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A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most-cited articles on keratoconus

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Abstract

Purpose

To explore the characteristics of the top 100 most-cited articles on keratoconus research.

Methods

The Web of Science database was searched to identify papers published from 1950 to 2020. A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most-cited articles was conducted in the current study. The Kruskal–Wallis test was conducted to test the citation differences between basic research, clinical research, and reviews. The Spearman correlation analysis was used to investigate the association between citations and publication year. The VOSviewer software was used to create networks of co-authorship and keywords map.

Results

The median values of the number of citations, citations/year since publication, and citations since 2013 were 186.5, 13.90, and 11, respectively. A total of 79% of articles were clinical research. Reviews exhibited a higher value of citations/year since publication and citations since 2013 than basic research (all P < 0.05). The number of publications, total number of citations, citations/year since publication and citations since 2013 on the top 100 most-cited articles list increased with an increase in the publication year in three article types (all P < 0.05). The Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery had the highest number of articles. There were 37 articles from the USA. Rabinowitz, YS was the most-cited author with the greatest total link strength. Extensive collaboration existed among the main core nodes containing “cross-linking,” “refractive surgery,” and “penetrating keratoplasty.”

Conclusions

The present study focused on the comprehensive analysis of the top 100 most-cited articles on keratoconus research, providing insight into keratoconus research developments over the past decades.

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All relevant data are included in the papers and its Supporting Information files. Contact to Dr. Shengwei Ren (shengweiren1984@163.com) for additional information regarding data access.

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Funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81200664), Basic Research and Cultivation Foundation for Young Teachers of Zhengzhou University (No. JC202051049), Henan Provincial Medical Science Building Key Program (No. SBGJ202002028), Henan Provincial Medical Science and Technology Joint Program (No. LHGJ20200066, LHGJ20210080), Open Program of Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology (No. 2018-04), Special Program for Basic Research of Henan Eye Hospital (No. 20JCZD003), Henan Young Health Science and Technology Innovation Outstanding Program (No. YXKC2020023), Youth Special Program for Basic Research of Henan Eye Hospital (No. 21JCQN006, 21JCQN008).

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    Kaili Yang, Liyan Xu, Meng Zhu, Shaopei Wang, Qi Fan, Yuwei Gu, Yawen Wang, Qing Wang, Kai Guo, Chenjiu Pang & Shengwei Ren

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by SWR, KLY, CJP, LYX, MZ, SPW, QF, YWW, QW, and KG. The first draft of the manuscript was written by KLY, and the manuscript was revised by SWR, CJP, and KLY. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Yang, K., Xu, L., Zhu, M. et al. A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most-cited articles on keratoconus. Int Ophthalmol 42, 3357–3366 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-022-02334-1

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