Worldwide research productivity in the field of spine surgery: a 10-year bibliometric analysis

Wei, Meiyang; Wang, Wanming; Zhuang, Yanfeng

doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4442-3

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“…The PubMed database was surveyed for spine‐related research articles published by ORS3 and ISSLS members to characterize the recent publication trends of these societies. The total number of articles published by ORS3 and ISSLS members has significantly increased over the last 10 years, a trend that matches that of the entire spine field. These manuscripts were published in hundreds of distinct journals and the total number of journals increased with time.…”

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“…Sing et al evaluated the prevalence of keywords in abstracts from these journals over 38 years . Wei et al also focused on spine‐specific journals and evaluated overall publication and citation trends . In this study, we focus on the publication trends of individual spine researchers, expanding the search beyond spine‐specific journals to identify trends in the “spine field” as a whole using the ORS3 and ISSLS as representative samples from the field.…”

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“…1 Wei et al also focused on spine-specific journals and evaluated overall publication and citation trends. 2 In this study, we focus on the publication trends of individual spine researchers, expanding the search beyond spine-specific journals to identify trends in the "spine field" as a whole using the ORS3 and ISSLS as representative samples from the field. To do so, we systematically probed the PubMed database to identify and compare the publication trends of ORS3 and ISSLS members.…”

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Publication trends in spine research from 2007 to 2016: Comparison of the Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

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This study investigated current trends in spine publications of the membership of Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section (ORS3) and the more global and clinically focused International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS). The PubMed database was probed to quantify trends in the overall number of articles published, the number of journals these articles were published in, and the number of active scientists producing new manuscripts. We also evaluated trends in flagship spine journals (Spine, European Spine Journal, and The Spine Journal) and in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research. The total number of active ORS3 and ISSLS authors and articles published have increased over the last 10 years. These articles are being published in hundreds of distinct journals; the number of journals is also increasing. Members of both societies published their work in Spine more than any other journal. Yet, publications in Spine decreased over the last 5 years for both ORS3 and ISSLS members, while those in European Spine Journal, and The Spine Journal remained unchanged. Furthermore, members of both societies have published in Journal of Orthopaedic Research at a consistent level. The increasing number of manuscripts and journals reflects a characteristic intrinsic to science as a whole—the global scientific workforce and output are growing and new journals are being created to accommodate the demand. These data suggest that existing spine journals do not fully serve the diverse publication needs of ORS3 and ISSLS members and highlight an unmet need for consolidating the premiere basic and translational spine research in an open access spine‐specific journal. This analysis was an important part of a decision process by the ORS to introduce JOR Spine.

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Publication trends in spine research from 2007 to 2016: Comparison of the Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

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“…During this 73-year period, the USA had ranked at the top regarding the quality and quantity of published publications. Although it should come as no surprise that the USA lead the world in research production in WNV, which has been found in numerous previous biomedical studies [17,31,[33][34][35][67][68][69], it is surprising that relatively small countries compared to the USA in their population size such as France, Italy, Australia, Germany, Israel, and Spain lead the world in research production in WNV. In seeking explanation for these findings, the most possible one may be related to high prevalence of cases with WNV in these countries which experienced several outbreaks [45,70,71].…”

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Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Al-Jabi

2017

Global Health

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BackgroundWest Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging infectious disease which is most commonly transmitted to humans through mosquito, and is considered a major public-health problem worldwide. The aim of the current study is to bibliometrically analyze the quantity and quality of publications indexed in Scopus from different countries to reveal the characteristics of global research output regarding WNV.MethodsThis study is a bibliometric analysis based on the Scopus database. This study focused on identifying WNV publication trends with regard to publication year, publication type, prolific countries, language of publication, as well as, prolific journals, citations, and collaboration patterns.ResultsA total of 4729 publications were considered in this study, which were published between 1943 and 2016. The annual quantity of literature published before 2000 followed a low rate of research growth; while the quantity of publications after 2000 were published in a stage of rapid development. The country with the greatest number of publications in WNV research field was the USA with 2304 (48.7%) publications, followed by France with 224 (4.7%) publications, and Canada with 222 (4.7%) publications. Contributions from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) were considerably small, that is, (n = 519 publications; 11%). All publications related to WNV achieved h-index of 140 and were cited 124,222 times. The median [interquartile range] number of citations per article thus amounts to 9 [2-28]. The USA had the highest h-index of 131. Emerging Infectious Diseases is the most productive journal with 227 articles, followed by Journal of Virology with 162 publications. The result designated that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ranked the first in terms of publication output, followed by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.ConclusionsThere is an obvious trend of WNV research after 2000, and countries with high income have more contributions in WNV research field. The research output is low among LMIC. The USA produced the largest number of publications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention obtained the leading position of the institutions in terms of publication output. In general, this study not only presents a full view of global WNV research, but also can contribute for future further research in this field.

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“…Moreover, this database has been widely used in several bibliometric studies in the field of tobacco use [2,14,19,28]. Furthermore, Scopus database has been commonly employed in several bibliometric analyses due to combining in the characteristics of both Web of Science and PubMed [29][30][31][32][33][34].…”

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Estimates of global research productivity in using nicotine replacement therapy for tobacco cessation: a bibliometric study

Zyoud

2018

Global Health

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BackgroundTobacco use is a major healthcare problem worldwide. Tobacco smoking remains the most important risk factor for both cancer and heart diseases. This study was initiated due to the lack of published data concerning the real progress in research output in the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for tobacco cessation. This study was aimed to use bibliometric analysis to estimate the NRT literature indexed in Scopus database at global level.MethodsCore of the search strategy was the documents that contained specific words or phrases regarding NRT as keywords in the title. Publication output of most prolific countries was adjusted to the gross domestic product and population size. All citations analysis were accomplished on December 22, 2017.ResultsA total of 2138 references were retrieved and published from 56 countries, which were published between 1970 and 2016. The USA has the most number of published articles accounted to 986, followed by the UK (312 publications) and then Australia (102 publications), and Sweden (102 publications). No data related to NRT were published from 156 countries. No significant correlation was found between the country population size or 2016 gross domestic product values and the number of publications of the top-10 most prolific countries in the field of NRT (r = − 0.156, P = 0.664; and r = − 0.173, P = 0.632, respectively). Furthermore, there is no correlation between prevalence of tobacco smoking and number of publications of the top-10 most prolific countries in the field of NRT (r = − 0.235, P = 0.514).ConclusionsThe present data reveal a solid mass of research activity on NRT. The USA was by far the predominant country in the amount of NRT-based research activity. NRT-based research activities were low or not available in most countries. The results of this study delineate a framework for better understanding the situations of current NRT research and prospective directions of the research in this field which could be applied for managing and prioritizing future research efforts in NRT research.

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Worldwide research productivity in the field of spine surgery: a 10-year bibliometric analysis

Abstract: There has a rapid increase of scientific research productivity in the field of spine surgery during the past 10 years. United States has special contributions to the body of spine publications. China and South Korea have increasing contributions to the field of spine surgery.

Cited by 70 publications

References 27 publications

Publication trends in spine research from 2007 to 2016: Comparison of the Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

Publication trends in spine research from 2007 to 2016: Comparison of the Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Estimates of global research productivity in using nicotine replacement therapy for tobacco cessation: a bibliometric study

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