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The top 100 highly cited articles on osteoporosis from 1990 to 2019: a bibliometric and visualized analysis

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Summary

Research on osteoporosis is a well-developed and promising research field. The top 100 literature included 73 articles and 27 reviews. The average citation number was 747 (range 370 to 2970). Researchers and institutions from the USA, the UK, and France contributed the most to the top high-cited articles.

Purpose

To provide a bibliometric and visualized analysis of the top 100 highly cited articles on osteoporosis indexed by the Web of Science (WoS) from 1990 to 2019.

Methods

Data were obtained from the WoS Core Collection on Jan 10, 2020. Qualitative and quantitative analysis was conducted based on WoS. Collaboration analysis and keywords analysis were performed using VosView software.

Results

A total of 12,863 references were obtained. The top 100 highly cited literature included 73 articles and 27 reviews. The average citation number of the 100 articles was 747 (range 370 to 2970). The fund sources mostly came from the USA. A total of 29 journals published the top 100 highly cited literature. The New England Journal of Medicine had the largest number of papers and the highest total cited times. The USA published 72 articles. The University of California San Francisco published 17 articles, followed by University of Sheffield and Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation. Cooper C had the most publications (n = 12) and Genant HK had the largest total citation (n = 11,055). Considering only the first author and corresponding author, Kanis JA had published the most articles. Researchers and institutions from the USA, the UK, and France contributed the most to the top high-cited articles.

Conclusions

Research on osteoporosis is a well-developed and promising research field. The top 100 articles have been cited widely and actively. New England Journal of Medicine was the most popular journal. The most productive country was the USA. The University of California San Francisco, University of Sheffield, and Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation were the most productive institutions. Cooper C, Kanis JA, and Genant HK were the most prolific and influential authors. Researchers and institutions from North America and Europe contributed the most.

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Abbreviations

WoS:

Web of Science

IF:

impact factor

USA:

the United States

NIH:

National Institutes of Health

RCT:

randomly controlled trail

JAMA:

Journal of the American Medical Association

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This work was supported by the Research Project of Health Department of Sichuan Province (grant number: 16PJ563), the Southwest Medical University (grant numbers: 2017-ZRQN-163 and 2017-ZRQN-115), and the Medical Association of Sichuan Province (grant number: Q17083).

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    Qiang Gao, Qingchuan Wei, Quan Wei, Siyi Zhu & Chengqi He

  2. Rehabilitation Medicine Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Chi Zhang & Jianxiong Wang

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    Chi Zhang & Jianxiong Wang

  4. Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobe International University, Kobe, Japan

    Akira Miyamoto

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Qiang G, Chi Z, and Jianxiong W wrote and edited the primary draft, including literature searching, VoSView analysis, and creation of figures. Qingchuan W, Siyi Z, and Quan W assisted in the literature searching and conducting analysis based on WoS. Akira Miyamoto edited the manuscript for content and style. Chengqi He provided guidance on the analysis methods.

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Gao, Q., Zhang, C., Wang, J. et al. The top 100 highly cited articles on osteoporosis from 1990 to 2019: a bibliometric and visualized analysis. Arch Osteoporos 15, 144 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-020-0705-z

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