bims-evares Biomed News
on Evaluation of research
Issue of 2023–07–23
sixty-one papers selected by
Thomas Krichel, Open Library Society
  1. Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Bibliometric Analysis via CiteSpace from 2000 to 2022.
  2. Network Visualization Analysis on MicroRNAs in Infectious Diseases Research Area.
  3. Highly cited publication performance in the ophthalmology category in the Web of Science database: a bibliometric analysis.
  4. Disruption Index in Otolaryngology: Uncovering a Bibliometric History of a Rapidly Evolving Field.
  5. A bibliometric analysis of the global impact of metaproteomics research.
  6. Focuses, Trends, and Developments in Craniofacial Microsomia From 1992 to 2022: A Bibliometric Analysis.
  7. Evaluation of the 101 most cited immunology articles: A bibliometric analysis.
  8. Bibliometric analysis of the association between drinking water pollution and bladder cancer.
  9. Knowledge domain and research trends for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and nutrition from 2011 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis.
  10. Research trends in cholangiocarcinoma treatments during the last 3 decades.
  11. Acetabular fractures from Judet and Letournel to the present: Research trends and global outcomes with bibliometric analysis during 1980 to 2022.
  12. Bibliometric analysis of RNA vaccines for cancer.
  13. Chronic kidney disease in the shadow of COVID-19: insights from the bibliometric analysis.
  14. Self-citation rates among neurosurgery journals and authors: unethical or misunderstood?
  15. A worldwide bibliometric analysis of acromegaly in the past two decades: 1999-2022.
  16. An exhaustive analysis of post-traumatic brain injury dementia using bibliometric methodologies.
  17. Prostate cancer, online health information and communication technology - Bibliometric analysis of field with research frontiers.
  18. Recovery and utilisation of waste heat from flue/exhaust gases: a bibliometric analysis (2010-2022).
  19. Wavering impact-factor trajectories.
  20. Contribution of carbon footprint research towards the triple bottom line of sustainability.
  21. Global trends in BRCA-related breast cancer research from 2013 to 2022: A scientometric analysis.
  22. Trends and frontiers of research on telemedicine from 1971 to 2022: A scientometric and visualisation analysis.
  23. Correlation Between Altmetric Scores and Citation Count in 4 High-Impact Plastic Surgery Journals.
  24. Optimizing total ammonia-nitrogen concentration for enhanced microbial fuel cell performance in landfill leachate treatment: a bibliometric analysis and future directions.
  25. The Circulation Journal Official Impact Factor and the Most Frequently Cited Papers in 2022.
  26. Bibliometric and visual analysis in the field of traditional Chinese medicine in cancer from 2002 to 2022.
  27. Comparative analysis of domestic and foreign coal mine safety supervision modes based on knowledge map.
  28. Mapping Research Trends of Medications for Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Based on the Co-Occurrence of Specific Semantic Types in the MeSH Tree: A Bibliometric and Visualization-Based Analysis of PubMed Literature (1966-2020).
  29. Opportunities and challenges in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI): A comprehensive and bibliometric review of ecosystem services from 2000 to 2021.
  30. COVID-19 pandemic sheds a new research spotlight on antiviral potential of essential oils - A bibliometric study.
  31. Impact of Gender and Underrepresented in Medicine Status on Research Productivity among Ophthalmology Residency Applicants.
  32. Individual and program-related predictors of academic vascular surgery practice.
  33. Advances and future trends in research on carbon emissions reduction in China from the perspective of bibliometrics.
  34. Mesenchymal stem cells and pulmonary fibrosis: a bibliometric and visualization analysis of literature published between 2002 and 2021.
  35. Female Authorship and Ophthalmology Journal Editorial Board Membership Trends over the Last Decade, 2012-2021.
  36. Modeling the Adoption of 5760 Clinical Studies Into Practice Across 5 Surgical Specialties.
  37. Neurotoxicity of microplastics: a CiteSpace-based review and emerging trends study.
  38. Research trends in complementary and alternative treatments for insomnia over the past decade: A bibliometrics analysis.
  39. Surveillance and patient safety in nursing research: A bibliometric analysis from 1993 to 2023.
  40. Effective communications strategies to increase the impact of environmental health research.
  41. Predicting substantive biomedical citations without full text.
  42. Response to: American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria®: A bibliometric analysis of panel members.
  43. Visualization and bibliometric analysis of 3D printing in cartilage regeneration.
  44. Analyzing author collaborations by developing a follower-leader clustering algorithm and identifying top co-authoring countries: Cluster analysis.
  45. Sex equality in high-quality anaesthesiology research: A descriptive bibliometric study on scientific authorships.
  46. Competitive neurosurgery residency programs: Predictors of matching outcome and research productivity.
  47. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy: Global Burden from 1990 to 2019, Current Research Hotspots and Emerging Trends.
  48. Gender and Geographical Distribution of Editorial Board Members of Three Leading Suicide Journals.
  49. Bibliometric Analysis of International Medical Graduates (IMG) and Professorship Promotion in Neurosurgery.
  50. Characteristics of Team Physicians in the National Football League: The Road to Success and a Call for Diversity.
  51. Common Misspellings and Their Impact on Health Sciences Literature Search Results.
  52. Medical School Factors Associated With Students Entering Otolaryngology.
  53. Development of sensory integration therapy in Mainland China: A comprehensive study with bibliometrics and visualization techniques.
  54. Identifying major research themes in the literature on developmental disabilities in Middle Eastern countries: A scientometric review from 1962 to 2023.
  55. Data Analysis of Physician Competence Research Trend: Social Network Analysis and Topic Modeling Approach.
  56. The role of collaboration and mentorship in the publication of surgical resident research.
  57. Metal sulphides and their heterojunctions for photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes-A comprehensive review.
  58. Fingermark quality assessment, a transversal study of subjective quality scales.
  59. Reducing the residue of retractions in evidence synthesis: ways to minimise inappropriate citation and use of retracted data.
  60. Self-citation: to do or not to do?
  61. Vet the journal before you submit: turnaround times of journals publishing in zoological medicine and related fields.
  1. Urol Int. 2023 Jul 14. 1-17
    Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Bibliometric Analysis via CiteSpace from 2000 to 2022.
    Jinbin Xu, ZhanSen Huang, ShunTian Gao, GengGuo Deng, Jinming Di.
       BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to identify the cooperation of authors, countries, institutions and explore the hot spots regarding research of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) treatment in the past 22 years.
    SUMMARY: Relevant original and review articles were obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection from 2000 to 2022. CiteSpace software was used to perform the visualization of scientific productivity and emerging trends. Network maps were generated to evaluate the collaborations between different authors, countries, institutions, and keywords.
    KEY MESSAGES: A total of 4,951 articles related to TKI for RCC treatment were identified. We observed a gradual increase in the number of publications from 2000 to 2022. The USA dominated the field in all countries, and Mem Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre (USA) had more extensive cooperating relationships with other institutions. Motzer RJ and Escudier B were two of the authority scholars in this specific field with the most publications and co-citations. Journal of Clinical Oncology had the most citations of all the journals. A total of 10 major clusters were explored based on the reference co-citation analysis. From 2000 to 2022, the research hot spots have undergone two dramatic shifts during 2006 and 2019, respectively, relevant topics were TKI and TKI combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs). At present, the research hot spots focus on CPI and targeted therapies. Bibliometric analysis is allowing researchers to recognize the current research status by providing a comprehensive overview of the development of scientific literature related to TKI for RCC treatment, and information for further research be demonstrated as well.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; CiteSpace; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Renal cell carcinoma; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1159/000531322
  2. Oman Med J. 2023 May;38(3): e502
    Network Visualization Analysis on MicroRNAs in Infectious Diseases Research Area.
    Sevil Alkan, Mustafa Serhat Şahinoğlu, Havva Yasemin Çinpolat.
       Objectives: The discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) has revealed a new level in gene expression post-transcriptional control. Several studies have been published to date looking at the relationship between miRNAs and viral (swine flu, HIV, and hepatitis B) or bacterial infections. We conducted a bibliometric evaluation of the existing literature on miRNAs in the infectious disease research area. The major purpose of this study was to investigate the significance of publications and identify research developments and clusters using bibliometric methods.
    Methods: Data was obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The titles, document types, publication years, authors, affiliations, keywords, publishing journals, abstracts of each document, and citations within the WoS database were saved as TXT files and retrieved into Microsoft Office Excel 2019. Data for this investigation was obtained from the WoS database on 10 April 2022. The WoS database's Results Analysis and Citation Report were used to analyze the number of publications from various viewpoints, such as years, journals, and authors. To visualize country collaboration networks and keywords we used the VOSviewer software version 1.6.18 for Microsoft Windows.
    Results: We found 623 documents of which 251 (40.3%) were articles. All the publications were published in English. The first document was published in 2007, and the maximum number of documents was published in 2021. The number of documents has been increasing since 2019. China dominated the scientific production with 398 (63.9%) publications. The top five leading scientifically productive countries on this topic also included the USA (n = 100; 16.1%), Japan (n = 24; 3.9%), Germany (n = 20; 3.2%), and Italy (n = 17; 2.7%). The documents originating from China were cited 5705 times (an average of 14.3/document). The documents originating from the USA were cited 2190 times (an average of 21.9/document).
    Conclusions: Since 2019, the number of studies on miRNA in infectious illnesses has steadily increased. China and the USA have made tremendous contributions to this field's study. We discovered several deregulated miRNAs, including miR-122, miR-133a, miR-146, miR-155, and miR-370, were described in the context of sepsis and infection using bibliometric methods. Understanding these crucial factors, as well as how research is performed and directed, might lead to a new perspective in the creation of new strategies to manage variable infections in the coming years.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Infectious Diseases; MicroRNAs
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2023.71
  3. Int J Ophthalmol. 2023 ;16(7): 1155-1163
    Highly cited publication performance in the ophthalmology category in the Web of Science database: a bibliometric analysis.
    Yuh-Shan Ho, Ali Ouchi, Leila Nemati-Anaraki.
       AIM: To determine and evaluate the features of highly cited articles (HCAs) in the ophthalmology category in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) from 1991 to 2020.
    METHODS: The Web of Science Core Collection documents with at least 100 citations from their publication year until December 31, 2020, were evaluated as highly cited. The examined features were the distribution of yearly output and its average number of per publication, HCAs, authors, institutions, journals, and nations. The publication performance of nations and organizations was assessed using six publication indicators. The Y-index was employed to compare the research outputs of various authors.
    RESULTS: Publications that had cited the most references were highly published in high-impact factor journals. The United States of America came out on top across all six publication indicators, and it was home to eight of the top 10 most productive institutions. The articles written by Breivik et al (2006) and Farrar et al (2001) were highly cited and had a significant impact in 2020. The authors had a higher number of highly cited articles published as corresponding authors than as first authors.
    CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study highlight the current scope of global research in ophthalmology. The findings can help policy-makers and advisory groups of research centers to develop future policies. In addition, the findings can guide researchers in this field.
    Keywords:  CPPyear; Cyear; TCyear; bibliometric analysis; highly cited articles; ophthalmology
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.18240/ijo.2023.07.22
  4. Laryngoscope. 2023 Jul 19.
    Disruption Index in Otolaryngology: Uncovering a Bibliometric History of a Rapidly Evolving Field.
    Amar H Sheth, Astrid Hengartner, Hisham Abdou, Parsa P Salehi, Adan Z Becerra, Michael Z Lerner.
       OBJECTIVES: As the volume of research publications in the field of otolaryngology has increased, so has the need to qualify articles through bibliometric analyses to identify the most important and impactful work in the field. Herein, we aim to identify the 100 most disruptive articles in ENT over a 60-year period and examine how disruption index (DI) compares with other bibliometrics in identifying impactful works in the field.
    METHODS: In this cross-sectional bibliometric analysis, articles published between 1954 and 2014 in commonly referenced otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OHNS) journals were queried in PubMed. Publications were characterized by DI, journal, subspecialty discipline, and status as an impactful article in the field as determined by other bibliometrics such as citation count, the "Sleeping Beauty Index," and those derived by the modified Delphi process.
    RESULTS: Of the 122,094 articles queried, 67,561 (55.3%) had available citation count as well as disruption score data, meeting inclusion criteria. The most represented subspecialty disciplines within the top 100 most disruptive articles were Otology/Neurotology (28%), General (Comprehensive) (27%), Head and Neck Surgery (12%), and Laryngology (11%). Fifty percent of articles identified as Sleeping Beauties and impactful via modified Delphi approach had scores in the top 86th percentile.
    CONCLUSION: DI in otolaryngology can be appreciated as an added dimension to existing indices and can unearth seminal research, which serve as early foundations of evidence-based management in the field of OHNS today.
    LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: NA Laryngoscope, 2023.
    Keywords:  bibliometric index; citations; history of otolaryngology; impact factor
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.30883
  5. Front Microbiol. 2023 ;14 1217727
    A bibliometric analysis of the global impact of metaproteomics research.
    AbdulAziz Ascandari, Suleiman Aminu, Nour El Houda Safdi, Achraf El Allali, Rachid Daoud.
       Background: Metaproteomics is a subfield in meta-omics that is used to characterize the proteome of a microbial community. Despite its importance and the plethora of publications in different research area, scientists struggle to fully comprehend its functional impact on the study of microbiomes. In this study, bibliometric analyses are used to evaluate the current state of metaproteomic research globally as well as evaluate the specific contribution of Africa to this burgeoning research area. In this study, we use bibliometric analyses to evaluate the current state of metaproteomic research globally, identify research frontiers and hotspots, and further predict future trends in metaproteomics. The specific contribution of Africa to this research area was evaluated.
    Methods: Relevant documents from 2004 to 2022 were extracted from the Scopus database. The documents were subjected to bibliometric analyses and visualization using VOS viewer and Biblioshiny package in R. Factors such as the trends in publication, country and institutional cooperation networks, leading scientific journals, author's productivity, and keywords analyses were conducted. The African publications were ranked using Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) scores.
    Results: A total of 1,138 documents were included and the number of publications increased drastically from 2004 to 2022 with more publications (170) reported in 2021. In terms of publishers, Frontiers in Microbiology had the highest number of total publications (62). The United States of America (USA), Germany, China, and Canada, together with other European countries were the most productive. Institution-wise, the Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Germany had more publications while Max Plank Institute had the highest total collaborative link strength. Jehmlich N. was the most productive author whereas Hettich RL had the highest h-index of 63. Regarding Africa, only 2.2% of the overall publications were from the continent with more publication outputs from South Africa. More than half of the publications from the continent had an FWCI score ≥ 1.
    Conclusion: The scientific outputs of metaproteomics are rapidly evolving with developed countries leading the way. Although Africa showed prospects for future progress, this could only be accelerated by providing funding, increased collaborations, and mentorship programs.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analyses; field weighted citation impact; metagenomics; metaproteomics; microbiome
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1217727
  6. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Jul 21.
    Focuses, Trends, and Developments in Craniofacial Microsomia From 1992 to 2022: A Bibliometric Analysis.
    Ziyang Liu, Li Teng.
      There is a current lack of scientific bibliometric analyses in craniofacial microsomia (CFM) and relevant fields. Craniofacial microsomia is a congenital disease resulting from a series of structural malformations involving the first and second branchial arches. Craniofacial microsomia and related fields have attracted the attention of clinicians and interested researchers worldwide. This study summarizes the research status and focuses to help researchers fully grasp the current research situation of CFM and relevant fields in the past three decades and drive future research into new publications. Literature data were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Results Analysis and Citation Report of Web of Science, and CiteSpace software were used to evaluate and visualize the results, including publication characteristics, disciplines, journals, literature, countries/regions, institutions, authors, research focuses, etc. A total of 949 original articles and reviews were included after manual screening, and the overall trend of the number of annual publications and citations was increasing. According to the analysis, the description of the clinical characteristics of CFM, the classification of CFM, and mandibular distraction osteogenesis have always been the focus of research in this field. Besides, with the continuous progress of new technologies such as gene sequencing and the expansion of researchers' understanding of diseases, research on genetics and etiology related to CFM has been a developing trend.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000009547
  7. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jul 21. 102(29): e34375
    Evaluation of the 101 most cited immunology articles: A bibliometric analysis.
    Sevgi Yilmaz Hanci.
      In our study, the 101 most cited publications in the field of "Immunology" in the Web of Science (WoS) database were evaluated bibliometrically. The "WoS" database "advanced mode" was used in this study. A search was conducted in the field of "Immunology." The top 101 most-cited publications were then identified. The total number of citations of the publications, annual number of citations, authors, information of the study, and journal were analyzed. There were 1,191,384 publications in the field of "Immunology" in the WoS between 1975 and 2023. The total citation average of the 101 most cited publications was 3765.69 ± 4142.7 and the annual citation average was 180.91 ± 133.1. The first 3 subjects in the first 101 articles were listed as "apoptosis-cancer immunology" (14.85%), "monocyte-macrophage"(14.58%), and "T-cell"(13.86%), respectively. The 3 journals in which the studies were published the most were determined as "Annual Review of Immunology" (18.81%), "Nature Reviews Immunology" (17.82%) and "Nature Immunology" (10.89%). Only 1.98% of publications were published after 2014. A significant relationship was found between the study type, impact factor of the journal, continent of journal and publisher, funding status, year of publication, and number of citations per year (P < .05). Our study is the first to analyze the top 101 most-cited studies in the field of "immunology" and their citation characteristics. The study's journals, publishers, publication features, funding status, and publication year affect the number of citations per year.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034375
  8. Front Oncol. 2023 ;13 1170700
    Bibliometric analysis of the association between drinking water pollution and bladder cancer.
    Ying Zhang, Mei Liu, Jiajun Wang, Kexin Han, Fuyu Han, Bicheng Wang, Si Xie, Chunhui Yuan, Mingdeng Zhao, Shuo Li, Jun Wang.
       Background: Bladder cancer has become an increasingly intractable health problem worldwide. Long-term drinking water pollution is known to promote its occurrence. This study aimed to analyze the research status, hot spots, and future trends of drinking water pollution and bladder cancer through extensive bibliometric examination to provide reference data for better prevention and management of bladder cancer.
    Methods: The Scopus database developed by Elsevier was browsed for articles that met the predefined criteria using the search terms related to drinking water and bladder cancer. Included articles were further evaluated by year of publication, subject category, institution, article type, source journal, authors, co-authorship networks, and text mining of titles by R software packages tm, ggplot2 and VOSviewer software.
    Results: In total, 687 articles were selected after a comprehensive literature search by the Scopus database, including 491 research articles, 98 review articles, 26 conference papers, 23 letters and 49 other documents. The total number of articles published showed an upward trend. The United States has the largest number of published articles (345 articles), institutions (7/10) and funding sponsors (top 5). The journal with the most publications was Environmental Health Perspectives, with 46 published. The highest number of citations up to 2330 times for a single article published in 2007 on the journal of Mutation Research. Professor Cantor K.P. was the highest number of publications with 35 articles and Smith A.H. was the most cited author with the number of citations reaching 6987 times overall and 225 times per article. The most frequent keywords excluding the search subject were "arsenic", "chlorination", "trihalomethane", and "disease agents".
    Conclusion: This study is the first systematic bibliometric study of the literature publications on drinking water pollution and bladder cancer. It offers an overall and intuitive understanding of this topic in the past few years, and points out a clear direction research hotspots and reveals the trends for further in-depth study in future.
    Keywords:  bibliometrics analysis; bladder cancer; co-occurrence; drinking water pollution; future direction
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1170700
  9. Front Nutr. 2023 ;10 1142858
    Knowledge domain and research trends for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and nutrition from 2011 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis.
    Zhefang Hu, Qianyi Chen, Man Luo, Yanwei Ren, Jianyun Xu, Lijun Feng.
       Objective: Nutrient management and lifestyle changes are the frontlines of treatment for all pregnant women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). This study aimed to identify the global research architecture, trends, and hotpots of GDM and nutrition.
    Methods: We obtained publications from the sub-databases of Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Science Citation Index sourced from the Web of Science Core Collection database on January 4, 2022, using publication years between 2011 and 2021. CiteSpace software, VOSviewer, and Microsoft Excel 2019 were used to conduct the bibliometric analyses.
    Results: A growing publication trend was observed for GDM and nutrition, and this field has great potential. More GDM and nutrition research has been conducted in developed countries than developing countries. The top three authors with a high publication frequency, co-citations, and a good h-index were from the United States. There were the four studies of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or meta-analyses of RCTs, as well as one review in the top five items of cited literature. Keywords were categorized into four clusters based on the keywords visualization.
    Conclusion: It is important to strengthen the collaboration between nations of different economies to produce more high-quality research on GDM and nutrition. It may be beneficial to further study the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of GDM based on current results to provide a new perspective on GDM and nutrition.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; diagnostic criteria; dietary; gestational diabetes mellitus; nutrient
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1142858
  10. Heliyon. 2023 Jul;9(7): e17100
    Research trends in cholangiocarcinoma treatments during the last 3 decades.
    Kainan Lin, Jiasheng Cao, Haibo Chen, Win Topatana, Jingwei Cai, Bin Zhang, Jiahao Hu, Renan Jin.
       Background: Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have focused on the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), and these treatments have greatly evolved.
    Objectives: To better understand the research trends, we evaluated the most influential publications and attempted to identify their characteristics using bibliometric methods.
    Methods: The most influential publications were identified from the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Core Collection database. The general characteristics of included papers were identified, and the research trends were explored via the bibliometric method.
    Results: The average total number of citations for of the listed publications were 312 (range from 165 to 1922). The highest number of papers were published during period II (2001-2010, n = 50), followed by period III (2011-2020, n = 28), and period I (1991-2000, n = 22). The United States and Germany have made remarkable achievements in this field. Institutionally, Mayo Clinic and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center were the leading institutions, with Blumgart and Zhu from the United States being the most influential authors. Close collaboration was established between the leading countries, institutions, and authors. The Annals of Surgery contributed the most to the papers with the highest total number of citations. Surgery predominated during period I (n = 14, 63.6%), with a gradual decline occurring during periods II (n = 19, 41.3%, P = 0.085) and period III (n = 3, 9.4%, P = 0.002). Contrastingly, the number of publications related to systemic therapy has increased significantly since period II and peaked in period III.
    Conclusions: Surgery remains the most important treatment for CCA. However systemic therapy has become a research and clinical application hotspot. These findings will contribute to the translation of treatments for CCA and provide researchers with relevant research directions.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Cholangiocarcinoma; Surgery; Systemic therapy; Targeted therapy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17100
  11. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jul 21. 102(29): e34297
    Acetabular fractures from Judet and Letournel to the present: Research trends and global outcomes with bibliometric analysis during 1980 to 2022.
    Abdulrahim Dündar, Deniz İpek, Şehmuz Kaya.
      Fractures of the acetabulum are one of the most challenging injuries treated by orthopedic surgeons. However, a bibliometric analysis has not been performed in the literature on acetabular fractures, which seriously affect the quality of life of patients. The aim of this study was to summarize the bibliometric and intellectual structure, and determine and map the most recent trends on the topic of acetabular fractures by analyzing the social and structural relationships between the different research components of articles published on the acetabular fractures. 1599 articles on acetabular fractures published between 1980 and 2022 were extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database and analyzed. Bibliometric visualization maps were used to reveal trending topics, citation analyses, and international collaborations. Spearman correlation analysis was performed for correlation investigations. The trend in the expected number of articles to be published over the next few years was displayed using the exponential smoothing estimator. The top 3 contributing countries to the literature were United States of America (USA) (551, 34.4%), China (170, 10.6%), and Germany (160, 10%). The most active author was Berton R. Moed (n = 29) and the most active institution was the University of California System (n = 41). A high-level statistically significant correlation was found between the number of articles on the topic of acetabular fractures published by nations and the gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP per capita values of those countries (R = 0.719, P < .001; R = 0.701, P < .001, respectively). The trending topics researched in recent years were 3D printing, 3-dimensional printing, outcomes, Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF), mortality, Kocher-Langenbeck, Pararectus approach, tranexamic acid, transfusion, epidemiology, fracture mapping, modified Stoppa approach, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, pelvis fracture, pelvic trauma, fracture reduction, and pelvic ring injury. The leading countries in research on the subject of acetabular fractures were seen to be western countries with large economies (especially the USA, European countries, and Canada) and China, India and Turkey.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034297
  12. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2023 Aug 01. 19(2): 2231333
    Bibliometric analysis of RNA vaccines for cancer.
    Xue Yang, Jian Kang, Zhaohui Xing, Yongtao Sun, Zhipeng Liu, Nannan Li, Jirui Niu.
      Cancer represents a challenging medical problem worldwide. Several exploratory studies have been conducted to overcome these limitations. RNA vaccines play an important role in cancer prevention and treatment. Recent studies have shown that RNA vaccines play an important role in cancer prevention. However, there are currently no relevant bibliometric studies. This study aimed to apply bibliometrics to summarize the knowledge structure and research hotspots regarding the role of RNA vaccines in cancer. Publications related to RNA vaccines in cancer were searched on the web of science core collection (WoSCC) database. VOSviewers, CiteSpace and R package "bibliometrix" were used to conduct this bibliometric analysis. A total of 1399 articles were included, comprising 803 original articles and 596 reviews. The number of studies on RNA vaccines against cancer has been increasing annually. China and the United States were the principal countries of origin of publications. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, NCI, and Duke University were the main organizations. Frontiers in Immunology is the leading journal in the field. Hot keywords included tumor antigens, lipid nanoparticles, emerging roles, and dendritic cells. This is the bibliometric study to summarize the research trends and development of RNA vaccines for cancer. This information will provide a reference for researchers studying RNA vaccines against cancer.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; CiteSpace; RNA vaccines; VOSviewers; cancer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2231333
  13. Int Urol Nephrol. 2023 Jul 19.
    Chronic kidney disease in the shadow of COVID-19: insights from the bibliometric analysis.
    Jingyu Wang, Xingzi Liu, Dikang Pan, Xintian Cai, Yuzhou Xue, Jing Huang.
       OBJECTIVE: This study aims to present the current status and frontiers of research on COVID-19 in relation to chronic kidney disease through bibliometric analysis and visualization.
    METHODS: Access to information through the Web of Science Core Collection, retrieved from December 2019 to May 2023. The bibliometric visualization of countries, institutions, and keywords was analyzed using VOSviewer.
    RESULTS: A total of 1038 publications are included. The global scientific community showed a high level of collaborative consensus. The three countries with the most publications are the USA, China, and the UK. The institution with the most publications is Harvard Medical School. The research frontier for 2020 is thrombosis, for 2021 is telemedicine, for 2022 is depression, and for 2019-2023 is the COVID-19 vaccines.
    CONCLUSIONS: This is the first bibliometric report to establish a link between COVID-19 and CKD. The USA, China, and some European countries and their institutions are major contributors to these publications. Thrombosis, telemedicine, depression, and COVID-19 vaccines are current hot topics in the field and have the potential to shape future research trends.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Chronic kidney disease; Depression; Telemedicine; Thrombosis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-023-03706-x
  14. World Neurosurg. 2023 Jul 18. pii: S1878-8750(23)00983-X. [Epub ahead of print]
    Self-citation rates among neurosurgery journals and authors: unethical or misunderstood?
    Harsh Deora, Kristin L Kraus, William T Couldwell, Kanwaljeet Garg.
      OBJECTIVE The role of self-citation has not been discussed in the neurosurgery literature, although citations, citation indices, and impact of research may enhance funding opportunities, academic positions, fellowship opportunities, employment, and professional identity development. We sought to assess the magnitude and role of self-citation in academic neurosurgery. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of the citation and self-citation rates of articles published in 2001-2020 in 7 major neurosurgery journals: Acta Neurochirurgica; Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics; Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine; Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review, and World Neurosurgery. RESULTS The total number of citations was highest for Journal of Neurosurgery and lowest for Neurosurgical Review. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine had the highest average number of citations per article, followed closely by Journal of Neurosurgery. The self-citation rate increased for all journals over the time period 2001 to 2020. The highest number of self-citations per article during 2016-2020 was seen in Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics and World Neurosurgery. Neurosurgical Review had the lowest number of self-citations per article. CONCLUSION Academic neurosurgeons must understand the ecosystem around self-citation. In our study, we found overall low levels of self citations in neurosurgery journals with a few outliers. We have, however, noticed an increasing trend in self-citations rates. Self-citation rates should be considered while evaluating the impact of an author and research productivity. Against popular belief, self-citation is not always unethical and must be understood within its circumstances.
    Keywords:  citations; h-index; impact factor; journal; self-citation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.052
  15. Front Neurosci. 2023 ;17 1187820
    A worldwide bibliometric analysis of acromegaly in the past two decades: 1999-2022.
    Shuqin Peng, Qi Liu, Yuanyuan Teng, Biling Huang, Ze Liu, Mingliu Li, Jieyu Liang, Yi Zhang, Min Wang.
       Objectives: To conduct a bibliometric analysis to quantify and identify the current status and trends of acromegaly research in the past two decades.
    Materials and methods: Articles related to acromegaly that were published from 1999 to 2022 were retrieved through the Web of Science core collection (WoSCC) database. Then, they were imported into VOSviewer and CiteSpace to conduct a visualization analysis of authors, countries, institutions, citation numbers, cocitations, keywords, and references.
    Results: A total of 3,909 articles were identified in the study. Among them, the United States made the largest contribution to the field. Moreover, Colao A. was the most prolific author, and the University of Naples Federico II was the institution with the most publications. In addition, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism was the core journal in the field. High-frequency keywords mainly included "acromegaly," "GH (Growth Hormone)," "IGH-I (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I)," "pituitary adenomas," and "octreotide."
    Conclusion: Studies related to acromegaly have shown stable stepwise growth over the past two decades. Interestingly, the research focus after 2016 gradually shifted from the etiology, mechanism, medications for treatment, and complications to improving prognosis and quality of life of patients with acromegaly. The current findings may provide guidance for further research in the field of acromegaly.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; VOSviewer; Web of Science; acromegaly; bibliometrics analysis; visual analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1187820
  16. Front Neurol. 2023 ;14 1165059
    An exhaustive analysis of post-traumatic brain injury dementia using bibliometric methodologies.
    Xian-Zheng Sang, Cheng-Qing Wang, Wen Chen, Hong Rong, Li-Jun Hou.
       Background: It is widely accepted that traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk of developing long-term dementia, although some controversies surrounding this topic exist. Annually, approximately 69 million individuals suffer from TBI all around the world. Such a large population of TBI patients could lead to a future surge in the number of dementia patients. Due to the potentially severe consequences of TBI, various research projects on post-TBI dementia have emerged worldwide. Therefore, it is essential to comprehend the current status and development of post-TBI dementia for future research.
    Objective: The purpose of the study was to provide an overview of the field and identify hotspots, research frontiers, and future research trends for post-TBI dementia.
    Methods: Articles related to post-TBI dementia were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection for the period between 2007 and 2022, and analyzing them based on factors such as citations, authors, institutions, countries, journals, keywords, and references. Data analysis and visualization were conducted using VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and an online bibliometric platform (https://bibliometric.com).
    Results: From 2007 to 2022, we obtained a total of 727 articles from 3,780 authors and 1,126 institutions across 52 countries, published in 262 journals. These articles received a total of 29,353 citations, citing 25,713 references from 3,921 journals. Over the last 15 years, there has been a significant upward trend in both publications and citations. The most productive country was the United States, the most productive institution was Boston University, and the most productive author was McKee AC. Journal of Neurotrauma has been identified as the periodical with the greatest number of publications. Three clusters were identified through cluster analysis of keywords. A burst in the use of the term "outcome" in 2019 is indicative of a future research hotspot. The timeline view of references showed 14 clusters, of which the first 4 clusters collected the majority of papers. The first 4 clusters were "chronic traumatic encephalopathy," "age of onset," "tauopathy," and "cognitive decline," respectively, suggesting some areas of interest in the field.
    Conclusion: The subject of post-TBI dementia has raised much interest from scientists. Notably, America is at the forefront of research in this area. Further collaborative research between different countries is imperative. Two topical issues in this field are "The association between TBI and dementia-related alterations" and "chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)." Studies on clinical manifestation, therapy, pathology, and pathogenic mechanisms are also popular in the field.
    Keywords:  Alzheimer disease; bibliometric; brain injuries; chronic traumatic encephalopathy; dementia; traumatic
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1165059
  17. Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Jul 10. pii: S0738-3991(23)00267-7. [Epub ahead of print]115 107887
    Prostate cancer, online health information and communication technology - Bibliometric analysis of field with research frontiers.
    Stuart Robert Jackson, Suzanne Chambers, Scott Leslie, Manish I Patel.
       OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to conduct the first bibliometric analysis which examines eHealth communication technologies in prostate cancer care, and the utilization of internet-based health information and communication technology by men with prostate cancer.
    METHODS: Original articles were extracted from the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) on Web of Science (WOS) and analyzed concerning their distributions. Quantitative guidance directed investigation of findings from previous studies and trending issues within the field. The WOS, VOSViewer and CiteSpace IV were used for information analysis.
    RESULTS: 302 articles were included in the final analysis. There has been a 165 % increase in productivity over the past decade. The leading country by publication was the USA (145 articles = 48.02 %). Journals which published the highest number of original articles were the Journal of Medical Internet Research (6.95 %), and Patient Education and Counseling (4.64 %).
    DISCUSSION AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The field of research which examines utilization and impacts of internet-based health information on men with prostate cancer is growing and diverse. Research frontiers are 'Information quality and diversity', 'eHealth literacy', 'decision making', and 'survivorship and advanced disease'. Clinicians should be aware of several significant limitations which exist within the current field of research.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric; Cancer; Information; Internet; Prostate; Self-education
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107887
  18. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jul 21.
    Recovery and utilisation of waste heat from flue/exhaust gases: a bibliometric analysis (2010-2022).
    Bemgba Bevan Nyakuma, Nur Izwanne Mahyon, Meng Soon Chiong, Srithar Rajoo, Apostolos Pesiridis, Syie Luing Wong, Ricardo Martinez-Botas.
      The recovery and utilisation of waste heat from flue/exhaust gases (RU/WHFG) could potentially provide sustainable energy while curbing pollutant emissions. Over time, the RU/WHFG research landscape has gained significant traction and yielded innovative technologies, sustainable strategies, and publications. However, critical studies highlighting current advancements, publication trends, research hotspots, major stakeholders, and future research directions on RU/WHFG research remain lacking. Therefore, this paper presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis and literature review of the RU/WHFG research landscape based on publications indexed in Scopus. Results showed that 123 publications and 2191 citations were recovered between 2010 and 2022. Publication trends revealed that the growing interest in RU/WHFG is mainly due to environmental concerns (e.g. pollution, global warming, and climate change), research collaborations, and funding availability. Stakeholder analysis revealed that numerous researchers, affiliations, and countries have actively contributed to the growth and development of RU/WHFG. Lin Fu and Tsinghua University (China) are the most prolific researchers and affiliations, whereas the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and China are the most prolific funder and country, respectively. Funding availability from influential schemes such as NSFC has accounted for China's dominance. Keyword co-occurrence identified three major research hotspots, namely, thermal energy utilisation and management (cluster 1), integrated energy and resource recovery (cluster 2), and system analysis and optimisation (cluster 3). Literature review revealed that researchers are currently focused on maximising thermodynamic/energy efficiency, fuel minimisation, and emission reduction. Despite progress, research gaps remain in low-temperature/low-grade waste heat recovery, utilisation, storage, life cycle, and environmental impact analysis.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Energy efficiency; Flue/exhaust gases; Thermal energy; Waste heat recovery; Waste heat utilisation; Waste to energy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28791-4
  19. Nat Biomed Eng. 2023 Jul 19.
    Wavering impact-factor trajectories.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-023-01075-5
  20. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jul 16.
    Contribution of carbon footprint research towards the triple bottom line of sustainability.
    Selenay Aytac, Núria Bautista-Puig, Enrique Orduña-Malea, Clara Y Tran.
      Carbon footprint (CF) research has received increasing attention in recent years, as evidenced by a rise in publications and citations, reflecting a growing concern for the environmental impact of human activities. However, the alignment of this scientific literature with the three dimensions of sustainability performance provided by the TBL paradigm (people, planet, and profit) has received limited attention. This study addresses this research gap by undertaking a large-scale bibliometric analysis of 9032 Web of Science (WoS) publications from 1992 to 2020. At the macro (journals) and micro (papers) levels, a methodology approach to classify research publications according to TBL dimensions was designed. The results indicate that the output and impact of CF research are balanced with respect to the environmental (planet) and economic (prosperity/profit) dimensions, while the social impact is balanced with respect to the people+profit dimensions. Other than that, "Affordable and Clean Energy" (3761 publications) and "Climate Action" (3091 publications) are the most frequently represented (and interconnected) objectives. The results obtained contribute to a greater understanding of the contribution of CF research to the attainment of the SDGs.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Carbon footprint; Scientometrics; Sustainability; Sustainable development goals; Triple bottom line
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28799-w
  21. Front Oncol. 2023 ;13 1197168
    Global trends in BRCA-related breast cancer research from 2013 to 2022: A scientometric analysis.
    Yujie Huang, Daitian Zheng, Qiuping Yang, Jinyao Wu, Huiting Tian, Zeqi Ji, Lingzhi Chen, Jiehui Cai, Zhiyang Li, Yexi Chen.
       Introduction: Since the mid-2000s, breast cancer incidence among women has slowly increased at about 0.5% per year. In the last three decades, Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene (BRCA) has been proven to be the crucial gene in encouraging the incidence and development of breast cancer. However, scientometric analysis on BRCA-related breast cancer is in shortage. Thus, to have a clear understanding of the current status and catch up with the hotspots, a scientometric analysis was conducted on specific academic publications collected from the Web of Science (WoS).
    Methods: We searched the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) to procure associated articles as our dataset. Bibliometric, CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and HistCite software were then applied to conduct visual analyses of countries, institutions, journals, authors, landmark articles, and keywords in this research field.
    Results: A total of 7,266 articles and 1,310 review articles published between 2013 to 2022 were retrieved eventually. The annual output steadily rose year by year and peaked in 2021. The USA led the way in the number of published works, total citations, and collaboration. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment was the most favoured journal in this research field. Narod SA from the University of Toronto produced the most publications. At last, the most prominent keywords were "breast cancer" (n=1,778), "women" (n=1,369), "brca1" (n=1,276), "ovarian cancer" (n=1,259), "risk" (n=1,181), and "mutations" (n=929), which exposed the hotspots within the BRCA domain of breast cancer study.
    Conclusion: The tendency in the BRCA research field over the past decade was presented by the scientometric analysis. The current research focus is the clinical trials of poly-adenosine diphosphate ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) drugs and their resistance mechanisms.
    Keywords:  BRCA; CiteSpace; VOSviewer; breast cancer; scientometric analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1197168
  22. J Telemed Telecare. 2023 Jul 21. 1357633X231183732
    Trends and frontiers of research on telemedicine from 1971 to 2022: A scientometric and visualisation analysis.
    Peng Liu, Fuzhi Wang, Wenjun Xu, Ying Li, Bin Li.
       BACKGROUND: With the continuous development of the Internet and information technology, telemedicine has gradually become a popular medical model, which has always attracted much attention. Especially in recent years, research has shown a rapid increase in the use of telemedicine due to the impact of COVID-19. We have conducted a scientific metrological analysis of telemedicine to identify its hot spots and frontiers and promote cooperation and development.
    METHODS: We retrieved 19,171 articles related to telemedicine published from 1971 to 2022 in the Web of Science (WOS) database. Then, we conducted co-author network analysis (author, institution, country), co-citation analysis (author, journal, literature) and burst analysis (thematic trends and frontier topics).
    RESULTS: The number of publications has been on the rise since 1993 and began to rise rapidly in 1997. Influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of articles doubled in 2020 compared to the prior year. The United States produced the greatest number of articles (43.4%). Although studies in Greece are fewer and more recent, the country is demonstrating tremendous development potential in this field and is an active contributor to telemedicine research. The main research topics identified include the application, system and services of telemedicine; the application of telemedicine in providing medical services to rural and remote areas where medical resources are scarce; the quality control of medical images in telemedicine; the application of telemedicine in chronic disease care; and the comparison of in-person medical care and telemedicine. Emerging topics include the application and impact of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    CONCLUSION: The main telemedicine research fields over the past 52 years are identified, the meanings of analyses results are discussed, and emerging trends are highlighted.
    Keywords:  COVID-19; Telemedicine; scientometric; visualisation analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X231183732
  23. Aesthet Surg J. 2023 Jul 20. pii: sjad239. [Epub ahead of print]
    Correlation Between Altmetric Scores and Citation Count in 4 High-Impact Plastic Surgery Journals.
    Taylor M Smartz, Sinan K Jabori, Mak B Djulbegovic, Arjun Watane, Yoseph Sayegh, Nicole Lyons, Devinder P Singh.
       BACKGROUND: The Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) aims to determine the impact of research articles throughout the internet and social media outlets. The AAS is a weighted average of the interaction on platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and more.
    OBJECTIVES: This study investigates the relationship between AAS and traditional bibliometrics across plastic surgery journals.
    METHODS: Articles, Number of Citations (NOC), and H-index information in Annals of Plastic Surgery (APS), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open (PRS GO), and Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ) from 2017, 2018, and 2019 were queried using Scopus Online Tool. AAS metrics were collected using the Altmetric Score Calculator Bookmarklet. Descriptive statistics, Spearman rank correlation analyses, and ANOVA tests were performed to measure associations between NOC and AAS.
    RESULTS: A total of 3,612 articles were analyzed between 2017 and 2019. NOC was weakly correlated with AAS in APS, PRS GO, and ASJ, and moderately correlated with AAS in PRS. NOC was weakly correlated with Twitter mentions in APS, PRS GO, and ASJ, and moderately correlated in PRS. NOC was weakly correlated with news outlet reporting. The H-index of the first author showed more significant correlations with the AAS compared to the H-index of the last author.
    CONCLUSIONS: NOC and H-index of the first author correlated with AAS in the plastic surgery literature, suggesting AAS may be a useful adjunct to traditional bibliometrics when evaluating the impact and reach of peer reviewed articles.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjad239
  24. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jul 15.
    Optimizing total ammonia-nitrogen concentration for enhanced microbial fuel cell performance in landfill leachate treatment: a bibliometric analysis and future directions.
    Aliyu Ishaq, Mohd Ismid Mohd Said, Shamila Binti Azman, Mohd Firdaus Abdulwahab, Zainab Toyin Jagun.
      Untreated landfill leachate can harm the environment and human health due to its organic debris, heavy metals, and nitrogen molecules like ammonia. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have emerged as a promising technology for treating landfill leachate and generating energy. However, high concentrations of total ammonia-nitrogen (TAN), which includes both ammonia and the ammonium ion, can impede MFC performance. Therefore, maintaining an adequate TAN concentration is crucial, as both excess and insufficient levels can reduce power generation. To evaluate the worldwide research on MFCs using landfill leachate as a substrate, bibliometric analysis was conducted to assess publication output, author-country co-authorship, and author keyword co-occurrence. Scopus and Web of Science retrieved 98 journal articles on this topic during 2011-2022; 18 were specifically evaluated and analysed for MFC ammonia inhibition. The results showed that research on MFC using landfill leachate as a substrate began in 2011, and the number of related papers has consistently increased every 2 years, totaling 4060 references. China, India, and the USA accounted for approximately 60% of all global publications, while the remaining 40% was contributed by 70 other countries/territories. Chongqing University emerged as one of the top contributors among this subject's ten most productive universities. Most studies found that maintaining TAN concentrations in the 400-800 mg L-1 in MFC operation produced good power density, pollution elimination, and microbial acclimatization. However, the database has few articles on MFC and landfill leachate; MFC ammonia inhibition remains the main factor impacting system performance. This bibliographic analysis provides excellent references and future research directions, highlighting the current limitations of MFC research in this area.
    Keywords:  Ammonia inhibition; Bibliometric analysis; Landfill leachate; Microbial fuel cells (MFCs); Sustainable energy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28580-z
  25. Circ J. 2023 Jul 18.
    The Circulation Journal Official Impact Factor and the Most Frequently Cited Papers in 2022.
    Toshihisa Anzai.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-66-0216
  26. Front Pharmacol. 2023 ;14 1164425
    Bibliometric and visual analysis in the field of traditional Chinese medicine in cancer from 2002 to 2022.
    Facheng Bai, Zhenguang Huang, Jun Luo, Yue Qiu, Shuwen Huang, Chenglong Huang, Taotao Liu, Hongliang Zhang, Dandan Wang.
      Objective: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used as a complementary treatment for cancer patients, but there has been no quantitative comprehensive analysis of TCM's efficacy. The purpose of this paper is to explore the current status and hotspots of TCM in cancer research from 2002 to 2022 and to provide a reference for future research. Methods: We retrieved articles published between 2002 and 2022 from the Web of Science database and analyzed them using R software, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace software. Results: A total of 7,129 articles were included in this study. The publication rate of TCM cancer research increased steadily from 2002 to 2022, with a rapid increase from 2010 to 2021. China was the country with the most published articles, followed by the United States, Republic of Korea, Germany, and Japan. China was also the country with the most international collaborations, and China Medical University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were the most representative cooperation centers. The Journal of Ethnopharmacology was the most published and cited journal. Apoptosis, expression, in vitro, activation, and other related keywords were commonly used in these articles. Breast cancer, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, and lung cancer were the most studied cancer types in TCM research. Pathway-related apoptosis, anti-inflammation, and oxidative stress were the hotspots and trends of TCM's anti-cancer mechanism. Metabolomics combined with network pharmacology was the main research method. Conclusion: Traditional Chinese medicine as an anti-cancer drug has received increasing attention from researchers worldwide, and it is expected to be a hotspot for developing new anti-cancer drugs in the future. Our study provides a comprehensive analysis of the current status and hotspots of TCM cancer research, which could serve as a valuable reference for future studies.
    Keywords:  bibliometric analysis; cancer; metabonomic; network pharmacology; traditional Chinese medicine
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1164425
  27. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jul 15.
    Comparative analysis of domestic and foreign coal mine safety supervision modes based on knowledge map.
    Xiangchun Li, Dengyu Xu, Cui Ding, Weidong Lu, Mengya Wang, Wenyu Yan, Yukun Fu, Shuang Zhang, Yi Li.
      In order to grasp the research status and hot frontier of coal mine safety supervision mode in the world in the past 40 years, this paper takes the relevant literature in the field of "coal mine safety" and "supervision" included in the core collection of Web of Science (WOS) and the core journals of CNKI as the data source; based on the methods of statistical analysis and bibliometrics, the visualization analysis software CiteSpace is used to draw the map of scientific knowledge. Through the visualization analysis of the main research institutions, countries, and authors in this field, the main research forces and the distribution of researchers in this field are described. Through the visualization analysis of key words and research clustering, the research hotspots and future development trends in this field are described. The results show that the research hotspots of coal mine safety supervision mode at home and abroad are roughly the same, and the researchers and institutions in this field still need to further carry out cross regional and cross departmental wide area cooperation.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Coal mine safety; Knowledge map; Supervision
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27976-1
  28. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2023 ;17 2035-2049
    Mapping Research Trends of Medications for Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Based on the Co-Occurrence of Specific Semantic Types in the MeSH Tree: A Bibliometric and Visualization-Based Analysis of PubMed Literature (1966-2020).
    Shuang Xu, Yi Fu, Dan Xu, Shuang Han, Mingzhi Wu, Xinrong Ju, Meng Liu, De-Sheng Huang, Peng Guan.
       Background: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide for the past 30 years. Progress in the control of tuberculosis has been undermined by the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The aim of the study is to reveal the trends of research on medications for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDR-PTB) through a novel method of bibliometrics that co-occurs specific semantic Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
    Methods: PubMed was used to identify the original publications related to medications for MDR-PTB. An R package for text mining of PubMed, pubMR, was adopted to extract data and construct the co-occurrence matrix-specific semantic types. Biclustering analysis of high-frequency MeSH term co-occurrence matrix was performed by gCLUTO. Scientific knowledge maps were constructed by VOSviewer to create overlay visualization and density visualization. Burst detection was performed by CiteSpace to identify the future research hotspots.
    Results: Two hundred and eight substances (chemical, drug, protein) and 147 diseases related to MDR-PTB were extracted to form a specific semantic co-occurrence matrix. MeSH terms with frequency greater than or equal to six were selected to construct high-frequency co-occurrence matrix (42 × 20) of specific semantic types contains 42 substances and 20 diseases. Biclustering analysis divided the medications for MDR-PTB into five clusters and reflected the characteristics of drug composition. The overlay map indicated the average age gradients of 42 high-frequency drugs. Fifteen top keywords and 37 top terms with the strongest citation bursts were detected.
    Conclusion: This study evaluated the literatures related to MDR-PTB drug therapy, providing a co-occurrence matrix model based on the specific semantic types and a new attempt for text knowledge mining. Compared with the macro knowledge structure or hot spot analysis, this method may have a wider scope of application and a more in-depth degree of analysis.
    Keywords:  MeSH tree; medication trends; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; pubMR; pulmonary tuberculosis; specific semantic types
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S409604
  29. Environ Res. 2023 Jul 18. pii: S0013-9351(23)01505-0. [Epub ahead of print] 116701
    Opportunities and challenges in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI): A comprehensive and bibliometric review of ecosystem services from 2000 to 2021.
    Mo Wang, Chuanhao Sun, Dongqing Zhang.
      The great challenges induced by global climate change coupled with rapid urbanization underline the growing urgency for a change in stormwater management with a novel integrated approach. This study conducted a comprehensive review on state-of-the-art knowledge in the research field of green storm infrastructure (GSI) using bibliometric analysis. A corpus of 3988 GSI-related publications (2000-2021) extracted from the Web of Science database was used to evaluate the scientific output in GSI research through the "Bibliometrix" R package and "CiteSpace". Ever since 2010, the number of publications per year exhibited an exponential increase, with the annual publication growth rate of 28.61%. Notably, the United States (23.55%) and China (19.58%) contributed most in GSI publications. "Water" (306) was identified as the most relevant journal in GIS research field, followed by "Sustainability" (252) and "Science of the Total Environment" (200). Cluster analysis unveiled the predominant research themes, i.e., "Conceptual development of GSI" (69.25%), "Adaptation of GSI" (46.89%), and "Performance evaluation of GSI practices" (18.28%). Research foci have generally shifted from conventional engineering-based frameworks (e.g., reduce stormwater runoff and enhance water quality) to ecological-based multi-elements (e.g., preserve natural resources, augment urban biodiversity and optimize land-use patterns). This systematic review concludes trends, challenges and future research prospects of GSI, and aims to provide reference and guidance for decision-makers on the development of a more dynamic, resilient, and robust integrated GSI approach for sustainable urban stormwater management.
    Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI); Hydrology regulation; Stormwater quality; Stormwater runoff
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116701
  30. Heliyon. 2023 Jul;9(7): e17703
    COVID-19 pandemic sheds a new research spotlight on antiviral potential of essential oils - A bibliometric study.
    Binawati Ginting, Williams Chiari, Teuku Fais Duta, Syihaabul Hudaa, Agnia Purnama, Harapan Harapan, Diva Rayyan Rizki, Kana Puspita, Rinaldi Idroes, Meriatna Meriatna, Muhammad Iqhrammullah.
       Background: Essential oils are thought as potential therapies in managing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Many researchers have put their efforts to tackle the pandemic by exploring antiviral candidates which consequently changes the research landscape. Herein, we aimed to assess the effect of COVID-19 pandemic toward the landscape of essential oil research.
    Methods: This study employed bibliometric analysis based on the metadata of published literature indexed in the Scopus database. The search was performed on December 15th, 2022 by using keyword 'essential oil' and its synonyms. We grouped the data based on publication year; pre-COVID-19 (2014-2019) and during COVID-19 (2020-2024, some studies have been published earlier). Further, we separated the COVID-19-focused research from COVID-19 (2020-2024) by introducing a new keyword 'COVID-19' during the search. All metadata were processed using VoSviewer and Biblioshiny for network visualization analysis. Selections of frequently occurring keywords, clusters of keyword co-occurrence, and the list of most impactful papers were performed by two independent reviewers.
    Results: Metadata from a total of 35,262 publications were included for bibliometric analysis, comprised of three groups of datasets namely pre-COVID-19 (n = 18,670), COVID-19 (n = 16,592), and COVID-19-focused (n = 281). Five research topics clusters were found from pre-COVID-19 dataset, eight - from COVID-19 dataset, and nine - from COVID-19-focused dataset. COVID-19 cluster containing the keyword 'antiviral' emerged in the COVID-19 dataset, whereas none of the previous research topic clusters contained the keyword 'antiviral'. Antiviral, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) inhibitory, and anti-inflammation activities were among the top occurring keywords in studies covering both essential oil and COVID-19. Studies on essential oil used for managing COVID-19 were most reported by authors from the United States (documents = 37, citations = 405), Australia (documents = 16, citations = 115) and Italy (documents = 23, citations = 366).
    Conclusion: A significant increase was found during COVID-19 pandemic for publications covering essential oil themes, but only a small portion was occupied by COVID-19 research. The COVID-19 pandemic does not alter the ongoing progress of essential oil research but rather offers a new spotlight on the antiviral potential of essential oils. Hence, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity to investigate deeper the antiviral potential of essential oils.
    Keywords:  Aromatherapy; Novel coronavirus; Pandemic; Research landscape; SARS-CoV-2
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17703
  31. Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul 19. pii: S0002-9394(23)00296-9. [Epub ahead of print]
    Impact of Gender and Underrepresented in Medicine Status on Research Productivity among Ophthalmology Residency Applicants.
    Emily Sun, Jing Tian, Loaah Eltemsah, Divya Srikumaran, Grace Sun, Jessica Chow, Fasika Woreta.
       PURPOSE: Insufficient representation of women and underrepresented in medicine (URiM) students remains a problem among the ophthalmology workforce. In the residency selection process, research productivity is an important factor. We aimed to determine the average research output listed by applicants and assess for differences by gender and race.
    DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study METHODS: All San Francisco Match applications to the Wilmer Eye Institute for the 2019, 2020, and 2021 ophthalmology residency cycles were retrospectively reviewed. Each applicant's number of published research articles was recorded and sub-classified into first-author publications in any field, publications in ophthalmology, and first-author publications in ophthalmology. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine factors associated with successful publication.
    RESULTS: A total of 1376 applications were reviewed. On average, women had a greater number of publications in ophthalmology (2.08 vs. 1.73, p=0.05), and presentations (4.52 vs. 4.09, p=0.01) compared to men. Self-identified URiMs were less likely to list publications in ophthalmology (OR: 0.650, p=0.05) and first-author publications in ophthalmology (OR: 0.570, p=0.02) compared to non-URiMs.
    CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight disparities in research productivity by self-identified URiM status. On the other hand, women had similar if not higher research outputs than men. Greater research mentorship and opportunities to support URiM students may facilitate the recruitment of diverse trainees to ophthalmology programs.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2023.07.018
  32. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Jul 14. pii: S0890-5096(23)00517-4. [Epub ahead of print]
    Individual and program-related predictors of academic vascular surgery practice.
    Andrea T Fisher, Arash Fereydooni, Danielle M Mullis, Brigitte K Smith, Michael D Sgroi.
       INTRODUCTION: Several studies have explored factors affecting academic employment in surgical subspecialties; however, vascular surgery has not yet been investigated. We examined which elements of surgical training predict future academic productivity and studied characteristics of NIH-funded vascular surgery attendings.
    METHODS: With approval from the APDVS, the database of recent vascular surgery fellowship (VSF) and integrated vascular surgery residency (IVSR) graduates was obtained, and public resources (Doximity, Scopus, PubMed, NIH, etc.) were queried for research output during and after training, completion of dedicated research years, individual and program NIH funding, current practice setting and academic rank. Adjusted multivariate regression analyses were conducted for postgraduate academic productivity.
    RESULTS: From 2013-2017, there were 734 graduates. 603 completed VSF and 131 IVSR; 220 (29%) were female. Academic employment was predicted by MD degree, advanced degree, training at a top NIH-funded program, number publications by end of training, and H-index. Dedicated research time before or during vascular training, advanced degree, or graduating from a top NIH-funded program were predictors of publishing >1 paper/year. Number of publications by end of training and years in practice were predictive of H-index ≥5. VSF vs. IVSR pathway did not have an impact on future academic employment, annual publication rate as an attending, or H-index. Characterization of NIH-funded attendings showed that they often completed dedicated research time (72%) and trained at a top NIH-funded program (79%). Mean publications by graduation among this group was 15.82±11.3, and they averaged 4.31±4.2 publications/year as attendings.
    CONCLUSION: Research output during training, advanced degrees, and training at a top NIH funded program predict an academic vascular surgery career. VSF and IVSR constitute equally valid paths to productive academic careers.
    Keywords:  Surgical education; academic practice; dedicated research years; integrated vascular surgery residency; vascular surgery fellowship
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2023.06.037
  33. PLoS One. 2023 ;18(7): e0288661
    Advances and future trends in research on carbon emissions reduction in China from the perspective of bibliometrics.
    Caiyun Chen, Wei Liu.
      Addressing global warming is one of the most pressing environmental challenges and a crucial agenda for humanity. In this literature study, we employed bibliometrics to reproduce nearly two decades of research on carbon emission reduction in China, the largest carbon emitter worldwide. The scientometrics analysis was conducted on 1570 academic works published between 2001 and 2021 concerning China's carbon emission reduction to characterize the knowledge landscape. Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer, the basic characteristics, research forces, knowledge base, research topic evolution, and research hotspots were identified and revealed. The analysis results show that the attention to and research on China's carbon emissions have increased in recent years, giving rise to leading institutions and relatively stable core journal groups in this field. The research disciplines are relatively concentrated, but the research collaboration needs strengthening. The research hotspots are mainly carbon emission causes, impacts, and countermeasures in China, and the research frontiers have been constantly advanced and expanded. In the future, research on countermeasures needs more effort, and research cooperation needs to strengthen. The changing landscape of hotspot clusters reveals China's transition towards a low-carbon economy. Through comprehensive analysis of the potential and obstacles to China's transition to low-carbon development, we identified three promising areas of action (low-carbon cities, low-carbon technologies and industries, and transforming China's energy system) and proposed research directions to address remaining gaps systematically.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288661
  34. Front Pharmacol. 2023 ;14 1136761
    Mesenchymal stem cells and pulmonary fibrosis: a bibliometric and visualization analysis of literature published between 2002 and 2021.
    Yanli Yang, Yu Chen, Yang Liu, Zongdi Ning, Zhaoliang Zhang, Yan Zhang, Ke Xu, Liyun Zhang.
      Introduction: Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a severe disease that can lead to respiratory failure and even death. However, currently there is no effective treatment available for patients with PF. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been recently shown to have therapeutic potential for PF. We analyzed the literature focused of MSCs and PF to provide a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between MSCs and PF. Methods: We searched the Web of Science Core Collection database for literature from 2002 through 2021 that involved MSCs and PF. The included studies were then analyzed using CiteSpace and VOSviewers software. Results: A total of 1,457 studies were included for analysis. Our findings demonstrated the following: 1) an increasing trend of MSC and PF research; 2) among the 54 countries/regions of author affiliations, the United States was the most frequent, and the University of Michigan (n = 64, 2.8%) was the top institution; 3) Rojas Mauricio published the most articles and PLOS ONE had the most related studies; and 4) keywords, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, mesenchymal stem cells, and systemic sclerosis, were listed more than 100 times, indicating the research trend. Other common keywords, such as inflammation, myofibroblasts, fibroblasts, aging, telomerase or telomere, and extracellular matrix demonstrate research interests in the corresponding mechanisms.1) The number of publications focused on MSCs and PF research increased during the study period; 2) Among the 54 countries/regions of author affiliations, most articles were published in the United States of America, and the University of Michigan (n = 64, 2.8%) had the largest number of publications; 3) Rojas Mauricio published the most articles and PLOS ONE had the most related studies; 4) Keywords, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, MSCs, and systemic sclerosis, were listed more than 100 times, representing a research trend. Other common keywords included inflammation, myofibroblasts, fibroblasts, aging, telomerase or telomere, and extracellular matrix. Discussion: During the past 2 decades, MSCs have been proposed to play an important role in PF treatment. An increasing amount of literature focused on MSCs and PF research has been published. Our findings provide insight into the current status and research trends in the field of MSCs and PF research during the past 2 decades, which could help researchers understand necessary research directions. In the future, more preclinical and clinical studies should be conducted in this field to support the application of MSCs in the treatment of PF.
    Keywords:  VOSviewers; bibliometrics; citespace; mesenchymal stem cells; pulmonary fibrosis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1136761
  35. Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul 16. pii: S0002-9394(23)00280-5. [Epub ahead of print]
    Female Authorship and Ophthalmology Journal Editorial Board Membership Trends over the Last Decade, 2012-2021.
    Paola A Rivera, Agata Atayde, Lei Wang, Ninani Kombo.
       PURPOSE: To study the relationship between female authorship and editorial board membership in three ophthalmology journals from 2012-2021.
    DESIGN: Cross-sectional and trend study METHODS: The prevalence of female first, senior authorship, and editorial board members were examined in Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, and American Journal of Ophthalmology. Gender-API assigned gender to authors based on name and country. Editorial board (EB) information was manually extracted and grouped for comparison among leadership positions. Gender data collected on authorship and EB membership were compared. The proportion of females in EB positions was identified: editor-in-chief, mid-level editors, and consulting editors. Relationship between female authorship and editorial board membership was analyzed.
    RESULTS: Females published fewer articles as first (1547/4267) and senior authors (1165/4267) than males. The proportion of females in senior authorship significantly increased from 2012-2021 (23.4% to 30.5%, P=0.0046). Across EB, a significant increase in female members (13.9% to 34.6%, P=0.0006) was observed. There was a significant correlation (P<0.0001) between female EB members and female authors (r = 0.74, 95% CI 0.51-0.87) for all journals. The odds of female first authorships were 1.89 (95% CI: 1.65, 2.17) times higher for articles with female senior authors than male senior authors (P<0.0001).
    CONCLUSION: Female senior authorship significantly increased over the last decade. Journals with a higher representation of female EB members also had a higher representation of female authorship. This study found a positive association between first and senior female authorship, however, the gender gap persists. Continued efforts to reach equity in publications and EB representation are necessary.
    Keywords:  editorial board; female authorship; female representation; gender gap; publications
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2023.07.002
  36. J Surg Res. 2023 Jul 13. pii: S0022-4804(23)00238-X. [Epub ahead of print]
    Modeling the Adoption of 5760 Clinical Studies Into Practice Across 5 Surgical Specialties.
    Moustafa Abdalla, Salwa Abdalla, Mohamed Abdalla, Daniel B Jones.
       INTRODUCTION: No studies exist that explore the factors that influence the process of synthesizing new knowledge into perioperative standards of care and the operating room. We sought to model the adoption of clinical research into surgical practice and identify modifiable factors influencing the latency of this translation.
    METHODS: We created a data set comprised of all UpToDate articles between 2011 and 2020, sampled at 3-mo intervals, to explore how research is incorporated at the point-of-care (POC)-studying 5760 new references from 204 journals across five surgical specialties, compared to all uncited articles published during the same interval. UpToDate authors serve as specialty curators of the vast surgical literature, with an audience of more than a million clinicians in over 180 countries across 3200 institutions. Unlike society guidelines, UpToDate also provides the necessary granularity to quantify the time in bringing research to the bedside. Our main outcomes are citation rates and time-to-citation, split by specialty, journal, article type, and topics. We also model the influence of impact factor, geography, and funding and, finally, propose new impact indices to help with prioritizing surgical literature.
    RESULTS: We highlight variation in adoption of clinical research by specialty. We show, despite representing a lower quality of evidence, surgical case reports are one of the most cited article types. Furthermore, most clinical trials (94%-100%) in surgical journals are never incorporated into POC reference lists. While few, pragmatic trials were the most likely to be cited of any article type in any surgical specialty (40%). Journal impact factor did not correlate with time-to-citation or proportion of articles cited in three of five surgical specialties, suggesting differences in how specialties synthesize/value research from specialty journals. Our two metrics, the Clinical Relevancy and Immediacy Indices, were defined to capture this impact/relevance to surgical practice. Of the five surgical subspecialties, gynecology references were >5-fold more likely to get cited, had a larger fraction of higher quality evidence incorporated, and demonstrated more success with POC adoption of practice guidelines. We also quantified the cost of translating research to surgical practice per specialty and generated maps that highlight institutions successful in translating research to the POC. The higher expenditure of National Institutes of Health funding in gynecology may reflect the cost of higher quality research per citation.
    CONCLUSIONS: Understanding translational latency is the first step to exposing blocks that slow the adoption of research into everyday surgical practice and to understanding why increasing research funding has not yielded comparative gains in surgical outcomes. Our approach reveals new methods to monitoring the efficiency of research investments and evaluating the efficacy of policies influencing the translation of research to surgical practice.
    Keywords:  Adoption; Bedside; Clinical research; Point-of-care; Translation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.05.030
  37. Environ Monit Assess. 2023 Jul 15. 195(8): 960
    Neurotoxicity of microplastics: a CiteSpace-based review and emerging trends study.
    Zeyan Ye, Tingyu Mai, Yuqian Cheng, Xiashuang Zhang, Zhe Liu, Zhiyong Zhang, You Li.
      Microplastics, as a currently emerging pollutant, are gaining increasing attention from researchers in various fields. The purpose of this study is to summarize research development on microplastics in the field of neurotoxicity using bibliometric tools and visualization methods and to identify current research hotspots. The Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) was searched under the topics of "microplastics" and "neurotoxicity." A total of 33 published articles were obtained by exclusion and analyzed using CiteSpace (V6.1.R2). It was found that microplastic neurotoxicity research is currently on the rise, with the most research results being published in China, the most collaboration occurring between Italy and other countries, and the least collaboration occurring between authors. The focus and hotspots of future research on the neurotoxicity of microplastics may revolve around "accumulation" and "integrated biomarker response." These findings demonstrate the trends and frontiers in the field of microplastic neurotoxicity research and provide valuable information for subsequent research directions and potential collaborations.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric; CiteSpace; Microplastic; Neurotoxicity; Visualization
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11559-1
  38. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jul 21. 102(29): e34346
    Research trends in complementary and alternative treatments for insomnia over the past decade: A bibliometrics analysis.
    Siyun Li, Qian Xue, Yue Zhong, Pengfei Liao, Qiang Ji, Xiaoyan Yang, Xia Feng, Li Zhou, Fengya Zhu.
      Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, with persistent insomnia being associated with greater risk and leading to a range of functional consequences that place a heavy burden on patients and healthcare systems. A weight of evidence has shown that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) seems to have a positive effect on improving sleep. However, the research trends of CAM intervention for insomnia have not been studied systematically through bibliometrics. We searched the relevant literature over the past decade in the Web of Science Core Collection database on September 20, 2022 and used CiteSpace and gCLUTO to visually analyze and cluster countries, institutions, authors, journals and keywords. Through screening, 1655 papers were included. In the past decade, the number of articles published in this field shown an annual trend of growth, with explosive growth in 2020. The USA has the largest number of publications, the University of Hong Kong is the leading institution in this field, and the most cited journal is Sleep. Mental condition and quality of life in patients with insomnia, insomnia related to cancer, effect of mindfulness meditation, yoga and aromatherapy on insomnia and the psychiatric symptoms resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are at the forefront of this field. In this study, bibliometrics and visualization analysis were performed on related studies on CAM intervention for insomnia. This will be the focus and development direction of insomnia treatment in the future to formulate structured treatment plans for traditional Chinese medicine-related CAM, validate large-scale clinical trials, solve cancer comorbidity insomnia and related psychiatric symptoms and deal with mental health-related insomnia after public health outbreaks.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034346
  39. J Adv Nurs. 2023 Jul 17.
    Surveillance and patient safety in nursing research: A bibliometric analysis from 1993 to 2023.
    Odette Doyon, Louis Raymond.
       AIMS: To identify and characterize the thematic foci, structure and evolution of nursing research on surveillance and patient safety.
    DESIGN: Bibliometric analysis.
    METHODS: Bibliometric methods were employed to analyse 1145 articles, using Bibliometrix and VOSviewer software.
    DATA SOURCE: The Scopus bibliographic database was searched on April 7, 2023.
    RESULTS: A keyword co-occurrence analysis found the most frequently occurring keywords to be: patient safety, nursing, nurses, adverse events, monitoring, critical care, quality improvement, vital signs, safety, alarm fatigue, education, nursing care, surveillance, clinical alarms, failure to rescue, evidence-based practice, acute care, clinical deterioration, communication, intensive care. Network mapping, clustering and time-tracking of the keywords revealed the focal themes, structure and evolution of the research field.
    CONCLUSION: By assessing critical areas of the nursing research field, this study extends and enriches the current discourse on surveillance and patient safety for nursing researchers and practitioners. Critical challenges still have to be met by nurses, however, including the failure to rescue deteriorating patients. Further knowledge and understanding of surveillance and patient safety must be successfully translated from research to practice.
    IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION: This study highlights the gaps in nursing knowledge with regard to surveillance and patient safety and encourages nursing professionals to turn to evidence-based surveillance practices.
    IMPACT: In addressing the problem of surveillance and its effect on patient safety, this study found that, in most clinical care settings, preventing failures to rescue and adverse patient outcomes still remains a challenge for the nursing profession. This study should have an impact on nursing academics' future research themes and on nursing professionals' future clinical practices.
    REPORTING METHOD: Relevant EQUATOR guidelines have been adhered to by employing recognized bibliometric reporting methods.
    Keywords:  adverse event; bibliometrics; failure to rescue; monitoring; nurse, nursing; patient safety; surveillance
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15793
  40. Environ Health. 2023 07 18. 22(1): 47
    Effective communications strategies to increase the impact of environmental health research.
    Rebecca E Fuoco, Carol F Kwiatkowski, Linda S Birnbaum, Arlene Blum.
       BACKGROUND: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are the subject of a growing body of research with the potential to positively impact public and ecological health. However, to effect positive change, findings must be communicated beyond the scientific community.
    OBJECTIVE: We sought to (a) evaluate the relationships between communications strategy, media attention, and scholarly citations of PFAS research and (b) offer guidance for researchers and communications professionals who would like to publicize future work and increase its impact.
    METHODS: We analyzed 273 peer-reviewed epidemiological studies on PFAS human health impacts with publication years 2018-2020, as collected by a pre-existing database. We investigated whether a press release was issued, open-access status, abstract and press release readability, timing of publication and press release distribution, journal impact factor, study type and sample size, statistical significance of finding(s), number of scholarly citations, and the Altmetric Attention Score (a measure of media attention).
    DISCUSSION: Of papers reporting a statistically significant association with health harm, those with a press release received 20 times more media attention (as assessed by Altmetric scores) than those that did not. However, only 6.2% of all papers and 7.8% of significant papers issued one. Among papers with a press release, media attention was positively correlated with better abstract and press release readability and speed in issuing the press release. Scholarly citations were positively correlated with media attention, presence of a press release, and open-access status.
    CONCLUSION: Most papers with significant findings on PFAS are published without a press release and receive little or no media attention. This reduces the likelihood that important research is reaching the public and decisionmakers who can translate science into action. Issuing a press release and receiving media attention also appear to increase scholarly citations. We provide recommendations for authors to increase the reach and impact of future papers.
    Keywords:  Media; Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); Policy; Scholarly impact; Science communication
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-023-00997-6
  41. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 07 25. 120(30): e2213697120
    Predicting substantive biomedical citations without full text.
    Travis A Hoppe, Salsabil Arabi, B Ian Hutchins.
      Insights from biomedical citation networks can be used to identify promising avenues for accelerating research and its downstream bench-to-bedside translation. Citation analysis generally assumes that each citation documents substantive knowledge transfer that informed the conception, design, or execution of the main experiments. Citations may exist for other reasons. In this paper, we take advantage of late-stage citations added during peer review because these are less likely to represent substantive knowledge flow. Using a large, comprehensive feature set of open access data, we train a predictive model to identify late-stage citations. The model relies only on the title, abstract, and citations to previous articles but not the full-text or future citations patterns, making it suitable for publications as soon as they are released, or those behind a paywall (the vast majority). We find that high prediction scores identify late-stage citations that were likely added during the peer review process as well as those more likely to be rhetorical, such as journal self-citations added during review. Our model conversely gives low prediction scores to early-stage citations and citation classes that are known to represent substantive knowledge transfer. Using this model, we find that US federally funded biomedical research publications represent 30% of the predicted early-stage (and more likely to be substantive) knowledge transfer from basic studies to clinical research, even though these comprise only 10% of the literature. This is a threefold overrepresentation in this important type of knowledge flow.
    Keywords:  artificial intelligence; bench to bedside translation; citation analysis; machine learning; science policy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2213697120
  42. Insights Imaging. 2023 Jul 19. 14(1): 131
    Response to: American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria®: A bibliometric analysis of panel members.
    Mark E Lockhart, David B Larson, William T Thorwarth.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-023-01457-y
  43. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 ;11 1214715
    Visualization and bibliometric analysis of 3D printing in cartilage regeneration.
    Zhen Yang, Jianwei Li, Haoyuan Deng, Hao Li, Tianyuan Zhao, Tianze Gao, Dan Xing, Jianhao Lin.
      The self-repair ability of cartilage defects is limited, and 3D printing technology provides hope for the repair and regeneration of cartilage defects. Although 3D printing technology and cartilage repair and regeneration have been studied for decades, there are still few articles specifically describing the relationship between 3D printing and cartilage defect repair and regeneration, and a bibliometric analysis has not been completed. To supplement, sort out and summarize the content in related fields, we analyzed the research status of 3D printing technology and cartilage repair and regeneration from 2002 to 2022. According to the set search strategy, the Web of Science Core Collection was used as the data source, and the literature search was completed on December 6, 2022. CiteSpace V and VOSviewer were used as bibliometric tools to complete the analysis of the research focus and direction of the published literature. Based on the analysis results, we focus on the occurrence and development of this field of combined medical and engineering research. Moreover, the current advantages and limitations of this field as well as future development prospects are discussed in depth. It will help to shape researchers' understanding of 3D printing and cartilage repair and regeneration, inspire researchers' research ideas, guide research directions, and promote related research results to clinical application.
    Keywords:  3D printing; cartilage regeneration; cartilage repair; tissue engineering; visualization research
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1214715
  44. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jul 21. 102(29): e34158
    Analyzing author collaborations by developing a follower-leader clustering algorithm and identifying top co-authoring countries: Cluster analysis.
    Che-Kuang Lin, Sam Yu-Chieh Ho, Tsair-Wei Chien, Willy Chou, Julie Chi Chow.
       BACKGROUND: This study aimed to explore suitable clustering algorithms for author collaborations (ACs) in bibliometrics and investigate which countries frequently coauthored with others in recent years. To achieve this, the study developed a method called the Follower-Leading Clustering Algorithm (FLCA) and used it to analyze ACs and cowords in the Journal of Medicine (Baltimore) from 2020 to 2022.
    METHODS: This study extracted article metadata from the Web of Science and used the statistical software R to implement FLCA, enabling efficient and reproducible analysis of ACs and cowords in bibliometrics. To determine the countries that easily coauthored with other countries, the study observed the top 20 countries each year and visualized the results using network charts, heatmaps with dendrograms, and Venn diagrams. The study also used chord diagrams to demonstrate the use of FLCA on ACs and cowords in Medicine (Baltimore).
    RESULTS: The study observed 12,793 articles, including 5081, 4418, and 3294 in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively. The results showed that the FLCA algorithm can accurately identify clusters in bibliometrics, and the USA, China, South Korea, Japan, and Spain were the top 5 countries that commonly coauthored with others during 2020 and 2022. Furthermore, the study identified China, Sichuan University, and diagnosis as the leading entities in countries, institutes, and keywords based on ACs and cowords, respectively. The study highlights the advantages of using cluster analysis and visual displays to analyze ACs in Medicine (Baltimore) and their potential application to coword analysis.
    CONCLUSION: The proposed FLCA algorithm provides researchers with a comprehensive means to explore and understand the intricate connections between authors or keywords. Therefore, the study recommends the use of FLCA and visualizations with R for future research on ACs with cluster analysis.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034158
  45. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023 Jul 15.
    Sex equality in high-quality anaesthesiology research: A descriptive bibliometric study on scientific authorships.
    Malte L Zipper, Doris Klingelhöfer, David A Groneberg, Michael H K Bendels.
      
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/EJA.0000000000001886
  46. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2023 Jul 11. pii: S0303-8467(23)00300-1. [Epub ahead of print]232 107884
    Competitive neurosurgery residency programs: Predictors of matching outcome and research productivity.
    M Maher Hulou, Christopher Ala Samaan, Christopher J McLouth, Humberto José Madriñán-Navia, Dimitri Benner, Marian T Park, Muhammed Amir Essibayi, Jacob T Howshar, David Dornbos, Christopher S Graffeo, Michael T Lawton.
       OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive assessment of preresidency research and school as predictors of competitive neurosurgery matching and to assess for any correlations between preresidency and intraresidency research productivity.
    METHODS: Individuals who graduated from US neurosurgery programs from 2018 through 2020 were assessed for medical school, degree (MD, DO, or PhD), preresidency versus intraresidency publications, author order, article type, and neurosurgery matching outcomes.
    RESULTS: Medical school ranking (top 50) and the number of published papers (≥3) before intern year were predictors for matching to a top-25 residency program after adjusting for other covariates (p < 0.001, p = 0.002, respectively). On average, individuals who published more papers before residency published more papers during residency. For the comprehensive clinical papers category, there was a significant difference between individuals from the top 25 residency programs and others, with a stronger correlation between the number of preresidency publications and intraresidency publications for neurosurgeons who attended a top-25 residency program (r = 0.378 and r = 0.179, respectively; p = 0.02).
    CONCLUSION: Medical school ranking and research productivity as measured by the number of published papers were independently associated with matching to the top 25 residency programs. In addition, high research productivity in the preresidency years was associated with continued productivity during residency, especially in the category of comprehensive clinical papers.
    Keywords:  Match; Medical school; Neurosurgery; Research; Residency
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.107884
  47. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Jul 19. pii: S0146-2806(23)00399-7. [Epub ahead of print] 101982
    Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy: Global Burden from 1990 to 2019, Current Research Hotspots and Emerging Trends.
    Ru Fu, Yihui Li, Xiaogang Li, Weihong Jiang.
      Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) constitute a worldwide health problem for pregnant women and their infants. This study provided HDP burden over 1990-2019 by region and age distribution, and predicted changes in related values for the next 25 years. We then conducted an econometric analysis of the author distribution, collaborative networks, keyword burst clustering, and spatio-temporal analysis of HDP-related publications from 2012-2022 to access current scientific developments and hotspots. The number of pregnant women with HDP has been increasing over the past 30 years, with regional and age-stratified differences in the burden of disease. Additionally, projections suggest an increase of deaths due to maternal HDP among adolescents younger than 20 years. Current research is mostly centered on pre-eclampsia, with hot keywords including trophoblast, immune tolerance, frozen-thawed embryo transfer, aspirin, gestational diabetes association, and biomarkers. Researches on the pathological mechanism, classification and subtypes of HDP need to be further advanced.
    Keywords:  Bibliometric; Global Burden of Disease; Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy; Projection; Research Hotspots
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101982
  48. Crisis. 2023 Jul 21.
    Gender and Geographical Distribution of Editorial Board Members of Three Leading Suicide Journals.
    S M Yasir Arafat, Sujita Kumar Kar, Rizwana Amin.
      Background Despite the recent progress of women in academia, there is an underrepresentation of female editors in academic journals. Additionally, although suicide affects more low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than high-income countries, little is known about the geographical distribution of editors in suicidology journals. Aims We aimed to determine the gender and geographical distribution of the editorial board members (EBMs) of leading suicide journals. Method Data were collected between November 27 and 29, 2022. We purposively selected suicidology journals, searched the journal websites, and extracted data on the gender and affiliated country of the EBM to identify the continent and income category of the country. Results The proportion of female EBMs was 32.37% with better representation in senior positions. Only six positions (3.47%) were occupied by four individuals affiliated with LMIC backgrounds. The highest number of EBMs was located in North America (58.38%) while one member was from Africa. Limitations Only three purposively selected journals were scrutinized. Conclusion This study reveals that approximately one third of the editorial positions were occupied by women and less than 4% of editors were from LMICs, where suicide represents a significant burden.
    Keywords:  editorial board; female; gender representation; low- and middle-income country; suicidology
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000919
  49. World Neurosurg. 2023 Jul 13. pii: S1878-8750(23)00953-1. [Epub ahead of print]
    Bibliometric Analysis of International Medical Graduates (IMG) and Professorship Promotion in Neurosurgery.
    Eugene I Hrabarchuk, Jonathan Dullea, Margaret Downs, Alexander J Schupper, Vikram Vasan, Lily McCarthy, Zerubabbel Asfaw, Addison Quinones, Roshini Kalagara, Benjamin Rodriguez, Muhammad Ali, Adam Y Li, Theodore C Hannah, Tanvir F Choudhri.
       BACKGROUND: International medical graduates (IMGs) comprise ∼25% of physicians in the US. Differences in promotion rates from assistant to associate to full professorship based on medical school location have been understudied. We aim to stratify odds of professional advancement by three categories: IMG with US residency, IMG with international residency, and US medical with US residency training.
    METHODS: We created and queried a database after exclusions of 1334 neurosurgeons including multiple demographic factors: academic productivity and promotion rates. Stratified logistic regression modeled odds of promotion including the variables: decades out of training, Scopus h-index, gender, and training location. Odds-ratios and 95% confidence intervals for each variable were calculated.
    RESULTS: Significant predictors of increased associate versus assistant professorship included decades out of training (OR=2.519[95%CI: 2.07-3.093],p<0.0001) and Scopus h-index (OR=1.085 [95%CI:1.064-1.108],p<0.0001) while international medical school with US residency (OR=0.471[95%CI:0.231-0.914],p=0.0352) was associated with decreased promotion. Significant predictors of associate versus full professorship were decades out of training (OR=2.781[95%CI:2.268-3.444],p<0.0001), and Scopus h-index (OR=1.064[95%CI:1.049-1.080],p<0.0001). Attending medical school or residency internationally was not associated with odds of full professorship.
    CONCLUSION: Time out of residency and Scopus h-index were associated with higher academic rank regardless of career level. Attending medical school internationally with US residency was associated with lower odds of associate professorship promotion over 10 years. There was no relationship between IMG and full professorship promotion. IMGs who attended residency internationally did not have lower promotion rates. These findings suggest it may be harder for IMGs to earn promotion from assistant to associate professor in neurosurgery.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.024
  50. Orthop J Sports Med. 2023 Jul;11(7): 23259671231177660
    Characteristics of Team Physicians in the National Football League: The Road to Success and a Call for Diversity.
    Tyler B Gillikin, Nicholas J Lanzetta, Peter R Swiatek, Erik B Gerlach, Michael A Terry, Vehniah K Tjong.
       Background: The role of team physician (TP) in professional sports is a highly coveted position within sports medicine. There is currently limited research on the demographic characteristics of TPs within the National Football League (NFL).
    Purpose: To identify demographic characteristics and educational backgrounds of NFL head TPs (HTPs) and assistant TPs (ATPs).
    Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
    Methods: A list of TPs was identified through the National Football League Physicians Society (NFLPS). Variables investigated include age, gender, race, medical specialty, location and year of residency and fellowship training, leadership among medical societies and editorial boards, academic rank, and personal Scopus Hirsch index (h-index). Linear regression was performed to determine correlation, and t tests were used to assess differences in the h-index.
    Results: Of the 170 TPs, 21.2% were HTPs and 78.8% were ATPs. TPs were 97.6% male, 91.2% were non-Hispanic White, and 60% had attained an academic rank. The mean ages of the HTPs and ATPs were a 56.2 ± 9.6 and 52.6 ± 9.6 years, respectively (P = .047). Among orthopaedic surgeons, the most common subspecialties were sports medicine (70.5%), foot and ankle (7.6%), and spine (5.7%). Of the TPs, 48.2% and 32.9% worked for a team in the same state in which they graduated residency and fellowship, respectively. HTPs and ATPs had been in the NFLPS for a mean of 16.9 ± 10.8 and 8.8 ± 8.3 years, respectively (P < .001). Further, TPs holding an academic rank had a mean h-index of 14.0 ± 19.3, while those without an academic rank had a mean h-index of 6.2 ± 8.8 (P < .01). HTPs and ATPs had mean h-indices of 15.7 ± 15.9 and 9.6 ± 16.3 (P = .0503), respectively.
    Conclusion: TPs in the NFL are typically White men in their mid-50s who have trained at specific high-ranking institutions and obtained a fellowship in sports medicine. HTPs were likely to be older with longer tenures within the NFLPS and with more impactful research than their ATP counterparts.
    Keywords:  NFL leadership; NFLPS; professional sports leadership; sports medicine; team physician
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671231177660
  51. Med Ref Serv Q. 2023 Jul-Sep;42(3):42(3): 211-227
    Common Misspellings and Their Impact on Health Sciences Literature Search Results.
    Jill A Turner, Julia L Eisenstein.
      This study examines the frequency of misspellings in health sciences literature and explores how they affect citation retrieval in multiple databases. Searches for commonly misspelled medical words were conducted in PubMed, CINAHL Complete, APA PsycArticles (ProQuest), APA PsycInfo, and ProQuest Psychology databases. Citations that would be retrieved using a word's correct spelling were removed from the search results. Remaining results were citations that could only be retrieved if the word was misspelled in the search. Articles with clinical significance were targeted. The top five most commonly misspelled words were occurrence, ophthalmology, pruritus, sagittal, and resistance. Ophthalmology had the highest number of citations that contained at least one misspelling, with 57% of those citations "missing" when searched with the correct spelling of the word. The word with the highest percentage (82%) of missed citations was arrhythmia. The results of this study indicate that misspellings in scholarly literature are more prevalent than searchers might realize. The ability to retrieve citations is adversely affected by misspellings, which has the potential to affect patient care. Many opportunities exist in the editorial process to identify and correct misspellings before publication. This is less so once a journal is published. The implications for database searching and manuscript evaluation are discussed.
    Keywords:  Citation recall; citation retrieval; database searching; misspellings; spelling errors
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2023.2214038
  52. J Surg Educ. 2023 Jul 13. pii: S1931-7204(23)00228-3. [Epub ahead of print]
    Medical School Factors Associated With Students Entering Otolaryngology.
    James Okezie Onyeukwu, Alec Chang, Andrew R Scott, Kathryn Y Noonan, Christian P Soneru.
       OBJECTIVE: To determine medical school characteristics that are associated with medical students entering otolaryngology residency programs.
    STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.
    SETTING: Publically available data on otolaryngology residents and academic otolaryngology programs.
    METHODS: Publicly available websites were used to collect demographic and bibliometric characteristics for 1527 residents in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited otolaryngology programs accounting for the 2017 to 2021 match periods. For each medical school, information on class size, number of otolaryngology faculty, presence of a home academic otolaryngology program, NIH research funding, presence of a student interest group, and top 10 ranking by Doximity or U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) were collected. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed between the medical school factors and the percentage of each medical school class that matriculated into an otolaryngology residency program.
    RESULTS: On multivariate analysis, the following factors were found to be associated with a higher percentage of graduates entering an otolaryngology residency program: presence of a home academic otolaryngology program (standardized beta value (β) = 0.397, p < 0.0001), a 2021 top 10 ENT ranking according to USNWR (β = 0.206, p = 0.0028), and the average h-index of students from a medical school (β = 0.327, p < 0.0001).
    CONCLUSIONS: After controlling for multiple factors including research productivity, we found that the presence of a home academic program and a top 10 ranking on USNWR were associated with an increasing percentage of medical school graduates entering otolaryngology. NIH funding and the number of otolaryngology faculty were not associated with more students matriculating into an otolaryngology residency program. These findings can help guide medical schools and otolaryngology programs to recruit students into the field.
    Keywords:  Otolaryngology match; medical education; otolaryngology residency programs; surgical subspecialty residency
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.06.024
  53. Res Dev Disabil. 2023 Jul 13. pii: S0891-4222(23)00149-X. [Epub ahead of print]139 104571
    Development of sensory integration therapy in Mainland China: A comprehensive study with bibliometrics and visualization techniques.
    Zhe Li, Su-Min Li, Fei Wang, Li Wang, Bai Han, Su-Xia Li.
      Sensory integration therapy (SIT) is an intervention to improve the developmental and learning problems in children. It was introduced in China from late 1980 s to early 1990 s and has received considerable attention from scholars. However, due to its late development in China and its specialised nature, it is worth exploring in depth whether it is recognized by the general public and how it is researched by academics. Therefore, we used Internet survey approach to explore the actual feedback of users towards SIT through the Internet. At the same time, bibliometric method and visualization techniques were used to study 892 journal articles on SIT in CNKI, Wanfang Database and VIP Database to analyze the spatial and temporal distribution, subject distribution, keyword co-occurrence, and keyword clustering of SIT research in mainland China since it came to China mainland. We found that the research on SIT in mainland China has been fruitful. However, the public is less aware of its basic function, therapeutic effects, and necessity. Our findings point to the need to raise awareness of sensory integration disorder and sensory integration therapy among the general public, and to strengthen academic research on sensory integration therapy.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Internet survey; Qualitative research; Sensory integration therapy; Visualization analysis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104571
  54. Res Dev Disabil. 2023 Jul 18. pii: S0891-4222(23)00129-4. [Epub ahead of print]140 104551
    Identifying major research themes in the literature on developmental disabilities in Middle Eastern countries: A scientometric review from 1962 to 2023.
    Seraphina Fong, Alessandro Carollo, Rola Ashour, Dagmara Dimitriou, Gianluca Esposito.
      Developmental disabilities have been widely studied in higher-income countries. However, most individuals with these conditions live in low- and middle-income countries and they are reportedly under-represented in the scientific literature. To tackle this issue, previous research has provided insight into the thematic developments in the research on developmental disabilities in Africa by means of a scientometric approach to reviews. The current work aims to extend the scientometric approach to investigate the main interests in the literature on developmental disabilities conducted in Middle Eastern countries. A total of 1110 documents were retrieved from Scopus and their patterns of co-citation were analysed with the CiteSpace software. Research in Developmental Disabilities emerged to be the main source in the sample of downloaded documents. Furthermore, a total of six main thematic domains and the four most impactful documents in the literature were identified. Results showed that research on developmental disabilities in the Middle East has been mainly focused on uncovering the genetic basis of this group of conditions. The study of clinical profiles, diagnosis, management, and treatment of individuals with developmental disabilities have been so far under-investigated and represents material for future studies.
    Keywords:  CiteSpace; Developmental disabilities; Middle Eastern countries; Scientometrics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104551
  55. JMIR Med Inform. 2023 Jul 19. 11 e47934
    Data Analysis of Physician Competence Research Trend: Social Network Analysis and Topic Modeling Approach.
    So Jung Yune, Youngjon Kim, Jea Woog Lee.
       BACKGROUND: Studies on competency in medical education often explore the acquisition, performance, and evaluation of particular skills, knowledge, or behaviors that constitute physician competency. As physician competency reflects social demands according to changes in the medical environment, analyzing the research trends of physician competency by period is necessary to derive major research topics for future studies. Therefore, a more macroscopic method is required to analyze the core competencies of physicians in this era.
    OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze research trends related to physicians' competency in reflecting social needs according to changes in the medical environment.
    METHODS: We used topic modeling to identify potential research topics by analyzing data from studies related to physician competency published between 2011 and 2020. We preprocessed 1354 articles and extracted 272 keywords.
    RESULTS: The terms that appeared most frequently in the research related to physician competency since 2010 were knowledge, hospital, family, job, guidelines, management, and communication. The terms that appeared in most studies were education, model, knowledge, and hospital. Topic modeling revealed that the main topics about physician competency included Evidence-based clinical practice, Community-based healthcare, Patient care, Career and self-management, Continuous professional development, and Communication and cooperation. We divided the studies into 4 periods (2011-2013, 2014-2016, 2017-2019, and 2020-2021) and performed a linear regression analysis. The results showed a change in topics by period. The hot topics that have shown increased interest among scholars over time include Community-based healthcare, Career and self-management, and Continuous professional development.
    CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of the analysis of research trends, it is predicted that physician professionalism and community-based medicine will continue to be studied in future studies on physician competency.
    Keywords:  LDA algorithm; competency-based education; data science; latent Dirichlet allocation; physician competency; professionalism; research trend; social network analysis; topic modeling
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2196/47934
  56. Can Med Educ J. 2023 Jun;14(3): 87-91
    The role of collaboration and mentorship in the publication of surgical resident research.
    Zarrukh Baig, Zaini Sarwar, Carlos Verdiales, Michael Aj Moser.
       Background: Research is an integral part of surgical training and a mandated competency by national accreditation bodies. Most residents engage in research, but the conversion of this research into peer-reviewed publications is unknown. The objectives of this study were to assess the conversion rate of resident research into published manuscripts and determine what variables predict publication.
    Methods: Through a retrospective design, 99 resident research abstracts were identified from the Surgery Research Day at the University of Saskatchewan 2008-2018. Publication status was verified using Google Scholar and PubMed. Variables associated with resident-specific, mentor-specific, and project-specific variables were assessed for their role in predicting publication.
    Results: Fifty-two (53%) of the 99 abstracts were published in a peer-reviewed journal, and 43 (43%) were presented at a national conference. Logistic regression analysis revealed multidisciplinary research (OR 4.46, CI 1.8-11.4, p = 0.002), projects involving multiple resident researchers (OR 2.56, CI 1.02-6.43, p = 0.045), and faculty supervisor having > 25 publications (OR 2.46, CI 1.03-5.88, p = 0.042) as significant predictors of publication.
    Conclusions: Our study identifies three variables related to collaboration and mentorship that can serve as potential starting points to increase research productivity amongst medical trainees.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.74702
  57. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jul 20.
    Metal sulphides and their heterojunctions for photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes-A comprehensive review.
    Vishal Gadore, Soumya Ranjan Mishra, Md Ahmaruzzaman.
      Water pollution caused by organic dyes is one of the greatest threats to the ecosystem. The removal of dyes from water has remained a challenge for scientists. Recently, metal sulphides have emerged as a potential candidate for water remediation applications. The efficient charge transportation, greater surface-active sites, and low bandgap of metal sulphides make them an excellent choice of semiconductor photocatalysts for degradation of dyes. This review summarises the potential application of metal sulphides and their heterojunctions for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes from wastewater. A detailed study has been presented on the synthesis, basics of photodegradation and heterojunctions and photocatalytic activity. The effect of the use of templates, doping agents, synthesis route, and various other factors affecting the photocatalytic activity of metal sulphides have been summarised in this review. The synthesis techniques, characterisation techniques, mechanism of degradation of organic dyes by Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst, reusability and stability of metal sulphides, and the scope of future research are also discussed. This study indicates that Scopus-based core gathered data could be used to give an objective overview of the global dye degradation research from 2008 to 2023 (15 years). All data (articles, authors, keywords, and publications) is compiled in the Scopus database. For the bibliometric study, 1962 papers relevant to dye photodegradation by sulfide-based photocatalysts were found, and this number rises yearly. A bibliometric analysis provides a 15-year evaluation of the state-of-the-art research on the impact of metal sulfide-based photocatalysts on the photodegradation of dyes.
    Keywords:  Dyes; Factors affecting photodegradation; Heterojunctions; Metal sulphide; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Photocatalysts; Photodegradation mechanism; Semiconductors; Water treatment
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28753-w
  58. Forensic Sci Int. 2023 Jul 07. pii: S0379-0738(23)00233-5. [Epub ahead of print]350 111783
    Fingermark quality assessment, a transversal study of subjective quality scales.
    Teneil Hanna, Scott Chadwick, Sébastien Moret.
      Fingermark detection research aims to improve the quantity and quality of fingermarks detected through the development of novel techniques. Subsequently, there is a need to evaluate these methods to determine the quality of the developed mark. Since the 1980's there has been a significant number of publications, which utilise a variety of different quality assessment methods. The introduction of common practice methods from the International Fingerprint Research Group (IFRG) aimed to implement a more standardised approach. Although these schemes are recommended as common practice, they are only guidelines. Consequentially, there is currently no universally accepted method to evaluate the enhancement techniques implemented in research. Therefore, this study aimed to collate and analyse the published protocols being used within fingermark detection research in order to better understand their application and how research is currently analysing and interpreting fingermark quality. This study comprised of manual and automatic searches of over 2000 published papers within the fingermark detection area. After thorough analysis of the articles, 396 published papers were found to have used a scale within the years spanning 1998-2022. The number of publications that report the use of a scale to assess quality for fingermark detection research has considerably increased over the last decade. However, whilst the number of publications utilising scales has increased, it is not proportional to the number of papers using the IFRG scales. The choice of scale is often institution specific and even more specific to their location. There are also numerous different adaptations of the IFRG recommended scales, as well as novel scales, which do not associate with the IFRG recommended versions being introduced the more research continues to grow. One such reason for this is investigated here, as different quality parameters are utilised within each individual scale. There is underrepresentation of these quality parameters within some of the IFRG scales, in particular the Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) scale. This correlates to the considerable number of tailored approaches as authors are forced to add these parameters within the descriptions. Until there is an introduction of clear guidelines surrounding all areas of fingermark quality, from definition to parameters chosen within phases, the research area will continue to face such issues. This article recommends areas of potential study, whilst also recommending procedures that may be employed to alleviate some of the issues seen with fingermark quality evaluation.
    Keywords:  Fingermark analysis; International Fingerprint Research Group (IFRG); Quality metrics; Subjective scales
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111783
  59. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2023 Jul 18. pii: bmjebm-2022-111921. [Epub ahead of print]
    Reducing the residue of retractions in evidence synthesis: ways to minimise inappropriate citation and use of retracted data.
    Caitlin Bakker, Stephanie Boughton, Clovis Mariano Faggion, Daniele Fanelli, Kathryn Kaiser, Jodi Schneider.
      The incorporation of publications that have been retracted is a risk in reliable evidence synthesis. Retraction is an important mechanism for correcting the literature and protecting its integrity. Within the medical literature, the continued citation of retracted publications occurs for a variety of reasons. Recent evidence suggests that systematic reviews and meta-analyses often unwittingly cite retracted publications which, at least in some cases, may significantly impact quantitative effect estimates in meta-analyses. There is strong evidence that authors of systematic reviews and meta-analyses may be unaware of the retracted status of publications and treat them as if they are not retracted. These problems are difficult to address for several reasons: identifying retracted publications is important but logistically challenging; publications may be retracted while a review is in preparation or in press and problems with a publication may also be discovered after the evidence synthesis is published. We propose a set of concrete actions that stakeholders (eg, scientists, peer-reviewers, journal editors) might take in the near-term, and that research funders, citation management systems, and databases and search engines might take in the longer term to limit the impact of retracted primary studies on evidence syntheses.
    Keywords:  Evidence-Based Practice; Information Storage and Retrieval; Publishing; Retraction of Publication as Topic; Systematic Reviews as Topic
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2022-111921
  60. J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2023 ;16 1
    Self-citation: to do or not to do?
    Nematullah Shomoossi, Mostafa Rad.
      
    Keywords:  Researchers.; Scientometric; Self-citation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v16i1.12884
  61. PeerJ. 2023 ;11 e15656
    Vet the journal before you submit: turnaround times of journals publishing in zoological medicine and related fields.
    Brendan Runde, Craig Harms.
      Many factors influence selection of a target journal for publishing scientific papers, including "fit" within the journal's scope, acceptance rate, readership, open access options, submission and publication costs, journal quality, and timeliness of publication. Timeliness of publication can be a critical factor affecting career development, but many journals are not transparent about turnaround times. Here we evaluated 49 journals publishing papers in zoological medicine and related fields between 2017 and 2022, and aggregated and examined distributions of turnaround time of journals that publicly provided the requisite data, in order to aid authors in selecting target journals that best meet their needs. Of 49 journals evaluated, 39 provided necessary dates for reconstructing turnaround times. Of these, median times to acceptance ranged from 37 to 338 days, and median times to publication ranged from 41 to 403.5 days. The percentage of papers published in greater than 1 year ("slow") ranged from 0 to 57.1%, while the percentage of papers published in under 6 months ("timely") ranged from 0.8 to 99.8%. Acceptance rates and times to first decision were available for only 22% and 20%, respectively, of journals evaluated. Results may prove useful for authors deciding where to submit their works, depending on how they prioritize the many factors involved.
    Keywords:  Journal selection factors; Time of first decision; Time to acceptance; Time to publication; Transparency in review times; Turnaround time
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15656
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