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González-Alcaide G, Bolaños-Pizarro M, Ramos-Rincón JM, Gutiérrez-Rodero F. Bibliometric analysis of the Spanish scientific production in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (2014-2021). ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA (ENGLISH ED.) 2024; 42:42-50. [PMID: 37029045 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimce.2023.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with other factors such as globalisation and climate change, has emphasised the growing relevance of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. METHODS The Spanish scientific production in both categories of the Web of Science databases over the period 2014-2021 has been analysed. RESULTS 8037 documents have been identified in Infectious Diseases and 12008 documents in Microbiology (6th most productive country worldwide in both cases, with growth rates of 41% and 46.2%, respectively). Both areas present a high degree of international collaboration (45-48% of the documents) and between 45-66% of the documents have been published in journals of excellence (first quartile) according to the rankings of the Journal Citation Reports. CONCLUSIONS Spain is in a prominent position worldwide in both areas, with an outstanding scientific production in journals of high visibility and impact.
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- Departamento de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain; Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Madrid, Spain
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González-Alcaide G, Bolaños-Pizarro M, Ramos-Rincón JM, Gutiérrez-Rodero F. Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica española en Enfermedades Infecciosas y en Microbiología (2014-2021). Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2022.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Zyoud SH. Global research on Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea: A visualized study. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28:3720-3731. [PMID: 36161039 PMCID: PMC9372798 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i28.3720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile (C. difficile) is still the most common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea and is increasing in prevalence as a community-acquired infection. In addition, the emergence of antibiotic resistance in C. difficile can increase the likelihood of the disease developing and/or spreading.
AIM To provide an up-to-date picture of the trends in publications related to C. difficile infection, together with specific insights into hot-button issues in this field.
METHODS Publications on C. difficile infections in the field of microbiology between 2001 and 2020 were identified from the Scopus database and Reference Citation Analysis. Bibliometric indicators were determined, including the number and type of publications, countries, affiliations, funding agencies, journals and citation patterns. VOSviewer was used to determine research areas and hot-button issues by identifying recurring terms with a high relative occurrence in the title and abstract.
RESULTS A total of 8127 documents on ‘C. difficile-associated diarrhoea’ published between 2001 and 2020 were retrieved from the Scopus database. In the last decade, there has been a significant almost fourfold increase in the number of published papers on this topic. The United States was among the countries (44.11%) with the most publications, and the most involved institution was the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom (2.50%). Three clusters of research were identified and included ‘illness spectrum and severity, as well as the signs, symptoms and clinical pathogenesis of C. difficile’; ‘laboratory diagnosis and characterization of C. difficile’ and ‘risk factors for C. difficile infection’.
CONCLUSION This study contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive data ever compiled in this field. More international research and cross-institutional collaborations are needed to address more global C. difficile concerns and to benefit from greater sharing of expertise, which will result in higher quality or more effective studies in the future. Promising research avenues in the near future may draw the attention of relevant scientists and funding organizations and open up novel C. difficile infection–based diagnosis and treatment approaches.
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- Sa'ed H Zyoud
- Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus 44839, Palestine
- Poison Control and Drug Information Center, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus 44839, Palestine
- Clinical Research Centre, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus 44839, Palestine
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Luz CF, van Niekerk JM, Keizer J, Beerlage-de Jong N, Braakman-Jansen LMA, Stein A, Sinha B, van Gemert-Pijnen JEWC, Glasner C. Mapping twenty years of antimicrobial resistance research trends. Artif Intell Med 2022; 123:102216. [PMID: 34998519 DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2021.102216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to health and healthcare. In response to the growing AMR burden, research funding also increased. However, a comprehensive overview of the research output, including conceptual, temporal, and geographical trends, is missing. Therefore, this study uses topic modelling, a machine learning approach, to reveal the scientific evolution of AMR research and its trends, and provides an interactive user interface for further analyses. METHODS Structural topic modelling (STM) was applied on a text corpus resulting from a PubMed query comprising AMR articles (1999-2018). A topic network was established and topic trends were analysed by frequency, proportion, and importance over time and space. RESULTS In total, 88 topics were identified in 158,616 articles from 166 countries. AMR publications increased by 450% between 1999 and 2018, emphasizing the vibrancy of the field. Prominent topics in 2018 were Strategies for emerging resistances and diseases, Nanoparticles, and Stewardship. Emerging topics included Water and environment, and Sequencing. Geographical trends showed prominence of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the WHO African Region, corresponding with the MDR-TB burden. China and India were growing contributors in recent years, following the United States of America as overall lead contributor. CONCLUSION This study provides a comprehensive overview of the AMR research output thereby revealing the AMR research response to the increased AMR burden. Both the results and the publicly available interactive database serve as a base to inform and optimise future research.
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- Christian F Luz
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Hanzeplein 1, 9700RB Groningen, the Netherlands.
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Hanzeplein 1, 9700RB Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Twente, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, Centre for eHealth and Wellbeing Research, PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands; University of Twente, Department of Earth Observation Science (EOS), Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- University of Twente, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, Centre for eHealth and Wellbeing Research, PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Hanzeplein 1, 9700RB Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Twente, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, Centre for eHealth and Wellbeing Research, PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- University of Twente, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, Centre for eHealth and Wellbeing Research, PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- University of Twente, Department of Earth Observation Science (EOS), Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Hanzeplein 1, 9700RB Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Hanzeplein 1, 9700RB Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Twente, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, Centre for eHealth and Wellbeing Research, PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Hanzeplein 1, 9700RB Groningen, the Netherlands
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Root Canal Disinfection Articles with the Highest Relative Citation Ratios. A Bibliometric Analysis from 1990 to 2019. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10111412. [PMID: 34827350 PMCID: PMC8614753 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10111412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The relative citation rate (RCR) is a normalized article-level metric useful to assess the impact of research articles. The objective of this bibliometric study is to identify and analyze, in root canal disinfection, the 100 articles having the highest RCRs in the period 1990–2019, then compare them with the top 100 articles most cited. A cross-sectional study was performed, and the search strategy ((Disinfection AND root canal) AND ((“1990/01/01”[Date-Publication]: “2019/12/31”[Date-Publication]))) relied on PubMed (n = 4294 documents), and article data were downloaded from the iCite database. The 100 articles with the highest RCRs and the top 100 cited were selected and evaluated in bibliometric terms. Among the 100 articles with the highest RCRs, there were no differences in the three decades for RCRs values, but there were in citations, being 2000–2009 the most cited. The USA was the predominant country (n = 30), followed by Brazil (n = 14). The most frequent study designs were reviews (n = 27) and in vitro (n = 25) and ex vivo (n = 24) studies. All subfields were well represented, although they varied over time. In 2010–2019, regenerative procedures and irrigation/disinfection techniques were predominant. Considering the RCR’s top 100 articles, 76 were common with the 100 most cited articles. Using the RCR metric allowed us to identify influential articles in root canal disinfection, a research field with topics of significance that fluctuate over time. Compared to citations, RCR reduces the time from publication to detection of its importance for the readership and could be a valid alternative to citation counts.
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Researchers seek to identify optimal journals for submission based on their studies but tend to rely on journal impact factors or scientific journal rankings. We investigated research trends by selecting high-frequency words from author keywords (AKs), analyzing subject areas, and performing quantitative data analysis of Korean dental journals. Consequently, we suggest a method for choosing journals that fit a specific subject area.We used a corpus of 9 Korean dentistry journals regarded in Korea as quality internationally approved journals. AKs occurring more than 10 times were assigned to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms and subcategories, which were then categorized using the MeSH tree structure. KnowledgeMatrix Plus and VOSviewer were used to analyze network relationships, density, and clustering.The AKs were of 7527 types, 15,960 terms, and formed 54 clusters. The AKs with 10+ occurrence were 199 types, 4289 terms, and formed 9 clusters. Assigning the AKs with 10+ occurrence to MeSH terms led to expanding 732 types of AK terms into 249 types with 9 clusters and 4268 links. Core study areas over the past 10 years were facial asymmetry, a topic under oral surgery and medicine, and orthognathic surgery focused on mandibular fractures, followed by shear bond strength of zirconia. Analyzing 16 MeSH subject categories, we found that the "analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and equipment" category had the largest distribution of AKs (40.7%). This was followed by "diseases" (21.2%) and "anatomy" (14.90%). The orthognathic surgery cluster was the largest, followed by the shear bond strength cluster. Dental implants is a core area with strong links to high-occurrence words, such as cone-beam computed tomography and mandible, which were distributed in the order of The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics (37.8%) and Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science (30.6%). Five clusters were closely packed in the center, 2 clusters were formed above the center, 1 cluster was formed below the center, and a cluster on the right was widespread.Cluster analysis using AKs and MeSH may be a good analytic method for researchers to determine expanding research areas and select optimal journals for paper submission.
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- Sona Jeong
- Department of Library & Information Science, Sookmyung Women's University
- Medical Library, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul
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- Department of Health Management, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Korea
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Yuan BZ, Sun J. Bibliometric analysis of research on the maize based on top papers during 2009-2019. COLLNET JOURNAL OF SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/09737766.2020.1787110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Bao-Zhong Yuan
- Huazhong Agricultural, University College of Plant, Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Library of Huazhong, Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Yuan BZ, Sun J. Bibliometric and mapping of top papers in the subject category of green and sustainable science and technology based on ESI. COLLNET JOURNAL OF SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/09737766.2020.1716643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Bao-Zhong Yuan
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan City 430070, Hubei Province, China
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- Library of Huazhong, Agricultural University, Wuhan City 430070, Hubei Province, China
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