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Publication activity in the field of Sjögren’s syndrome: a ten-year Web of Science based analysis

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Bibliometric analysis is widely utilized to evaluate global research productivity in different research topics. However, to date, there has been no assessment of worldwide research productivity associated with Sjögren’s syndrome. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the global research productivity in the field of Sjögren's syndrome using bibliometric analysis. The Web of Science database was scanned with the search terms ‘Sjögren’s syndrome’ and ‘Sjögren syndrome’ for publications in the period 2010–2019. Original articles and reviews were selected for analysis. The most active countries were determined, and the number of articles, citations, research productivity adjusted by population and gross domestic product were analyzed. A total of 3856 articles were identified from 65 different countries. A statistically significant trend was observed in the direction of increase (in terms of the number of articles; from 282 to 461) in the 10-year period. A total of 3004 (77.90%) articles were from high-income countries. The five most productive countries were the United States (n = 714, 18.51%), China (n = 428, 11.09%), Japan (n = 308, 7.98%), Italy (n = 299, 7.75%) and France (n = 249, 6.45%). When the number of articles was adjusted according to population, Norway was the most productive country, followed by Greece and the Netherlands. In analysis according to gross domestic product, Greece was the leading country, followed by Norway and the Netherlands. The results of this study demonstrated a remarkable growth in global research productivity on Sjögren’s syndrome between 2010 and 2019. More than three quarters of the articles were from high-income countries. When population and gross domestic product were considered, relatively small European countries came to the fore.

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AA and BFK contributed substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work; the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data for the work. AA and BFK made drafting for the work and revising it critically for important intellectual content and made final approval of the version to be published. AA and BFK contributed to agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that the questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. AA and BFK are familiar and take full responsibility for all aspects of the study and the final manuscript.

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Akyol, A., Kocyigit, B.F. Publication activity in the field of Sjögren’s syndrome: a ten-year Web of Science based analysis. Rheumatol Int 41, 763–769 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-020-04714-1

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