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Bibliometric analysis of global research trends on male osteoporosis: a neglected field deserves more attention

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Summary

We analyzed the knowledge structure, current status, and future directions of 3243 publications on male osteoporosis by employing bibliometric analysis. Our results indicated that Osteoporosis International was the most influential journal in this field. And the study of epidemiology and risk factors has been recognized as a hot research topic in recent years. This study also calls for more attention to be given on male osteoporosis research.

Introduction

Male osteoporosis is increasing as a serious health problem worldwide with the aging of population. However, a comprehensive understanding of the current status and future trends in this field is lacking to date. The goal of the present study was to summarize and visualize the knowledge framework, research hotspots, and emerging trends of male osteoporosis research based on the bibliometric method.

Methods

Scientific publications regarding male osteoporosis from 1998 to 2020 were downloaded from the SCIE database. VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and online bibliometric website were used for this study. The main analyses include cooperative relationships between countries/institutions/authors, co-citation analysis of authors/journals, and co-occurrence analysis of keywords/subject categories, as well as analyses on keyword/reference bursts.

Results

A total of 3243 publications with 128,751 citations were identified. Despite experiencing a period of increase in the number of publications, incentives for conducting male osteoporosis research seem to have decreased during recent years. The USA has the most prominent contributions, as reflected by most publications and the highest H-index value. Oregon Health and Science University was the most prolific institution within this domain. The most influential academic journal was Osteoporosis International. Keywords were categorized into four clusters: basic research, epidemiology and risk factors, diagnostic studies, treatment and fracture prevention. Burst keyword detection suggested that the following research directions including “obesity,” “zoledronic acid,” “DXA,” “inflammation,” “fall,” “microarchitecture,” and “sarcopenia” remain research hotspots in the near future and deserve our further attention.

Conclusions

This is the first bibliometric analysis that provides a comprehensive overview of male osteoporosis research, which may provide helpful references for investigators to further explore hot issues in this field.

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The authors thank Dr. Zhou Yan of Tianjin Medical University and “home-for-researchers (www.home-for-researchers.com)” for their help in polishing our English writing.

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This work was supported by the Tianjin Municipal Health Bureau (grant number 14KG115) and the Key Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (grant number 20JCZDJC00730).

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Wu, H., Sun, Z., Tong, L. et al. Bibliometric analysis of global research trends on male osteoporosis: a neglected field deserves more attention. Arch Osteoporos 16, 154 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-021-01016-2

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