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Abdullah M, Ahmad B, Tufail Z, Farooq M, Ranjha KU, Scalia G, Hoz SS, Malik AA. Neurosurgery and Social Media: A Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Production from 2004 to 2023. World Neurosurg 2024; 188:45-54. [PMID: 38679373 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.04.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neurosurgery is a rapidly advancing surgical specialty. Social media has significantly impacted the landscape of advancements in the field of neurosurgery. Research on the subject of neurosurgery and social media plays a vital role in combating disability and mortality due to neurological diseases, especially in trauma-affected individuals by increasing cooperation and sharing of clinical experiences between neurosurgeons via social media. This study aimed to evaluate the global neurosurgery and social media research performance from 2004 to 2023. METHODS All the data for neurosurgery and social media-related research publications from 2004 to 2023 were extracted from the Web of Science database and a comprehensive analysis was performed on the R-bibliometrix package. RESULTS An increasing number of publications with an annual growth rate of 22.04% was observed, with >91% of total articles published in the last decade. The United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Canada, and India made up of more than 67% of the global contribution. Out of 1449 authors, Chaurasia B was the most productive with 14 publications and the most globally cited document was JEAN WC, 2020 with 117 citations. The University of Cambridge was the leading institutional affiliation. World Neurosurgery was the most productive with >60 articles. CONCLUSIONS Exploring neurosurgery on social media enhances global collaboration, utilizing dynamic platforms for real-time knowledge exchange and holds immense potential for the field's global advancement.
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- Muhammad Abdullah
- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Gujranwala Medical College, Gujranwala, Pakistan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh medical center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Waheed A, Chaurasia B. Navigating the digital landscape: social media's role in neurosurgery career development. Neurosurg Rev 2024; 47:286. [PMID: 38907169 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-024-02532-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Aiman Waheed
- Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgey Clinic, Birgunj, Nepal.
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Farooq M, Rehman OU, Chaurasia B. Letter: Neurosurgical Videos and Social Media: Publish, Post, or Perish. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2024; 26:614-615. [PMID: 38376158 DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Minaam Farooq
- Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore , Pakistan
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- Department of Medicine, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore , Pakistan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Birgunj , Nepal
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Chaurasia B, Atallah O. Letter to the editor regarding promotion of a neurosurgical academic journal on social media: a 1-year experience. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2024; 166:60. [PMID: 38305953 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-024-05953-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Kumarapuram S, Sreenivasan S, Mathivanan A, Manchiraju P, Khuroo M, Sundararajan S, Nanda A, Roychowdhury S, Gupta G. Network analysis of neurosurgical literature: an increased focus on training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Neurosurg Rev 2023; 46:178. [PMID: 37466764 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-023-02069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic led to stringent guidelines to restrict the conduct of non-emergent surgical procedures. Consequently, neurosurgery departments experienced a decline in case volumes and greater educational time being spent on virtual research projects. In our report, we reveal how neurosurgical research has changed during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic phase. The WebOfScience database was searched for neurosurgical articles published between 2012-2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2020-2022 (pandemic). From this data, the keywords, terms, and countries were analyzed using networks formed by the VOS Viewer software. In addition, the analysis was repeated for neurosurgical articles specific to COVID-19. Network analyses of terms and keywords revealed an increased popularity of virtual research projects, including case reports, meta-analyses, reviews, surveys, and database studies. Additionally, there was increased interest in research pertaining to neurosurgical education during the post-pandemic era, including topics regarding virtual training modalities, mental health, and telemedicine. Our bibliometrics analysis suggests that the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on hospital systems affected neurosurgical training programs. Future investigations should explore the effects of the trainee experience during the COVID-19 pandemic on the outlook for neurosurgical education.
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- Siddhant Kumarapuram
- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
- Rutgers RWJ Barnabas Healthcare System, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 10 Plum Street, 5th floor, # 548, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2601, USA.
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da Costa Borsatto GJ, Bertelli Ramos M, Mota Telles JP, Nunes Rabelo N, Jacobsen Teixeira M, Gadelha Figueiredo E. Research trends within aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage from 2017 to 2021: a bibliometric study. Neurosurg Rev 2023; 46:165. [PMID: 37405510 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-023-02056-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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Bibliometric analyses are a well-established strategy for understanding the dynamics of publications. Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a hot topic in neurology and neurosurgery research. To perform a bibliometric analysis of recent publications within aSAH. Articles addressing aSAH published between 2017 and 2021 were included and had their information extracted from Scopus. A total of 2177 articles were included. The mean number of citations was 6.18 (95%CI = 5.77-6.59). 2021 and 2020 were the most prolific years. World Neurosurgery (N = 389/2,177 articles; 17,87%) was the leading publisher, and American Journal of Neuroradiology had the highest number of citations per article (14.82) among journals with ≥ 10 publications. Primary research (N = 1624/2177) predominated, followed by case reports (N = 434/2,177). Among secondary studies, systematic reviews (N = 78/119) surpassed narrative reviews (N = 41/119). USA led the number of publications (N = 548/2,177 articles; 25.17%), followed by China (N = 358/2,177 articles; 16.44%). High-income countries had a higher number of publications (N = 1624/2177) and more citations per article (6.84) than middle-income countries (N = 553/2177 and 4.25, respectively). There were zero articles from low-income countries. European and North American institutions had the greatest research impact. There was an increase in the number of published articles in the last few years (2020 and 2021). Many studies had a low level of evidence, whereas interventional studies were uncommon.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Division of Neurosurgery, University of São Paulo, Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar Avenue, 255, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil
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- Division of Neurosurgery, University of São Paulo, Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar Avenue, 255, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil
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- Division of Neurosurgery, University of São Paulo, Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar Avenue, 255, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
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Chaurasia B. Letter: The Expanding Universe (of Neurosurgery). Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2023; 24:e468-e469. [PMID: 36929764 DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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- Bipin Chaurasia
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Birgunj, Nepal
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Lavadi RS, Bozkurt I, Harikar MM, Umana GE, Chaurasia B. In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "The Role of Social Media on the Research Productivity of Neurosurgeons During the COVID-19 Pandemic". World Neurosurg 2023; 172:111. [PMID: 37012715 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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- Raj Swaroop Lavadi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Park Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Trauma Center, Gamma Knife Center, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Birgunj, Nepal
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Neupane D, Dahal A, Lageju N, Jaiswal LS, Pandit N, Mahat A, Mehta B, Devkota P, Koirala S. Letter to the Editor Regarding: "The Role of Social Media on the Research Productivity of Neurosurgeons During the COVID-19 Pandemic". World Neurosurg 2023; 172:110. [PMID: 37012714 PMCID: PMC10060020 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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- Durga Neupane
- Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Division of CTVS, Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital (BMCTH), Biratnagar, Nepal
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- Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal
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- College of Dental Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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