Bibliometric analysis of the most cited articles on congenital cataract from 1980 to 2022

Authors : Ayşin Tuba KAPLAN

Pages : 106-110

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.1213922

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Publication Date : 2023-01-12

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: It was aimed to present a summary of the articles published between 1980-2022 on congenital cataract, to identify the most cited articles in the field, to analyze the most active journals and the development in countries by years. Material and Method: Search was made using keywords “Congenital Cataract”, “OR: Pediatric Cataract”, “OR: Infantile Cataract”, “AND: 1980-2022 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Year Published);”, “AND: English insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Language);” in Web of Science insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WOS); database via Boolean operators insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Access Date: 01.11.2022);. Bibliometric analyzes were made using VOSviewer insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ver.1.6.18);, statistical analyzes were made using rstudio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ver.2022.02.1);, other analyzes were made using Microsoft Excel. Results: In the bibliometric analysis, 1383 articles were included between the dates determined. Over the past few decades, the total number of publications on congenital cataracts continually increased from 2 in 1980 to 68 in 2022 November. The most productive year was 2021 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=93);, while the most cited year was 2004 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1,184 citations, 32 publications);. The most studied WOS categories were ophthalmology insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=900);, pediatrics insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(183); and genetics insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(167);. The most widely used keywords were congenital cataract insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=235);, cataract insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=124); and pediatric cataract insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=75);. The most cited paper in congenital cataract was “Pax6 gene dosage effect in a family with congenital cataracts, aniridia, anophthalmia and central-nervous-system defects”, which was published in Nature Genetics in 1994 and cited 562 times insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(impact factor: 8.78);. In ophthalmology journals, the most cited article was published in Survey of Ophthalmology insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(267 times, 1996); and the Molecular Vision was the most attractive journal with 104 publications. The United States of America, England and Peoples R China had the highest total link strength insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TLS);, 226 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(10,325 citations);, 134 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3,621 citations); and 73 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3,871 citations);, respectively. Conclusion: These findings provide useful information on the status and trends of current clinical research on congenital cataracts. Our study can be used to identify areas of study and standard bibliographic references for better diagnosis and disease control.
Keywords : Bibliometric analysis, congenital cataract, infantile cataract, pediatric cataract