Turkish Neurosurgery
The evolution of scoliosis publications: A detailed investigation of global outputs with bibliometric approaches
Serkan Güler1, Sercan Çapkın1, Erdem Aras Sezgin1
1Aksaray University Faculty of Medicine, Aksaray Education and Research Hospital , Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, AKSARAY,
2Aksaray University Faculty of Medicine, Aksaray Education and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, AKSARAY,
3Aksaray University Faculty of Medicine, Aksaray Education and Research Hospital , Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, AKSARAY,
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30216-20.2
Aim:Bibliometric analyses are common in the literature on different disciplines however limited number of studies focus on scoliosis. Our aim is to make a in-depth bibliometric analysis of scoliosis.Material and Methods:We used Web of Science database to obtain necessary documents for the analyses. Using “scolio*” keyword our search focused on the period 1980-2019. Bibliometric network visualizations and mapping of specific results were done with VOSviewer software.Results:Our literature search turned up 9706 publications about scoliosis published between 1980 and 2019. Of these publications, 6975 (71.9%) were journal articles and thus were included in the bibliometric summary. Orthopedics was the most common research area with 4581 articles and 65.67%. Among all countries, the United States of America (USA) with 2327 articles and 33.36% contributed the most publications. Nanjing University in the China with 219 articles, that covers 3.13% of the total literature, had the highest number of publications among institutions. There were 60130 citations in 6975 articles. There were 55 articles with minimum 100 citations. Journal with the most publications about scoliosis is the ‘Spine’ (number of article: 1628, 23.3%).Conclusion:This bibliometric analysis can be regarded as a summary and evaluation of global scientific output on scoliosis deformity and a guide for researchers, clinicians and students. Furthermore, provided keyword analysis can aid professionals in the field while planning for new studies.
Corresponding author : Sercan Çapkın