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Publication Trends in Bariatric Surgery: a Bibliometric Study

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Background

The interest in bariatric surgery has considerably increased in the scientific community in the last two decades. We present a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications in bariatric surgery focusing on the period 2010–2014.

Methods

We used the Web of Science database as source of data. The main bibliometric indicators were applied in order to assess the increase of scientific production, the productivity of journals, authors, and countries.

Results

Bibliographic research retrieved 7860 papers for the period 2010–2014.

The scientific production in bariatric surgery has an exponential distribution (r = 97.9 %). A total of 76.8 % (21,893/28,505) of authors signed one paper and 307 (1.1 %) signed ten or more. The two most prolific journals are Obesity Surgery and SOARD, responsible for 22 % of the publication. The largest contributors in absolute number of articles are the USA, the UK, and Italy, while Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland are the most prolific nations after adjustment for the number of inhabitants and prevalence of obesity.

Conclusion

Bariatric surgery has been a field of intense research in the last 20 years.

We observed a growing interest of non-surgical journals and an increasing participation of new countries. Nevertheless, latest trends suggest a saturation of scientific production in this field.

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  1. Department of Digestive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil 40, Avenue de Verdun, 94010, Créteil, France

    Yohann Dabi, Lauren Darrigues & Andrea Lazzati

  2. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Unité d’Épidémiologie et de Recherche Clinique, F-75015, Paris, France

    Sandrine Katsahian

  3. INSERM, Centre d’Investigation Clinique 1418, Module Épidémiologie Clinique, F-75015, Paris, France

    Sandrine Katsahian

  4. INSERM, UMR_S 1138, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, F-75006, Paris, France

    Sandrine Katsahian, Marie De Antonio & Andrea Lazzati

  5. Department of Digestive, HepatoPancreatoBiliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery, Hôpital Henri Mondor - AP-HP, 51 avenue du maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010, Créteil, France

    Daniel Azoulay

  6. University Paris-Est, Paris, France

    Daniel Azoulay

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Dabi, Y., Darrigues, L., Katsahian, S. et al. Publication Trends in Bariatric Surgery: a Bibliometric Study. OBES SURG 26, 2691–2699 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2160-x

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