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Abstract
Background/objective
Although the increasing prevalence of hypospadias has been reported in many countries, there is a lack of bibliometric studies that make a holistic assessment of the publications about this issue. This study aims to make a holistic evaluation, latest developments, and trend topics about hypospadias publications between 1980 and 2018 through bibliometric analysis.
Methods
All the publications about hypospadias published in the Web of Science index between 1980 and 2018 were downloaded and analyzed using bibliometric methods. The Spearman's correlation coefficient was utilized to analyze the correlations between economic productivity and performance of the countries on hypospadias. Linear regression analysis was performed to estimate the number of publications for the following years.
Results
Bibliometric analyses were performed with 1940 articles. With 527 (27.2%) publications, the USA was the country that made the most contribution to the literature. The top active 3 journals were the Journal of Urology, Journal of Pediatric Urology, and Urology. A high correlation was detected between hypospadias publication productivity and GDP (r = 0.791, p < 0.001). The regression analysis results showed that the expected number of articles to be produced was 95 (75–116) for 2019 and 106 (47–164) for 2024.
Conclusions
This study provides a holistic evaluation of the articles about hypospadias, which is an anomaly that should be repaired and treated with surgery due to its potential problems for the children at kindergarten and school age. Increasing the collaboration between especially developing countries and research in different countries with samples from different communities through multidisciplinary studies are recommended.
背景/目的虽然许多国家都报道了尿道下裂发病率的增加，但缺乏文献计量学研究对有关该问题的出版物进行全面评估。本研究旨在通过文献计量学分析，对1980 - 2018年尿道下裂出版物的最新发展和趋势主题进行全面评估。方法下载Web of Science索引中1980 ~ 2018年发表的所有关于尿道下裂的文献，采用文献计量学方法进行分析。利用Spearman相关系数分析经济生产力与各国尿道下裂防治绩效之间的相关性。进行线性回归分析以估计随后几年的出版物数量。结果对1940篇文献进行文献计量学分析。美国发表了527篇(27.2%)，是对文学贡献最大的国家。活跃期刊前3名分别是Journal of Urology、Journal of Pediatric Urology和Urology。尿道下裂出版效率与GDP高度相关(r = 0.791, p <0.001)。回归分析结果显示，2019年预计产出95篇(75-116篇)，2024年预计产出106篇(47-164篇)。结论尿道下裂是幼稚园和学龄儿童的一种畸形，由于其潜在的问题，需要通过手术修复和治疗。建议加强特别是发展中国家之间的合作，并通过多学科研究，在不同国家利用来自不同社区的样本进行研究。
期刊介绍：
Revista Internacional de Andrología es la revista oficial de la Asociación Española de Andrología, Medicina Sexual y Reproductiva (ASESA), la Sociedade Portuguesa de Ardrologia, la Sociedad Argentina de Andrología (SAA), la Asociación Iberoamericana de Sociedades de Andrología (ANDRO), y la Federación Española de Sociedades de Sexología.
La revista publicada trimestralmente es revisada por pares y es líder en el la especialidad y en español y portugués. Recientemente también publica artículos en inglés.
El objetivo de la revista es principalmente la promoción del conocimiento y la educación médica continua, con un enfoque especial en el público español y latinoamericano, a través de la publicación de las contribuciones importantes de la investigación en el campo. Todos los miembros de las sociedades antes mencionadas reciben la revista y otros suscriptores individuales e institucionales de España, Portugal y América Latina.
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