Hiroyuki Daida, Tohru Minamino, Shoji Sanada.
      Introduction: Studies have not sufficiently clarified the differences in citation impact between funded and non-funded clinical research papers. Hence, this study seeks to evaluate the relation between research funding status and clinical research papers' citation impact in different research fields using multiple evaluation indices.Methods: In this cross-sectional bibliometric study, clinical research papers published by core clinical research hospitals in Japan were compared retrospectively in terms of times cited (TC), category normalized citation impact (CNCI), citation percentile (CP), journal impact factor (JIF), the Software to Identify, Manage, and Analyze Scientific Publications (SIGAPS) category, and whether they were the funded clinical research. The association between research funding status or the SIGAPS category and CNCI ≥ 2 was analyzed using logistic regression analysis.
    Results: 11 core clinical research hospitals published 553 clinical research papers, of which 120 were non-funded and 433 were funded (public institution-funded and industry-funded). The study found that funded clinical research papers (public institution-funded and industry-funded) had significantly higher TC, CNCI, CP, and JIF than non-funded ones [TC: 8 (3-17) vs. 14 (8-31), p < 0.001; CNCI: 0.53 (0.19-0.97) vs. 0.87 (0.45-1.85), p < 0.001; CP: 51.9 (24.48-70.42) vs. 66.7 (40.53-88.01), p < 0.001; JIF: 2.59 (1.90-3.84) vs. 2.93 (2.09-4.20) p = 0.008], while the proportion of A or B rank clinical research papers of the SIGAPS category was not significantly different between the two groups (30.0 vs. 34.9%, p = 0.318). In the logistic regression analysis, having a CNCI ≥ 2 was significantly associated with research funding (public institution-funded and industry-funded) and publication in A or B rank journals of the SIGAPS category [research funding: Estimate 2.169, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.153-4.083, p = 0.016; SIGAPS category A/B: Estimate 6.126, 95% CI 3.889-9.651, p < 0.001].
    Conclusion: Analysis via multiple indicators including CNCI and the SIGAPS category, which allows for a comparison of the papers' citation impact in different research fields, found a positive relation between research funding status and the citation impact of clinical research papers.
    Keywords:  SIGAPS; bibliometrics; category normalized citation impact; citation impact; clinical research; research funding
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.978174
  23. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 ;13 990133
    A bibliometric study of global trends in diabetes and gut flora research from 2011 to 2021.
    Lu Zhang, Hongcai Zhang, Quan Xie, Shuai Xiong, Fengchen Jin, Fan Zhou, Hongjun Zhou, Jinhong Guo, Chuanbiao Wen, Biao Huang, Fei Yang, Yuanwei Dong, Ke Xu.
      Background and objectives: Diabetes mellitus is a serious metabolic disease that causes a serious economic burden worldwide. Gut flora is a major component of diabetes research, and the aim of this study was to understand the trends and major components of research related to diabetes and gut flora in the last 11 years.Methods: We searched the Web of Science Core Collection database for articles on diabetes and gut flora related research from 2011-2021 on July 2, 2022. The literature data were analyzed for country, institution, author, steward, journal, and highly cited literature using Citespace.5.8.R3 and Vosviewer1.6.17.
    Results: Finally 4834 articles that met the requirements were included. The overall trend of articles published in the last 11 years is increasing, and the trend of articles published after 2019 is increasing significantly. In total, 109 countries, 4820 institutions, and 23365 authors were involved in the field of research. The highest number of publications was 1262 articles from the United States, the institution with the most publications was the University of Copenhagen with 134 articles, and the author with the most publications was PATRICE D CANI with 52 articles.
    Conclusion: The number of studies related to diabetes and intestinal flora is increasing and more and more researchers are involved in this field. Intestinal flora provides a key research direction for the treatment of diabetes. In the future, gut flora will remain the focus of the diabetes field.
    Keywords:  bibliometric study; citespace; diabetes; gut flora; vosviewer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.990133
  24. Heliyon. 2022 Nov;8(11): e11309
    Research performance of the GCC countries: A comparative analysis of quantity and quality.
    Ahmed H Al-Marzouqi, Alya A Arabi.
      Given the increased focus on scientific research in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, it is important to have a thorough bibliometric study about their research productivity and its progress over a long period of time. Using the world's largest bibliometric database (Scival/Scopus), we analyzed the research output of the GCC countries, from 1996 to 2020, in various disciplines. We considered raw metrics of quantity (number of articles) and quality (citations, citations/article, and Field-Weighted Citation Impact -FWCI), and then normalized them to population size, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD), and number of researchers. Over the past 25 years, the GCC countries have witnessed an increase in research productivity, with Saudi Arabia having the highest research output (ca. 38,000 articles for 2020) and Qatar having the highest fold growth (77.6-fold increase). The GCC countries had diverse research portfolios with varying growth over the years across almost all disciplines. When normalized to population size or GDP, growth rates were dampened for all GCC countries. The increased research output in the GCC was coupled with a high percentage of international collaborations and a reasonable increase in the quality of publications. While the research performance in the GCC countries has promisingly enhanced, it remains low compared to that of international countries (Switzerland, Singapore, and Canada) which have remarkable research productivity. Considering the GCC's economic standings and the potential for further growth, the GCC countries would need increased investment in scientific research and in human capital to be able to catch up with the highest international standards in research.
    Keywords:  Citations; Field-weighted citation impact (FWCI); GCC countries; Normalized research metrics; Number of publications; Research productivity
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11309
  25. An Acad Bras Cienc. 2022 ;pii: S0001-37652022000501008. [Epub ahead of print]94(3): e20210861
    Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on the Patos Lagoon, southern Brazil.
    Fabiana G Barbosa, Marianna Lanari.
      Coastal lagoons provide several ecological resources and services with their functioning being mainly investigated in temperate areas. The Patos Lagoon, a subtropical system in southern Brazil, is one of the largest chocked coastal lagoons in the world. It provides habitat for numerous organisms and a range of ecosystem services. We performed a bibliometric analysis to identify and analyze the characteristics of studies carried out in the Patos Lagoon based on articles published in peer-reviewed journals indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded database of Clarivate Analytics Web of Science and Scopus database. We found 360 articles published between 1965 and 2019 in 150 journals. The number of articles has increased in the last decades mainly resulting from national collaborative efforts. Most articles were published by Brazilian research institutions. Most studies were performed in the Patos Lagoon estuary, a Long-term Ecological Research program´s study site. Our study thus highlights the importance of long-term projects to the comprehension of subtropical coastal lagoons functioning and indicates knowledge gaps that must be addressed in future studies.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202220210861
  26. Brain Sci. 2022 Oct 27. pii: 1454. [Epub ahead of print]12(11):
    Mapping Neuroscience in the Field of Education through a Bibliometric Analysis.
    Hanqing Xu, Xinyan Cheng, Ting Wang, Shufen Wu, Yongqi Xiong.
      This study aimed to explore the core knowledge topics and future research trends in neuroscience in the field of education (NIE). In this study, we have explored the diffusion of neuroscience and different neuroscience methods (e.g., electroencephalography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, eye tracking) through and within education fields. A total of 549 existing scholarly articles and 25,886 references on neuroscience in the field of education (NIE) from the Web of Science Core Collection databases were examined during the following two periods: 1995-2013 and 2014-2022. The science mapping software Vosviewer and Bibliometrix were employed for data analysis and visualization of relevant literature. Furthermore, performance analysis, collaboration network analysis, co-citation network analysis, and strategic diagram analysis were conducted to systematically sort out the core knowledge in NIE. The results showed that children and cognitive neuroscience, students and medical education, emotion and empathy, and education and brain are the core intellectual themes of current research in NIE. Curriculum reform and children's skill development have remained central research issues in NIE, and several topics on pediatric research are emerging. The core intellectual themes of NIE revealed in this study can help scholars to better understand NIE, save research time, and explore a new research question. To the best of our knowledge, this study is one of the earliest documents to outline the NIE core intellectual themes and identify the research opportunities emerging in the field.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; education; neuroscience; research topics; research trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111454
  27. World J Clin Oncol. 2022 Oct 24. 13(10): 835-847
    Current global research landscape on COVID-19 and cancer: Bibliometric and visualization analysis.
    Sa'ed H Zyoud, Amer Koni, Samah W Al-Jabi, Riad Amer, Muna Shakhshir, Rand Al Subu, Husam Salameh, Razan Odeh, Sultan Musleh, Faris Abushamma, Adham Abu Taha.
      BACKGROUND: Cancer is a severe public health issue that seriously jeopardizes global health. In individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), cancer is considered an independent risk factor for severe illness and increased mortality.AIM: To identify research hotspots and prospects, we used bibliometrics to examine the global production of COVID-19 literature published in the field of oncology.
    METHODS: Data on publication output were identified based on the Scopus database between January 1, 2020, and June 21, 2022. This study used VOSviewer to analyze collaboration networks among countries and assess the terms most often used in the titles and abstracts of retrieved publications to determine research hotspots linked to cancer and COVID-19. The Impact Index Per Article for the top 10 high-cited papers collected from Reference Citation Analysis (RCA) are presented.
    RESULTS: A total of 7015 publications were retrieved from the database. The United States published the greatest number of articles (2025; 28.87%), followed by Italy (964; 13.74%), the United Kingdom (839; 11.96%), and China (538; 7.67%). The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (n = 205, 2.92%) ranked first, followed by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (n = 176, 2.51%). The European Journal of Cancer (n = 106, 1.51%) ranked first, followed by the Frontiers in Oncology (n = 104, 1.48%), Cancers (n = 102, 1.45%), and Pediatric Blood and Cancer (n = 95; 1.35%). The hot topics were stratified into "cancer care management during the COVID-19 pandemic"; and "COVID-19 vaccines in cancer patients".
    CONCLUSION: This is the first bibliometric analysis to determine the present state and upcoming hot themes related to cancer and COVID-19 and vice versa using VOSviewer during the early stages of the pandemic. The emergence of hot themes related to cancer and COVID-19 may aid researchers in identifying new research areas in this field.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric; COVID-19; Cancer; Coronavirus disease; Reference Citation Analysis; Scopus; VOSviewer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5306/wjco.v13.i10.835
  28. Animals (Basel). 2022 Oct 29. pii: 2976. [Epub ahead of print]12(21):
    Bibliometric Analysis of Research on the Main Genes Involved in Meat Tenderness.
    Jhony Alberto Gonzales-Malca, Vicente Amirpasha Tirado-Kulieva, María Santos Abanto-López, William Lorenzo Aldana-Juárez, Claudia Mabel Palacios-Zapata.
      Tenderness is one of the main characteristics of meat because it determines its price and acceptability. This is the first bibliometric study on the trend of research on the role of genes in meat tenderness. A total of 175 original and English-language articles published up to 2021 were retrieved from Scopus. The bibliometric analysis was carried out with VOSviewer (version 1.6.18, Eck and Waltman, Leiden, Netherlands) and complemented with the Analyze search results service from Scopus. Erroneous and duplicate data were eliminated, and incomplete information was added to standardize the results. Scientific production was evaluated by means of quantity, quality and structure indicators. As a first glance, 8.816% of authors have published more than 50% of papers mainly related to genes encoding the calpain (CAPN)-calpastatin (CAST) system and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Among other findings, a strong link was found between the contribution of the main countries (led by the United States with) and their institutions (led by the USDA Agricultural Research Service with) to their gross domestic product. Most studies on the topic are published in the Journal of Animal Science, and other journals with high impact according to the number of citations and different metrics. Finally, when evaluating the most cited articles, the occurrence and association of the main keywords, it was confirmed that research is focused on the role of CAPN and CAST genes and of SNPs in beef tenderness. The change in science was emphasized; although marker-assisted selection is still used, genes have an infinitesimal effect on complex traits. Therefore, since about 2010, new research groups adopted genomic selection to evaluate dense panels of SNPs and better explain genetic variation in meat tenderness.
    Keywords:  CAPN; CAST; SNP; bibliometric study; calpain system; genes; genomic selection; marker-assisted selection; meat tenderness
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12212976
  29. Front Oncol. 2022 ;12 1015236
    Emerging trends and research foci of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in gliomas: A scientometric analysis and review.
    Yang Xing, Minghua He, Zhenjin Su, Feroza Yasinjan, Jiankai Liu, Hong Wang, Jiayue Cui, Xinyu Hong.
      Background: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key factor in the invasion and migration of glioma cells, and the study of EMT in gliomas has become a hot topic over the past decade. Scientometric analysis is gaining more attention since it can obtain hot topics and emerging trends in a research field. This article analyzed the research related to EMT in gliomas for the first time, including descriptions of research situations, evaluations of research foci, and predictions of emerging trends.Methods: We searched the topic-related original articles from January 2012 to December 2021 in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) by using a specific strategy, and a total of 1,217 publications were obtained. The WoS platform, VOS viewer, and CiteSpace were used to analyze the annual distribution of publications and citations, authors and density of keywords, and other analyses including countries, institutions, references, clustering, burst analysis, and the timeline view of keywords.
    Results: Scientometric analysis identified that the study of EMT in gliomas has developed fast and received continuous attention in the last decade. Based on the results of data analysis, most publications on the topic came from China, and the United States had the highest betweenness centrality. The top 10 co-cited references revealed the landmark documents that had greatly promoted the development of this field. The major focus is on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of EMT in gliomas, and the therapy related to EMT target and non-coding RNAs has been developing fast in recent years.
    Conclusions: This study revealed the intimate connections between EMT and gliomas, and the complex mechanisms regulating EMT in gliomas had been studied widely in the last decade. Exploring the deep mechanisms of EMT in gliomas is the foundation of the targeted inhibitions, which can promote the development of therapies for gliomas.
    Keywords:  EMT; GBMs; VOS viewer; citespace; gliomas; scientometric; visualization
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1015236
  30. Membranes (Basel). 2022 Nov 04. pii: 1103. [Epub ahead of print]12(11):
    Research Progress, Trends, and Current State of Development on PEMFC-New Insights from a Bibliometric Analysis and Characteristics of Two Decades of Research Output.
    Ephraim Bonah Agyekum, Jeffrey Dankwa Ampah, Tabbi Wilberforce, Sandylove Afrane, Christabel Nutakor.
      The consumption of hydrogen could increase by sixfold in 2050 compared to 2020 levels, reaching about 530 Mt. Against this backdrop, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has been a major research area in the field of energy engineering. Several reviews have been provided in the existing corpus of literature on PEMFC, but questions related to their evolutionary nuances and research hotspots remain largely unanswered. To fill this gap, the current review uses bibliometric analysis to analyze PEMFC articles indexed in the Scopus database that were published between 2000-2021. It has been revealed that the research field is growing at an annual average growth rate of 19.35%, with publications from 2016 to 2012 alone making up 46% of the total articles available since 2000. As the two most energy-consuming economies in the world, the contributions made towards the progress of PEMFC research have largely been from China and the US. From the research trend found in this investigation, it is clear that the focus of the researchers in the field has largely been to improve the performance and efficiency of PEMFC and its components, which is evident from dominating keywords or phrases such as 'oxygen reduction reaction', 'electrocatalysis', 'proton exchange membrane', 'gas diffusion layer', 'water management', 'polybenzimidazole', 'durability', and 'bipolar plate'. We anticipate that the provision of the research themes that have emerged in the PEMFC field in the last two decades from the scientific mapping technique will guide existing and prospective researchers in the field going forward.
    Keywords:  PEMFC performance and efficiency; bibliometric analysis; durability; gas diffusion layer; hydrogen; proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12111103
  31. Ann Palliat Med. 2022 Nov 10. pii: apm-22-843. [Epub ahead of print]
    Scientometric analysis of researches on tai chi and health promotion based on literatures from 1991 to 2021.
    Ao Wang, Yan Ju, Chao Bi.
      BACKGROUND: Although there are a growing number of studies on tai chi and health promotion, only a few have conducted analysis from the perspective of bibliometrics and scientometrics. This paper aimed to analyze bibliographic data of tai chi practices and health promotion in the past 30 years from the perspective of scientometrics.METHODS: In total, 1,936 relevant articles were downloaded from the Core Collection of Web of Science [WoS; Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)] and analyzed using CiteSpace V.
    RESULTS: China had the highest number of published articles, followed by the USA and Australia, and the vast majority of influential authors were from the USA. Most journals publishing papers on tai chi research were those concerned with geriatrics gerontology, sport sciences, and integrative complementary medicine. Our analysis indicated that studies on tai chi and health promotion could be divided into 4 knowledge groups: preventing falls in older adults, promotion of physical fitness, promotion of psychological wellbeing, and chronic disease intervention. Effects of tai chi on cognitive function are emerging trends in this field. Furthermore, topics of high-quality trials, advanced technologies, mechanistic research, and translation should be carefully considered in future research.
    CONCLUSIONS: This study may provide potentially valuable information for academics in the field of tai chi research, and give meaningful guidance and suggestions for future studies.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Tai chi; health promotion; knowledge group; scientometric analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-22-843
  32. Front Public Health. 2022 ;10 972766
    The landscape of photoaging: From bench to bedside in a bibliometric analysis.
    Pei Hong Sun, Wei Tong Yan, Rui Feng Tian, Yan Sun, Yan Wu.
      Background: Bibliometric software exists as a platform providing multiple algorithms to process the data to suffice diverse goals. Interpretation of the result must be based on insight into the meaning of the original data and the algorithm used. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms represent the macro-level meaning of topics, keywords that commonly reflect the micro-level aspects.Objective: This study attempts to investigate the landscape of photoaging in the recent two decades by using bibliometric analysis.
    Methods: Published studies of photoaging were obtained from PubMed and Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) from 2000 to 2020. Basic bibliometric information was generated by WoSCC. Major MeSH terms were performed in cluster analysis and displayed as a hierarchical form to induce knowledge structure, detection algorithm on keywords was presented as a timeline form to obtain hotspots, and institutional clusters were labeled with keywords to achieve institutional characteristics.
    Results: A total of 2,727 and 2,705 studies were identified in PubMed and WoSCC, respectively. The number of photoaging-related studies at 3-year intervals grew steadily. The studies were performed in about 80 countries/regions. The highly frequent major MeSH terms were distributed in seven clusters, reflecting the etiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prevention of photoaging. The hotspots changed as time went on, and the hotspots in recent 5 years were mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-like 2 (Nrf2), and antioxidant activity. The highly productive institutions labeling in the top four clusters were Seoul National University, University of Michigan, China Medical University, and Harvard University, with corresponding keywords of UVB, retinoic acid, Nrf2, and rejuvenation.
    Conclusions: This study built a knowledge structure of pathophysiology, treatment and prevention of photoaging, and identified recent hotspots of MAPK, Nrf2, and antioxidant activity. We provide a landscape of photoaging, from the bench (pathophysiology) to bedside (treatment, prevention), and pave the way for future research.
    Keywords:  algorithm; bibliometric analysis; hotspots; knowledge structure; photoaging; ultraviolet
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.972766
  33. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Nov 04. 101(44): e31335
    A comparison of 3 productive authors' research domains based on sources from articles, cited references and citing articles using social network analysis.
    Sam Yu-Chieh Ho, Tsair-Wei Chien, Chien-Cheng Huang, Kang-Ting Tsai.
      BACKGROUND: An individual's research domain (RD) can be determined from objective publication data (e.g., medical subject headings and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms) by performing social network analysis. Bibliographic coupling (such as cocitation) is a similarity metric that relies on citation analysis to determine the similarity in RD between 2 articles. This study compared RD consistency between articles as well as their cited references and citing articles (ARCs).METHODS: A total of 1388 abstracts were downloaded from PubMed and authored by 3 productive authors. Based on the top 3 clusters in social network analysis, similarity in RD was observed by comparing their consistency using the major MeSH terms in author articles, cited references and citing articles (ARC). Impact beam plots with La indices were drawn and compared for each of the 3 authors.
    RESULTS: Sung-Ho Jang (South Korea), Chia-Hung Kao (Taiwan), and Chin-Hsiao Tseng (Taiwan) published 445, 780, and 163 articles, respectively. Dr Jang's RD is physiology, and Dr Kao and Dr Tseng's RDs are epidemiology. We confirmed the consistency of the RD terms by comparing the major MeSH terms in the ARC. Their La indexes were 5, 5, and 6, where a higher value indicates more extraordinary research achievement.
    CONCLUSION: RD consistency was confirmed by comparing the main MeSH terms in ARC. The 3 approaches of RD determination (based on author articles, the La index, and the impact beam plots) were recommended for bibliographical studies in the future.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031335
  34. J Water Health. 2022 Feb;20(2): 329-343
    A scientometric study on quantitative microbial risk assessment in water quality analysis across 6 years (2016-2021).
    Joan Nyika, Megersa Dinka.
      Water contamination by microbes is a growing environmental challenge that has exacerbated the apparent scarcity of safe drinking water. To alleviate this challenge, it is important to screen water for pathogens to reduce the risk of contracting waterborne diseases among consumers. The use of the quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) tool to approximate illness possibility from exposure to microorganisms using dose-response models between pathogens and their associated health impacts is, therefore, recommended. The aim of this study was to explore the use of QMRA in water quality assessment using a scientometric approach and data sourced from the Web of Science (WoS) database for the period between 2016 and 2021. Articles were searched in the WoS databases before downloading the content for a bibliometric analysis using the VOSviewer software. Additionally, Microsoft Excel was used to analyze the inter-relationships of the searched results. Journal articles had the highest results from the searched query at 90.6% compared to other forms of output. High-impact journals such as the Science of the Total Environment and Water Research had the highest number of publications at 11.056 and 7.5%, respectively. Keyword analysis showed the multidisciplinary nature of the search query based on the clustered themes. The USA and China showed greater publication output with a total of 51.7% of total publications compared to developing countries due to their high research potential and extensive collaborative networks. A similar trend was evident in the institutional analysis with the University of California, USA, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences being the highest research contributors with 8% of the searched output. The study highlighted the need to extend research inputs to developing countries of Africa and Asia to improve their research and development capacity, productivity and share knowledge on QMRA in water quality assessment.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2022.228
  35. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 29. pii: 14143. [Epub ahead of print]19(21):
    Modeling COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics: A Bibliometric Review.
    Gour Gobinda Goswami, Tahmid Labib.
      A good amount of research has evolved just in three years in COVID-19 transmission, mortality, vaccination, and some socioeconomic studies. A few bibliometric reviews have already been performed in the literature, especially on the broad theme of COVID-19, without any particular area such as transmission, mortality, or vaccination. This paper fills this gap by conducting a bibliometric review on COVID-19 transmission as the first of its kind. The main aim of this study is to conduct a bibliometric review of the literature in the area of COVID-19 transmission dynamics. We have conducted bibliometric analysis using descriptive and network analysis methods to review the literature in this area using RStudio, Openrefine, VOSviewer, and Tableau. We reviewed 1103 articles published in 2020-2022. The result identified the top authors, top disciplines, research patterns, and hotspots and gave us clear directions for classifying research topics in this area. New research areas are rapidly emerging in this area, which needs constant observation by researchers to combat this global epidemic.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; COVID-19 transmission; bibliometric review; infectious diseases; public health
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114143
  36. Front Immunol. 2022 ;13 991788
    Research trends on clinical fecal microbiota transplantation: A biliometric analysis from 2001 to 2021.
    Yu Li, Yaobin Ouyang, Cong He.
      Background: Numerous studies on fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) have been conducted in the past two decades. We aimed to assess the research trends and hotspots in the field of FMT through a quantitative method.Materials and Methods: The clinical studies of FMT published from 2001 to 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science database. We analyzed the countries, institutions, authors, and keywords of these articles and visually illustrated using VOSviewer and CiteSpace software. The current application of FMT in clinical practice, including indications, efficacy, adverse events, as well as its methodology, such as donor, delivery route, were also evaluated.
    Results: A total of 227 records were finally identified. The number and rate of annual publications increased gradually. The USA ranked highest in the number of publications. Harvard University was the most influential institution, and Digestive Diseases and Sciences was the most productive journal. Kassam Zain published the most papers, and the high-frequency keywords were mainly related to diseases and techniques. Healthy donors were the most widely used donors, and frozen stool had the highest frequency of use. The predominant delivery route was endoscopy followed by oral capsules and enema. FMT was most frequently performed for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection. The overall efficacy of FMT was 76.88%, and the incidence of minor and severe adverse events were 11.63% and 1.59%, respectively.
    Conclusions: This study delineated a comprehensive landscape of the advancement in FMT field. Although in its infancy, FMT is a burgeoning option for the treatment of a variety of diseases associated with gut dysbiosis. To improve the efficacy and reduce adverse events, future studies are warranted to optimize the methodology of FMT.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; fecal microbiota transplantation; research trends
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.991788
  37. J Public Health Res. 2022 Oct;11(4): 22799036221124054
    A literature analysis of scientific research on gender incongruence in Muslim nations.
    Najla Taslim, Shakil Ahmad, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Amal Turikham Alghamdi, Hussain Anwar H Alkatheri, Akira Jbeen.
      This study aims to chart and review the unexplored transgender research portfolio of Muslim countries using bibliometric method. Data retrieved from the Scopus database were analyzed using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, Biblioshiny, and ScientoPy software. It was found that barring Turkey and Iran, transgender research has been minimal in most Muslim countries. The collective productivity is gradually but surely rising. Around 84% of the publications have been collaborative efforts. The keyword analysis revealed that gender dysphoria, human immunodeficiency virus, LGBT, and vaginoplasty were the most frequently used keywords. The socio-economic circumstances of the transgender community are generally deplorable in most Muslim nations. Overall, there is a dire need for high-quality multifaceted transgender research in the Muslim world to raise general awareness. Resolving disputes on gender dysphoria or sex reassignment surgeries and reinstating the social rights of the transgender community should be the utmost priority of future research in Muslim countries.
    Keywords:  Gender incongruence; Muslim countries; Scopus; bibliometric analysis; mapping review; transgender research
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/22799036221124054
  38. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 22. pii: 13745. [Epub ahead of print]19(21):
    A Bibliometric Analysis of High-Intensity Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
    Haitao Liu, Feiyue Liu, Haoyuan Ji, Zuanqin Dai, Wenxiu Han.
      As global quality of life has improved, the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases have gradually increased in prevalence. People have consequently sought to improve their health through physical exercise. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) tool that has been of great interest for several years. However, its feasibility and safety remain controversial. This study aimed to explore hot research topics and new directions regarding the role of HIIT in CR and to describe the dynamic development of the field. We used the Web of Science Core Collection database to develop visualizations using CiteSpace software (v.6.1.R2). The number of articles published, institutional collaboration networks, author partnerships, and keyword co-occurrence and clustering were used to analyze the impact of HIIT on CR. Our results showed that Norway, Canada, and the United States were the most prominent contributors to this field. Articles by Nigam, A and Juneau, M had the highest number of citations. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology had performed the most in-depth research in this area. The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology had published the most articles. The United States had the highest number of publishing journals. Relevant issues focused on coronary artery disease, exercise capacity, heart failure, cardiorespiratory fitness, and physical activity. HIIT in heart transplantation may be at the forefront of research in this field and future studies should focus on this topic. HIIT-based CR can therefore improve the exercise capacity and quality of life of cardiovascular patients and improve patient compliance in a safe manner.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; bibliometrics; cardiac rehabilitation; cluster analysis; co-citation analysis; high-intensity interval training
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113745
  39. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov 09.
    Bibliometrics of the nexus between food security and carbon emissions: hotspots and trends.
    Peng Cheng, Houtian Tang, Feifei Lin, Xuesong Kong.
      With the growth of global food demand, agricultural carbon emissions caused by agricultural production have become a major challenge in controlling global warming. However, a systematic and visual literature review of food security and carbon emissions (FSCE) is still lacking, and there is a lack of exploration on the balanced path between ensuring food security and realizing carbon emission reduction. Based on 872 articles related to FSCE in the Web of Science (WOS) core database, this paper used CiteSpace and VOSviewer bibliometric software to analyze the relevant research focus and trends. This study found that developed countries dominated the research in this field, and the quantity, quality, and intensity of their authors, institutions, and cooperation among countries are higher than those of developing countries. Although the intensity of interdisciplinary cooperation has increased, it remains at a low level. Since 2007, the number of papers published in this field has increased significantly, and the research perspectives have diversified. Moreover, the research theme continues to expand with the core of "food security," involving the impact of climate change, crop production and food security, soil carbon sequestration, and farmers' livelihood sustainability. In addition, food production, food transportation, and food loss reduction are key paths that need to be balanced to ensure global food security and realize carbon emission reduction, and how to promote "economic growth" under the constraints of FSCE will be a future research hotspot.
    Keywords:  Balance path; Bibliometric method; Carbon emissions; Food security; Hotspots and trends; Visual analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23970-1
  40. AIDS Rev. 2022 ;25(3): 105-114
    Smoking among people living with HIV/AIDS: a bibliometric analysis (GAPRESEARCH).
    Bach Xuan-Tran, Carl A Latkin, Hai Thanh-Phan, Huong L Thi-Nguyen, Chi Linh-Hoang, Cyrus S H Ho, Roger C M Ho.
      Tobacco smoking undermines the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and potentially associates with other health problems. This study aimed to analyze the growth and content of research on smoking among PLWHA on Web of Science Database. Co-occurrence analysis and Jaccard's' similarity index calculation were performed to identify and visualize networks of countries collaboration, keywords co-occurrence, and research topics. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to the abstracts' contents to uncover research domains and landscapes. The number of publications increased by 14.55% annually in the period of 1991-2017, with 74% of total papers published within 2007-2017. A wide range of topics have been covered, notably co-morbidities, interventions on smoking abstinence and cessation, and the enforcing relationship of smoking cessation with antiretroviral treatment adherence. A shortage of studies on smoking among PLWHA in low- and middle-income countries, limited collaborations between countries outside of close geographical proximity and a lack of discussion on local contexts and psychosocial factors were found. Smoking among PLWHA has been being studied more extensively in recent years, enhancing our knowledge and awareness of the significant and specific effects smoking have on PLWHA, which, in turn, assisting the proposals and implementations of suitable solutions. However, more efforts should be made to examine and understand contextualized aspects, including culture and beliefs specific to each nation or smaller sub-population within a country, especially those currently under-researched, as well as psycho-behavioral factors to implement more effective interventions to reduce smoking among PLWHA.
    Keywords:  AIDS; HIV; Mapping; Scientometrics; Smoking
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.24875/AIDSRev.19000098
  41. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Nov 04. 101(44): e31441
    Comparing the similarity and differences in MeSH terms associated with spine-specific journals using the forest plot: A bibliometric analysis.
    Chao-Hung Yeh, Tsair-Wei Chien, Jui-Chung John Lin, Po-Hsin Chou.
      BACKGROUND: A common concern in the literature is the comparison of the similarities and differences between research journals, as well as the types of research they publish. At present, there are no clear methodologies that can be applied to a given article of interest. When authors use an effective and efficient method to locate journals in similar fields, they benefit greatly. By using the forest plot and major medical subject headings (MeSH terms) of Spine (Phila Pa 1976) compared to Spine J, this study: displays relatively similar journals to the target journal online and identifies the effect of the similarity odds ratio of Spine (Phila Pa 1976) compared to Spine J.METHODS: From the PubMed library, we downloaded 1000 of the most recent top 20 most similar articles related to Spine (Phila Pa 1976) and then plotted the clusters of related journals using social network analysis (SNA). The forest plot was used to compare the differences in MeSH terms for 2 journals (Spine (Phila Pa 1976) and Spine J) based on odds ratios. The heterogeneity of the data was evaluated using the Q statistic and the I-square (I2) index.
    RESULTS: This study shows that: the journals related to Spine (Phila Pa 1976) can easily be presented on a dashboard via Google Maps; 8 journal clusters were identified using SNA; the 3 most frequently searched MeSH terms are surgery, diagnostic imaging, and methods; and the odds ratios of MeSH terms only show significant differences with the keyword "surgery" between Spine (Phila Pa 1976) and Spine J with homogeneity at I2 = 17.7% (P = .27).
    CONCLUSIONS: The SNA and forest plot provide a detailed overview of the inter-journal relationships and the target journal using MeSH terms. Based on the findings of this research, readers are provided with knowledge and concept diagrams that can be used in future submissions to related journals.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031441
  42. J Perinatol. 2022 Nov 05.
    Gender analysis of Journal of Perinatology authorship during COVID-19.
    Lauren Gadek, Christiane Dammann, Renate Savich, Christiana Mmuo-Oji, Leonardo Barrera, Patrick G Gallagher, Kerri Machut.
      OBJECTIVE: To examine authorship gender distributions before and during COVID-19 in the Journal of Perinatology.STUDY DESIGN: We collected data from the Journal of Perinatology website. The author gender was determined using Genderize.io or a systematic internet search. Our primary outcome was the difference between the number of published articles authored by women during the pandemic period (March 2020-May 2021, period two), compared with the preceding 15-month period (period one). We analyzed the data using chi-square tests.
    RESULTS: Publications increased from period one to two by 8.9%. There were slightly more female than male first (62%) and overall (53%) authors, but fewer last authors (43%) for the combined time periods. Female authorship distribution was not different between periods.
    CONCLUSIONS: Though publications increased overall, authorship gender distribution did not change significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women authors remain underrepresented overall and specifically as last author, considering the majority of neonatologists are women.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-022-01551-x
  43. PeerJ. 2022 ;10 e14331
    Publication delays and associated factors in ophthalmology journals.
    Yinglin Yu, Wei Li, Chaoqun Xu, Yuan Tan, Weining Zhu, Bowen Zhang, Yingshi Zou, Leyi Hu, Guangming Jin, Zhenzhen Liu.
      Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the publication delays and correlative factors of peer-reviewed ophthalmology journals.Methods: The ophthalmology journals listed in the Journal Citation Report 2020 were retrieved from the Web of Science database. The first original research article of each journal issue from January to December 2020 was extracted, and its submission, final revision, acceptance, and publication dates were obtained. Information on impact factors, advance online publication (AOP) status, open access (OA) rate and acceptance rate in 2020 was also collected. The correlations between publication delays and potential associated factors were analyzed.
    Results: A total of 58 ophthalmology journals were included and information on 685 articles was collected. The median times from submission to acceptance, from acceptance to publication, and from submission to publication were 118.0 (IQR, 74.0-185.0) days, 31.0 (IQR, 15.0-64.0) days, and 161.0 (IQR, 111.0-232.0) days, respectively. A higher impact factor was correlated with shorter delays of acceptance and publication (P < 0.05). There was a positive correlation between acceptance rates and publication delays (r = 0.726, P = 0.007). Forty-seven (81.03%) journals provided AOP. There was no statistically significant difference for impact factors and publication delays between journal with and without AOP (all P > 0.05). No correlation between OA rate and publication delays or impact factors was detected (all P > 0.05).
    Conclusions: Journals with higher impact factors and lower acceptance rates tend to have quicker publication processes. No significant associations were detected between publication delays and AOP or OA rate.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Impact factor; Ophthalmology journals; Publication delays
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14331
  44. ACS Omega. 2022 Nov 01. 7(43): 38246-38253
    A Scientometric Review: Biomass Gasification Study from 2006 to 2020.
    Liangcai Wang, Shouqi Wang, Jianbin Zhou, Linen Xie, Hengfei Qin, Huanhuan Ma.
      Biomass gasification represents a significant way to produce energy from biomass. It features renewable properties and offers great potential for utilization. The application of biomass gasification products, design of the gasifier, type of biomass feedstock, gasification agents, and gasification parameters are key for the biomass gasification process. This work applies bibliometric approaches to provide a comprehensive and objective analysis of worldwide biomass gasification study trends over the period from 2006 to 2020 according to the Web Of Science core collection data. A total of 3222 articles associated with biomass gasification was retrieved, and its number grew annually. The subjects of study are diversified, primarily classified into "Energy & Fuels", "Engineering Chemical", and "Green Sustainable Science Technology". Moreover, Energy was a top published journal in the field of biomass gasification. Austrian contributors had the majority of publications, next to China and the USA. Liejin Luo from Xi'an Jiaotong University possessed the greatest H-index. Keyword evaluation showed that biomass gasification is a current hotspot, among which life-cycle assessment, sustainability, and deep processing of gasification products are future research directions. This work is predicted to offer further research interest in biomass gasification.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c05527
  45. Front Surg. 2022 ;9 1025557
    Proteomics as a tool to improve novel insights into skin diseases: what we know and where we should be going.
    Sheng-Yuan Zheng, Xi-Min Hu, Kun Huang, Zi-Han Li, Qing-Ning Chen, Rong-Hua Yang, Kun Xiong.
      Background: Biochemical processes involved in complex skin diseases (skin cancers, psoriasis, and wound) can be identified by combining proteomics analysis and bioinformatics tools, which gain a next-level insight into their pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic targets.Methods: Articles were identified through a search of PubMed, Embase, and MEDLINE references dated to May 2022, to perform system data mining, and a search of the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection was utilized to conduct a visual bibliometric analysis.
    Results: An increased trend line revealed that the number of publications related to proteomics utilized in skin diseases has sharply increased recent years, reaching a peak in 2021. The hottest fields focused on are skin cancer (melanoma), inflammation skin disorder (psoriasis), and skin wounds. After deduplication and title, abstract, and full-text screening, a total of 486 of the 7,822 outcomes met the inclusion/exclusion criteria for detailed data mining in the field of skin disease tooling with proteomics, with regard to skin cancer. According to the data, cell death, metabolism, skeleton, immune, and inflammation enrichment pathways are likely the major part and hotspots of proteomic analysis found in skin diseases. Also, the focuses of proteomics in skin disease are from superficial presumption to depth mechanism exploration within more comprehensive validation, from basic study to a combination or guideline for clinical applications. Furthermore, we chose skin cancer as a typical example, compared with other skin disorders. In addition to finding key pathogenic proteins and differences between diseases, proteomic analysis is also used for therapeutic evaluation or can further obtain in-depth mechanisms in the field of skin diseases.
    Conclusion: Proteomics has been regarded as an irreplaceable technology in the study of pathophysiological mechanism and/or therapeutic targets of skin diseases, which could provide candidate key proteins for the insight into the biological information after gene transcription. However, depth pathogenesis and potential clinical applications need further studies with stronger evidence within a wider range of skin diseases.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; data mining study; molecular biomarker; pathogenesis; proteomics; skin disease; treatment
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.1025557
  46. Cureus. 2022 Nov;14(11): e31048
    Association Between Twitter Mention and Open-Access Status on Article Citation Metrics in the Field of Ophthalmology.
    David F Santos, Nasir Asif, Gabriel F Santos Malave, Natalio Izquierdo.
      INTRODUCTION: It is possible that social media use can boost not just articles' social impact but the number of citations and academic influence as well. If a positive correlation between Twitter usage and citation metrics exists in the ophthalmology literature, it is important to broadcast this information to the ophthalmology community so they can use Twitter to increase academic engagement with their research. There has also been an increase in the number of articles available as open access. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the presence of an open-access citation advantage in the field of ophthalmology. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between Twitter mention and open access status on citation metrics in the ophthalmology literature.METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study comparing article citation metrics to Twitter mentions and open access status. We gathered data on ophthalmology research articles from the six highest-ranked ophthalmology journals published as part of a January 2019 issue. Data were collected in April 2022, 38 months after online publication. Data on citations for each article was based on Google Scholar and Scopus websites. The Altmetric Bookmarklet extension was used to determine the amount of social engagement each article received. The open-access status of each article was based on the status listed in its corresponding journal. Two-tailed t-tests were used to compare social media engagement and open access status with the number of Google Scholar and Scopus citations.
    RESULTS: A total of 102 original research articles were analyzed. 89 (87.3%) articles received a Twitter mention. Articles tweeted at least once had a significantly higher Google Scholar score (27.2 +/- 4) compared to articles not tweeted (16.4 +/- 1.7; 1.7-fold increase, p<0.05). Likewise, the average Scopus score was significantly higher for tweeted articles (18.6 +/- 2.6) compared to articles not tweeted (11.8 +/- 1.6; 1.6-fold increase, p<0.05). Articles listed as open access had a significantly higher number of Twitter mentions (11.8 +/- 1.8) compared to articles that were not open access (5.6 +/- 0.7; 2.1-fold increase, p<0.05). Open-access articles also had higher citation scores compared to articles that are not open access, but this relationship was not statistically significant.
    CONCLUSION: This is the first study to evaluate the relationship between article Twitter mention and citation score in the field of ophthalmology. It demonstrates a significant positive correlation between the article Twitter mention and citation score and provides further evidence that social media engagement can be beneficial to the dissemination of academic information. Further studies on the relationship between social media engagement and article dissemination are warranted in the field of ophthalmology.
    Keywords:  citation metrics; open access; ophthalmology; social media; twitter
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31048
  47. Front Neurol. 2022 ;13 1020051
    Gender disparities in multiple sclerosis research and leadership: A Colombian perspective.
    Adriana Casallas-Vanegas, Claudia Guío-Sánchez, María I Reyes-Mantilla, Carolina Restrepo-Aristizábal, Angela Navas-Granados, Alejandra Guerrero-Gómez, María I Zuluaga.
      Background: The neurological academic field is an illustrative example of persistent gender-related disparities reflected in compensation, funding, leadership, promotion, publishing, and recognition. Several studies indicate that neurology is one of the most underrepresented specialties with female physicians as first authors, but also has one of the highest gender payment gaps. Neglecting the role of women in academic leadership positions hinders the visibility and recognition of research and leadership in multiple sclerosis (MS). Increasing diversity within academia has positive effects, such as widening focus and expanding the plurality of research outputs. The gender gap and visibility of female MS clinicians and researchers remains an unexplored research topic in our country despite the rising number of female neurologists.Objective: This study aims to establish the gender distribution between researchers and clinical neurologists in multiple sclerosis in Colombia and raise awareness about gender disparities in this area.
    Methods: We applied a cross-sectional survey study of Colombian neurologists and neurology residents currently members of the Colombian Neurology Association. Mean and standard deviation (SD) were used for quantitative variables and frequency for qualitative variables. To evaluate the influence of gender, logarithmic regression was used. Data were analyzed in SPSS 26.
    Results: A total of 201 participants agreed to complete the survey, most of whom were female (n = 135, 67.2%). All the Colombian regions were represented in the survey. Of those surveyed, 31.5% (n = 64) had an interest in demyelinating diseases and MS, of which 46.8% (n = 30) were female. Of the women with MS training, only 50% (n =5) had more than three publications as the first author of a scientific article compared to men (n = 5, 83%). After adjusting the number of publications by gender, there were no significant differences between men and women (median 2.0[2, 1.21] vs. 2[2, 0.5], p = 0.904). However, only 16.6% (n = 5) of women had a visible academic, leadership, or teaching position compared with men 75.7% (n = 25). When adjusting the salary income by gender, we found a statistically significant difference between women and men (median 2.0 [5, 1.47] vs. 3 [5, 1.65], p = 0.006). Women in MS earned between USD 2,500 and 3,800 per month; while men earned between USD 3,800 to 5,070.
    Conclusion: Despite a higher number of female neurologists trained in MS in Colombia, our data suggest considerable differences and gender gaps with regard to diverse opportunities at the academic, salary promotion, leadership, teaching, and recognition levels between male and female MS neurologists.
    Keywords:  central nervous system diseases; demyelinating disorders; diversity and inclusion; equity; gender gap; multiple sclerosis; women; workforce diversity
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1020051
  48. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Nov 08. pii: S0741-5214(22)02473-9. [Epub ahead of print]
    The Measurable Impact of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Editor on Diversifying Content, Authorship, and Peer Review Participation in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
    M Libby Weaver, Rebecca A Sorber, Courtenay M Holscher, Morgan L Cox, Brandon V Henry, Benjamin S Brooke, Michol A Cooper.
      OBJECTIVES: Women and minorities remain underrepresented in academic vascular surgery. This underrepresentation persists in the editorial peer review process which may contribute to publication bias. In 2020, the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) addressed this by diversifying the editorial board and creating a new Editor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The impact of a DEI editor on modifying the output of JVS has not yet been examined. We sought to determine the measurable impact of a DEI editor on diversifying perspectives represented in the journal, and on contributing to changes in the presence of DEI subject matter across published journal content.METHODS: Authorship and content of published primary research manuscripts, editorials, and special articles in JVS were examined from November 2019 through July 2022. Publications were examined for the year prior to initiation of the DEI Editor ('pre'), the year following, ('post'), and from September 2021 to July 2022, accounting for the average 47-week time period from submission to publication in JVS ('lag'). Presence of DEI topics and women authorship were compared using Chi-squared tests.
    RESULTS: During the period examined, the number of editorials, guidelines, and other special articles dedicated to DEI topics in the vascular surgery workforce or patient population increased from 0 in the year prior to 4 (16.7%) in the 11-month lag period. The number of editorials, guidelines, and other special articles with women as first or senior authors nearly doubled (24% pre, 44.4% lag, p=0.31). Invited commentaries and discussions were increasingly written by women as the study period progressed (18.7% pre, 25.9% post, 42.6% lag, p=0.007). The number of primary research manuscripts dedicated to DEI topics increased (5.6% pre, 3.3% post, 8.1% lag, p=0.007). Primary research manuscripts written on DEI topics were more likely to have women first or senior authors than non-DEI specific primary research manuscripts (68.0% of all DEI vs 37.5% of a random sampling of non-DEI primary research manuscripts, p<0.001). The proportion of distinguished peer reviewers increased (2.8% in 2020 to 21.9% in 2021, p<0.001).
    CONCLUSION: The addition of a DEI Editor to JVS significantly impacted the diversification of topics, authorship of editorials, special articles, and invited commentaries, and peer review participation. Ongoing efforts are needed to diversify subject matter and perspective in the vascular surgery literature and reduce publication bias.
    Keywords:  Diversity; Equity; Health Disparities; Inclusion; Peer Review; Publication Bias
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2022.10.052
  49. Prev Med. 2022 Nov 02. pii: S0091-7435(22)00385-1. [Epub ahead of print] 107335
    A review of research on cigarette smoking in Preventive Medicine in recognition of the journal's 50th anniversary.
    Tyler G Erath, Kaitlyn O Browning, Carolyn Evemy, Marc Jerome P Feinstein, Rhiannon C Wiley, Elias M Kemperer, Michael DeSarno, Stephen T Higgins.
      This report reviews the literature on cigarette smoking published in Preventive Medicine over the past 50 years. The goal is twofold. First, to acknowledge the 50th anniversary of Preventive Medicine and its role in disseminating research on cigarette smoking by providing an abridged summary of smoking research published in the journal from inception through June 23, 2022. Second, to review experimental reports to identify contributions to innovations in tobacco control and regulatory efforts to reduce smoking, the theme of the special issue for which this review is an invited contribution. We searched PubMed using the search terms cigarette/cigarettes, tobacco products, smoking, smoking cessation, Preventive Medicine. Titles and abstracts were reviewed in duplicate, excluding reports not addressing cigarette smoking. Included reports were categorized by study type (original study, commentary, review). Experimental articles were assessed for impact using iCite, a National Institutes of Health web application that provides bibliometric information for articles in defined topic areas. The review identified 1181 articles on cigarette smoking: 1018 original studies (86.2%), 107 literature reviews (9.1%), and 56 commentaries (4.7%); 166 of the 1018 original studies (16%) were experimental reports. In the iCite analysis these 166 experimental articles received 6366 total citations, a mean (standard error) citation rate/article of 38.35 (±3.21) and mean relative citation ratio of 1.85 (±0.17) which is at the 73rd percentile for NIH-funded field- and time-normalized reports. Overall, this review demonstrates an ongoing and impactful contribution of Preventive Medicine to efforts to reduce cigarette smoking, the most preventable cause of premature death.
    Keywords:  Cigarette smoking; Prevention; Smoking cessation; Tobacco control; Tobacco regulatory science; Treatment
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107335
  50. Eur Urol Focus. 2022 Nov 03. pii: S2405-4569(22)00235-8. [Epub ahead of print]
    Re: Nicholas Corsi, David-Dan Nguyen, Mohit Butaney, et al. Top 100 Urology Influencers on Twitter: Is Social Media Influence Associated with Academic Impact? Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2022.09.009: Hirsch versus Kardashian: Assessing Discrepancies in Social Media Influence Versus Productivity and Citation Impact of Urological Influencers.
    Maarten Albersen, Eduard Roussel.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2022.10.007
  51. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Oct 13. pii: S1550-7289(22)00703-1. [Epub ahead of print]
    Evaluating the success of American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery research grants.
    Benjamin Clapp, Omar M Ghanem, Michael Edwards, Spyridon Giannopoulos, Victoria Lyo, Nancy Puzziferri, Dimitrios Stefanidis.
      BACKGROUND: Since 2004 the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation has funded competitive proposals by ASMBS members that are administered through the ASMBS Research Committee. These grants are intended to further the knowledge in the field of metabolic and bariatric surgery and support the scholarly growth of its members.OBJECTIVES: The aim of this project was to evaluate the factors associated with grant completion success and barriers encountered by investigators.
    SETTING: ASMBS.
    METHODS: Members of the ASMBS Research Committee retrospectively reviewed all awarded research grants since 2004. Information captured included research topic, status of awarded grants, and related publications. Further, a web-based survey of grant recipients was administered exploring the perceived factors of successful completion and barriers encountered.
    RESULTS: Since 2004, ASMBS members have been awarded 28 research grants funded by the ASMBS Foundation totaling $1,033,000. Fifty-seven percent of awardees responded to the survey. Seventeen projects had been completed at the time of the survey leading to 13 publications, while 11 remain in progress. Seventy percent of non-completed grant recipients indicated that a publication was forthcoming in the next 12 months. Overall, 64% received additional funding. Factors reported to influence successful completion of grants included the effectiveness of the research team, principal investigator (PI) perseverance, PI protected time, institutional support and available resources, and mentorship. Over the last decade, the average time from the award to publication was 2 years.
    CONCLUSIONS: The research grants awarded by the AMSBS are successful at producing peer reviewed publications at a high rate and often lead to further funding suggesting that they boost the career of their recipients. The identified factors of success can help guide future applicants and the ASMBS Research Committee during its grant selection process.
    Keywords:  ASMBS Foundation; ASMBS research committee; Grants
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2022.10.006
  52. Am J Pharm Educ. 2022 Nov 08. 9150
    US Departments of Pharmacy Practice Tenure-Track Scholarly Activity PAPERS Study.
    Ross C Urry, Emi Radetich, Casey Tak, Mark A Munger.
      Objective: To quantitatively determine scholarly activity among U.S. Departments of Pharmacy Practice tenure-track faculty (DPP-TT) over a 10-year timeframe.Methods: A search of PubMed was performed of DPP-TT faculty from 01/01/10-12/31/19. DPP-TT faculty housed in DPP were determined through online published faculty rosters in American Association Colleges of Pharmacy rosters or college/school internet site. DPP-TT faculty listed as DPP, clinical pharmacy, or pharmacotherapy were included. An objective third party confirmed data obtained. Each publication was classified by scope (e.g., clinical pharmacology, health economics/outcome research, biomedical informatics, basic science, review, editorial/letter, or case report). DPP-TT faculty productivity was calculated by dataset frequency distribution. Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were used to compare data across demographic strata.Results: One hundred and thirty-seven institutions employed 2147 pharmacy practice faculty that produced 20059 (9.3±16.3/10 years/faculty member) publications. Six institutions have no tenure track designation. There was a 2.5-fold increase in publication rate from 2010-2019 (p<0001). Public versus private schools' productivity was 220.5 vs. 73.4 publications/institution, respectively (p<001). Female-to-male ratio of DPP-TT/institution was 62 to 38% with males publishing 12.1±19.1 vs females 7.4±13.8 (p<0001). Faculty ranks were distributed as 37% Assistant; 36% Associate; and 26% Professor with 4.0±7.3, 8.6±12.4, and 17.4±24.6 publications/faculty, respectively. Regionally, the West region produced the most publications followed by Northeast, South, and Midwest (p<0001).Conclusions: These national DPP-TT publication data demonstrate that scholarly productivity increasing over the time with a wide variety of publication scopes.
    Keywords:  Clinical Research; Outcomes Research/Analysis; Pharmacometrics; Pharmacy Practice; Tenure
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe9150
  53. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov 11.
    Bacteriophages in wastewater treatment: can they be an approach to optimize biological treatment processes?
    Alice Chiapetti Bolsan, Heloisa Campeão Rodrigues, Hélen Caroline Zonta Abilhôa, Camila Ester Hollas, Bruno Venturin, Naiana Cristine Gabiatti, Marcelo Bortoli, Airton Kunz, Marina Celant De Prá.
      In this paper, we explore the applications of bacteriophages and the advantages of using these viruses to control undesirable organisms in wastewater treatment plants. Based on this, this paper reviewed the literature on the subject by performing a bibliometric and scientometric analysis of articles published in peer-reviewed journals through 2021. We obtained 806 publications, of which 40% were published in the last 5 years, demonstrating an increase in interest in the subject. These articles analyzed, bacteriophages in treatment plants were strongly linked to bacteria such as Escherichia coli and related to disinfection, inactivation, sewage, and wastewater, in addition, biocontrol studies have gained prominence in recent years, particularly due to the resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics. Studies have shown that bacteriophages have great potential for application in treatment systems to control unwanted processes and act as valuable economic and environmental tools to improve the efficiency of various treatment technologies. Although these viruses have already been studied in various applications to optimize treatment plant processes, technology transfer remains a challenge due to the limitations of the technique-such as physicochemical factors related to the environment-and the complexity of biological systems. The research focusing on application strategies in conjunction with molecular biology techniques can expand this study area, enabling the discovery of new bacteriophages.
    Keywords:  Bacterial control; Nitrogen; Sewage; Treatment plant; Viruses
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24000-w
  54. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Nov;pii: e009849. [Epub ahead of print]7(11):
    Cancer research across Africa: a comparative bibliometric analysis.
    Miriam Mutebi, Grant Lewison, Ajay Aggarwal, Olusegun Isaac Alatise, Christopher Booth, Miska Cira, Surbhi Grover, Ophira Ginsburg, Julie Gralow, Serine Gueye, Benda Kithaka, T Peter Kingham, Lofti Kochbati, Jennifer Moodley, Sulma Ibrahim Mohammed, Alex Mutombo, Ntokozo Ndlovu, Christian Ntizimira, Groesbeck Preer Parham, Fiona Walter, Jeannette Parkes, Delva Shamely, Nazik Hammad, Janet Seeley, Julie Torode, Richard Sullivan, Verna Vanderpuye.
      INTRODUCTION: Research is a critical pillar in national cancer control planning. However, there is a dearth of evidence for countries to implement affordable strategies. The WHO and various Commissions have recommended developing stakeholder-based needs assessments based on objective data to generate evidence to inform national and regional prioritisation of cancer research needs and goals.METHODOLOGY: Bibliometric algorithms (macros) were developed and validated to assess cancer research outputs of all 54 African countries over a 12-year period (2009-2020). Subanalysis included collaboration patterns, site and domain-specific focus of research and understanding authorship dynamics by both position and sex. Detailed subanalysis was performed to understand multiple impact metrics and context relative outputs in comparison with the disease burden as well as the application of a funding thesaurus to determine funding resources.
    RESULTS: African countries in total published 23 679 cancer research papers over the 12-year period (2009-2020) with the fractional African contribution totalling 16 201 papers and the remaining 7478 from authors from out with the continent. The total number of papers increased rapidly with time, with an annual growth rate of 15%. The 49 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries together published just 5281 papers, of which South Africa's contribution was 2206 (42% of the SSA total, 14% of all Africa) and Nigeria's contribution was 997 (19% of the SSA total, 4% of all Africa). Cancer research accounted for 7.9% of all African biomedical research outputs (African research in infectious diseases was 5.1 times than that of cancer research). Research outputs that are proportionally low relative to their burden across Africa are paediatric, cervical, oesophageal and prostate cancer. African research mirrored that of Western countries in terms of its focus on discovery science and pharmaceutical research. The percentages of female researchers in Africa were comparable with those elsewhere, but only in North African and some Anglophone countries.
    CONCLUSIONS: There is an imbalance in relevant local research generation on the continent and cancer control efforts. The recommendations articulated in our five-point plan arising from these data are broadly focused on structural changes, for example, overt inclusion of research into national cancer control planning and financial, for example, for countries to spend 10% of a notional 1% gross domestic expenditure on research and development on cancer.
    Keywords:  cancer; health services research
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009849
  55. PLoS One. 2022 ;17(11): e0277337
    Getting funded in a highly fluctuating environment: Shifting from excellence to luck and timing.
    Eneli Kindsiko, Kärt Rõigas, Ülo Niinemets.
      Recent data highlights the presence of luck in research grant allocations, where most vulnerable are early-career researchers. The national research funding contributes typically the greatest share of total research funding in a given country, fulfilling simultaneously the roles of promoting excellence in science, and most importantly, development of the careers of young generation of scientists. Yet, there is limited supply of studies that have investigated how do early-career researchers stand compared to advanced-career level researchers in case of a national research grant system. We analyzed the Estonian national highly competitive research grant funding across different fields of research for a ten-year-period between 2013-2022, including all the awarded grants for this period (845 grants, 658 individual principal investigators, PI). The analysis was conducted separately for early-career and advanced-career researchers. We aimed to investigate how the age, scientific productivity and the previous grant success of the PI vary across a national research system, by comparing early- and advanced-career researchers. The annual grant success rates varied between 14% and 28%, and within the discipline the success rate fluctuated across years even between 0-67%. The year-to-year fluctuations in grant success were stronger for early-career researchers. The study highlights how the seniority does not automatically deliver better research performance, at some fields, younger PIs outperform older cohorts. Also, as the size of the available annual grants fluctuates remarkably, early-career researchers are most vulnerable as they can apply for the starting grant only within a limited "time window".
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277337
  56. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 26. pii: 13912. [Epub ahead of print]19(21):
    Visualizing the Knowledge Domain in Urban Soundscape: A Scientometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace.
    Jiaxi Yang, Hong Lu.
      The purpose of this study was to identify the main research themes and knowledge structures in the field of urban soundscape. With the continuous expansion of research work in the field of urban soundscape, it has become necessary to carry out a systematic analysis. CiteSpace was used to conduct an information visualization analysis of high-quality literature related to urban soundscape research in the WoS database from 1976 to 2021. The results revealed the following: (1) In terms of research content, research hotspots center on noise, perception, and quality, while focusing on theory and methodology. (2) In terms of research methods, the Perceptual Restorative Soundscape Scale has gradually become the main method of soundscape research. With the development of sound acquisition technology and sound simulation technology, the soundscape perception model will undergo an iterative process of updating. (3) In terms of research objects, most of the research focuses on the soundscape of outdoor environments (such as urban parks, tourist attractions, and historical blocks) together with the influences and preferences for different types of soundscapes. The research results can provide reference for research and planning as well as the design practice of urban soundscape.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; research hotspot; scientometric; soundscape
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113912
  57. Heliyon. 2022 Nov;8(11): e11256
    State of microalgae-based swine manure digestate treatment: An overview.
    Claudia M Sichel-Crespo, Erika Y Ortiz-Montoya, Nelson H Caicedo-Ortega, Fiderman Machuca-Martínez.
      Global pork production has an annual growth of approximately 2.1%, and its economic and environmental impact are related with the treatment of waste in the production chain. There is little evidence of research advances to generate alternatives for using these wastes. The lack of research related to microalgae cultivation using digestate produced by porcine residues generates negative environmental impact, inadequate and inefficient technologies, low recovery and use of waste and loss of value and competitiveness in the market. The available literature focuses mainly on the treatment of anaerobic digestion liquid effluents for the removal of components, but not on the generation of value-added products. Therefore, there is a need to collect the available information, analyze it and propose other new methodologies. This article presents the information obtained from conducting a systematic review of the literature with a bibliometric and a comparative analysis; achieving an analysis of the temporal and geographical distribution, the main topics, the most influential players, the degree of maturity of the research and different strategies collected for microalgae-based swine manure digestate treatment. In this way, it was possible to capture an overview of the current state of the development of research focused on the use of digestate for the cultivation of microalgae, visualizing important aspects as the evolution of publications, identifying China and USA as the main players in research, biomass and wastewater as potential topics also Spirulina, Astaxanthin and beta-carotene as the main products based on microalgae. Thus, achieving an structure, organized and synthesized landscape of scientific and technological knowledge available for the proposal of investigations that allow the use of anaerobic digestion liquid effluents as cultivation medium for microalgae.
    Keywords:  Algae culture; Bibliometric analysis; Curve S; Intellixir orbit questel; Swine manure; Technological maturity
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11256
  58. PLoS One. 2022 ;17(11): e0277621
    Relationship between early-career collaboration among researchers and future funding success in Japanese academia.
    Sho Tsugawa, Takuya Kanetsuki, Junichi Sugihara.
      Academia is becoming more and more competitive, especially for young scientists, so it is important to understand the factors that affect success in academic careers. To survive in academia, it is crucial to obtain research funding. Previous studies have investigated factors that affect the funding success of researchers. In this paper, we focus on research collaboration structure as a factor affecting funding success. More specifically, we investigate the effects of participation in joint research projects, number of joint research projects, and centrality in the collaborative network on the future funding success of junior researchers in Japan. Our results show that participation in joint research projects and the number of such projects significantly affect the future funding success of junior researchers. Furthermore, the median number of years of funding received by researchers involved in joint research projects was found to be about 1.5 times greater than that of researchers not involved in joint research projects, and the average amount of research funding received after 10 years is about 2-4 times more, suggesting that researchers with collaboration ties with other researchers in the early stages of their career tend to be more successful in the future.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277621
  59. J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Aug;11(8): 4117-4118
    Role and importance of journal reader: Scientific contribution of letter to editor.
    Raman Kumar.
      Letters to the editor are not often considered high in the publication hierarchy but they contribute immensely to the growth and development of any discipline and scientific examination. In many academic settings, letters to editors are not accounted for promotion and career advancement. However, letter to editor publications by active readers are no lesser contribution to science and they should be considered of equal stature and at par with other published manuscript types.
    Keywords:  Journal reader; letter to editor; peer review; scientific publication
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1602_22
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