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- Title
Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most-cited articles in neurofibromatosis.
- Authors
Alnefaie, Nada; Almutairi, Othman T.; Alturki, Abdulrahman Y.; Bafaquh, Mohammed
- Abstract
Background: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is an umbrella term that refers to three distinct disease entities: NF Type 1, Type 2, and schwannomatosis. Here, we reviewed the scientific performance and the most influential publications on NF. Methods: A keyword-based search was performed using the Scopus database. The top 100 articles were grouped based on NF types and the studied entities. The differences between the articles, authors, and journals were quantified based on certain parameters. Other parameters were collected for the complete citational analysis. Results: The top 100 articles were published between 1961 and 2020. The most trending period of research was in the 1990s and articles studying the clinical aspect and the underlying genetic correlation made up 84% of all articles from the list. The United States of America (USA) had the highest number of contributions (69 articles, 69%). The top institute of contribution to the list was the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA (14 articles, 14%). Author-based analysis reveals that the neurologist D. H. Gutmann from St. Louis Children's Hospital, USA, was the most active and authored 11 articles (11%) on the list. Conclusion: The publication trends show that articles studying medical and surgical management were of little interest. The top 100 articles did not include any randomized control trials, and the highest level of evidence was obtained from reviews of pooled knowledge as well as population-based and longitudinal studies.
- Subjects
SAINT Louis (Mo.); BIBLIOMETRICS; HOWARD Hughes Medical Institute; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; CHILDREN'S hospitals; GENETIC correlations
- Publication
Surgical Neurology International, 2022, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
2229-5097
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25259/SNI_114_2022