Evaluation of the Most Cited Articles on Strabismus From a New Perspective Using Bibliometric Analysis
Erkan Bulut1, Emel Başar2, Sümeyra Köprübaşı3, Mehmet Dokur41Department of Opticianry, Vocational School of Health Services, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Türkiye2Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Biruni University, İstanbul, Türkiye
3Department of Ophthalmology, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
4Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Biruni University, İstanbul, Türkiye
Objectives: Strabismus is one of the important areas of interest for ophthalmologists, because it can result in permanent vision loss and reduced binocular function. In this bibliometric study, we aimed to contribute to scientists in their research in the field of strabismus by performing multidimensional citation analysis and visualization of the 100 most cited articles regarding strabismus.
Methods: We used the term "strabismus" to search the Thomson Reuters' Web of Science database between 1975 and 2021 years. The top 100 cited articles were analysed by topic, first author, study type, level of evidence, period since publication, journal name, journal impact factor and H-index, total citation number (TCN), average citation per year (ACpY) and also correlation analyses were performed. The SPSS® 23.0 software package was used for all statistical analysis. VOSViewer software was used for visualization and analyses of country, organization, and keyword data of the top 100 cited articles.
Results: A total of 6,582 strabismus-related publications were retrieved, and the 100 most-cited were identified. The median values for journal impact factor, H-index, period since publication, TCN, and ACpY were 4.68±2.65 (4,10), 160.29±75.53 (186), 22.17±8.92 (21), 77.98±55.88 (63), and 3.90±2.94 (2,84), respectively. Most of the articles were published between 1990 and 2010 years. The majority of articles were about treatment (n=30), epidemiology (n=21), quality of life and psychosocial aspects (n=14), and strabismus types and clinical features (n=12). The journal with the most articles published, "Ophthalmology," had 25 articles. Interestingly, the correlation analysis demonstrated no association between TCN and IF.
Conclusion: Most of the highly cited papers in the topic of strabismus are on strabismus treatment, particularly botulinum toxin treatment. Strabismus articles published in general ophthalmology journals received higher citations.
Manuscript Language: English
