A Bibliometric Approach to Research Into Fibromyalgia

Alonso, Luis Antonio Merayo; García, Francisco Javier Cano; Franco, Luis Rodríguez; Ariza, Rafael Ariza; Sarabia, Federico Navarro

doi:10.1016/s2173-5743(07)70212-5

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“…Although other bibliometric studies related to FM exist, they did not comply with traditional bibliometric laws, and they used different methodologies compared with this study. Moreover, the covered topics were different, including FM and biomechanics, FM research, juvenile primary FM syndrome, acupuncture, and the top 100 Cited Articles on Fibromyalgia Syndrome [43][44][45][46][47].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the scientific bibliography, FM and PA research can be found, including crosssectional studies [36,37], randomized controlled trials [38,39], systematic reviews and metaanalyses [11,40,41], and scoping reviews [23,42]. However, although other bibliometric analyses on FM exist [43][44][45][46][47], no bibliometric studies related to FM, pain, and PA have been found. The mapping of an area of scientific knowledge through a bibliometric analysis is useful to provide essential information to researchers, such as identifying research opportunities, trends in scientific production, and substantiating scientific research, among other utilities [48].…”

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Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Physical Activity: A Bibliometric Analysis

Denche-Zamorano

Barrios-Fernández

Mendoza-Muñoz

et al. 2023

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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a rheumatic disease characterized by pain, fatigue, low-quality sleep, depression, anxiety, stiffness, fall risk, mood disturbance, cognitive impairment, poor physical condition, and other symptoms leading to a worse quality of life. Physical activity (PA) and exercise are effective methods to reduce FM symptoms, including pain. This study presents the first bibliometric study on FM, pain, and PA. An advanced search of the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database performed on this topic using was carried out traditional bibliometric laws. A total of 737 documents were found. Annual publications presented an exponentially growing trend (R2 = 85.3%). Rheumatology International, Kaisa Mannerkorpi, and the USA were the journal, co-author, and country most productive, respectively. The exponential growth of annual publications on FM, PA, and pain shows the high interest of researchers and publishers in this topic. The document “Fibromyalgia A Clinical Review” was the most cited. Moreover, Kaisa Mannerkorpi was the most prolific co-author, Rheumatology International was the most prolific journal, “Fibromyalgia: a clinical review” was the most highly cited document, and Daniel Clauw was the most cited co-author.

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Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Physical Activity: A Bibliometric Analysis

Denche-Zamorano

Barrios-Fernández

Mendoza-Muñoz

et al. 2023

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“…A great variation exists in the choice of pain terms: the pain literature is analyzed without any specificity; a large set of pain terms are used; pain synonyms/analogues/related terms (e.g., nociception, analgesia, neuralgia) are employed (30,34,35,47,123); the number of pain terms used may exceed 20 (35, 37, 150) and can be up to 30 (54,79), even though a few studies only use the single word "pain" (80,100,112,140,143). Alternatively, when a specific pain phenomenon is targeted (e.g., fibromyalgia, headache, or low back pain), the choice of painterms is reduced to either one (19,25,108,126,131,133,137,144) or very few (<5) keywords (29,68,69,73,96,155,185).…”

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“…(2) The second parameter indicates the targeted population. The general population is targeted for most B/P investigations (25,30,76); however, several studies have restricted their population to patients with cancer (100,126), diabetes (130), some critical illness (65), or depression (102). ( 3) Another important parameter is the geographical limit of the populations studied.…”

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“…Additionally, a large number of studies have been published in journals focusing on a specific field associated with the type of pain studied: e.g., Gaceta Mexicana de Oncologia (127) for Cancer; Paediatric and Neonatal Pain (81) or Children (148) for Pediadrics; Geriatric Nursing (18) for Geriatrics; Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (173) or Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (88) for Rehabilitation; Rheumatologίa Clίnica (25) or Revista Cubana de Reumatologίa (66) for Rheumatology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research (26) or Frontiers in Psychology for Psychology and Mental Health (105).…”

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Thirty-year survey of bibliometrics used in the research literature of pain: Analysis, evolution, and pitfalls

Robert

Wilson²

2023

Front. Pain Res.

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During the last decades, the emergence of Bibliometrics and the progress in Pain research have led to a proliferation of bibliometric studies on the medical and scientific literature of pain (B/P). This study charts the evolution of the B/P literature published during the last 30 years. Using various searching techniques, 189 B/P studies published from 1993 to August 2022 were collected for analysis—half were published since 2018. Most of the selected B/P publications use classic bibliometric analysis of Pain in toto, while some focus on specific types of Pain with Headache/Migraine, Low Back Pain, Chronic Pain, and Cancer Pain dominating. Each study is characterized by the origin (geographical, economical, institutional, …) and the medical/scientific context over a specified time span to provide a detailed landscape of the Pain research literature. Some B/P studies have been developed to pinpoint difficulties in appropriately identifying the Pain literature or to highlight some general publishing pitfalls. Having observed that most of the recent B/P studies have integrated newly emergent software visualization tools (SVTs), we found an increase of anomalies and suggest that readers exercise caution when interpreting results in the B/P literature details.

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