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The top 100 most-cited papers in incisional hernia: a bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2023

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Purpose

Incisional hernia (IH) is one of the most common complications after abdominal surgeries and may bring great suffering to patients. This study aims to evaluate the global trends in IH research from 2003 to 2023 and visualize the frontiers using bibliometric analysis.

Methods

The literature search was conducted on the Web of Science for IH studies published from 2003 to 2023 and sorted by citation frequency. The top 100 most-cited articles were analyzed by the annual publication number, prolific countries and institutions, influential author and journal, and the number of citations through descriptive statistics and visualization.

Results

The top paper was cited 1075 times and the median number of citations was 146. All studies were published between 2003 and 2019 and the most prolific year was 2003 with 14 articles. Jeekel J and Rosen M were regarded as the most productive authors with ten articles each and acquired 2738 and 2391 citations, respectively. The top three institutions with the most productive articles were Erasmus Mc, Carolinas Med Ctr, and Univ Utah, while the top three countries were the United States, Netherlands and Germany. The most frequent keyword was “incisional hernia” with 55 occurrences, followed by “mesh repair”, “randomized controlled trial”, and “polypropylene”.

Conclusion

The 100 most-cited papers related to IH were published predominantly by USA and European countries, with randomized controlled trial (RCT) and observational study designs, addressing topics related to risk factors, complications, mesh repair, and mesh components.

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This work was supported by the Medical Science and Technology Development Foundation, Nanjing Municipality Health Bureau (ZKX18052).

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  3. Department of General Surgery, Lishui People’s Hospital, 86 Chongwen Road, Yongyang Street, Nanjing, 211200, China

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Xv, Y., AL-Magedi, A.A.S., Wu, R. et al. The top 100 most-cited papers in incisional hernia: a bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2023. Hernia 28, 333–342 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-023-02909-6

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