Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Support Care Cancer. 2012 Aug;20(8):1629-38. doi: 10.1007/s00520-011-1253-2. Epub 2011 Sep 1.
The aim of the study was to evaluate scientific production in the field of cancer rehabilitation comparing publication trends and impact factor (IF) among countries.
The PubMed database was searched. Publications numbers and IF were evaluated both as absolute values and after standardization by population and gross domestic product (GDP). A dedicated software was developed to create a relational database containing all information about considered publications (Research Management System).
Some 1,743 publications were retrieved from 1967 to 2008. Cancer rehabilitation publications have grown 11.6 times, while the whole field of disease rehabilitation has grown 7.8 times. Breast neoplasms, squamous cell carcinoma, treatment outcome, endosseous dental implantation, follow-up studies, and surgical flaps were the most commonly used keywords. From 1994 to 2008, 946 citations were retrieved: 36.8% came from the European Union (EU) (Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands ranking at the top) and 36.9% from the USA. The highest mean IF was reported for the USA (3.384) followed by Canada (3.265) and Australia (2.643). The EU has a mean IF of 0.839 with the Netherlands ranking first. Canada, Australia, and the USA had the best ratio between IF (sum) and resident population or GDP.
Cancer rehabilitation is an expanding area with a growing scientific production. The rapidly ageing population, the higher number of cancer survivors, and the increasing need of resources for the after treatment of cancer patients contribute to explain the interest for this field.
本研究旨在评估癌症康复领域的科学文献产出，并比较各国的发表趋势和影响因子（IF）。
检索 PubMed 数据库。评估了出版物数量和 IF 的绝对值以及通过人口和国内生产总值（GDP）标准化后的数值。开发了一个专用软件，用于创建一个包含所有考虑出版物信息的关系数据库（研究管理系统）。
1967 年至 2008 年期间共检索到约 1743 篇文献。癌症康复文献增长了 11.6 倍，而整个疾病康复领域增长了 7.8 倍。乳腺癌、鳞状细胞癌、治疗结果、骨内牙种植、随访研究和外科皮瓣是最常用的关键词。1994 年至 2008 年期间共检索到 946 条引文：36.8%来自欧盟（德国、英国和荷兰排名靠前），36.9%来自美国。美国的平均 IF 最高（3.384），其次是加拿大（3.265）和澳大利亚（2.643）。欧盟的平均 IF 为 0.839，荷兰排名第一。加拿大、澳大利亚和美国在 IF（总和）与居民人口或 GDP 之间的比值方面表现最佳。
癌症康复是一个不断发展的领域，其科学文献产出不断增加。人口老龄化、癌症幸存者人数增加以及癌症患者治疗后对资源的需求增加，都促成了人们对这一领域的兴趣。
