Yan Ying, Guo Zhanwen, Zhang Haibo, Wang Ning, Xu Ying
Department of Radiotherapy, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China.
Neural Regen Res. 2012 Aug 5;7(22):1752-9. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.22.011.
Precision radiotherapy plays an important role in the management of brain tumors. This study aimed to identify global research trends in precision radiotherapy for brain tumors using a bibliometric analysis of the Web of Science.
We performed a bibliometric analysis of data retrievals for precision radiotherapy for brain tumors containing the key words cerebral tumor, brain tumor, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, imaging-guided radiotherapy, dose-guided radiotherapy, stereotactic brachytherapy, and stereotactic radiotherapy using the Web of Science.
(a) peer-reviewed articles on precision radiotherapy for brain tumors which were published and indexed in the Web of Science; (b) type of articles: original research articles and reviews; (c) year of publication: 2002-2011.
(a) articles that required manual searching or telephone access; (b) Corrected papers or book chapters.
(1) Annual publication output; (2) distribution according to country; (3) distribution according to institution; (4) top cited publications; (5) distribution according to journals; and (6) comparison of study results on precision radiotherapy for brain tumors.
The stereotactic radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and imaging-guided radiotherapy are three major methods of precision radiotherapy for brain tumors. There were 260 research articles addressing precision radiotherapy for brain tumors found within the Web of Science. The USA published the most papers on precision radiotherapy for brain tumors, followed by Germany and France. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University were the most prolific research institutes for publications on precision radiotherapy for brain tumors. Among the top 13 research institutes publishing in this field, seven are in the USA, three are in Germany, two are in France, and there is one institute in India. Research interests including urology and nephrology, clinical neurology, as well as rehabilitation are involved in precision radiotherapy for brain tumors studies.
Precision radiotherapy for brain tumors remains a highly active area of research and development.
精确放疗在脑肿瘤治疗中发挥着重要作用。本研究旨在通过对科学网进行文献计量分析，确定脑肿瘤精确放疗的全球研究趋势。
我们使用科学网对包含关键词“脑肿瘤”“脑瘤”“调强放疗”“立体定向体部放疗”“立体定向消融放疗”“影像引导放疗”“剂量引导放疗”“立体定向近距离放疗”和“立体定向放疗”的脑肿瘤精确放疗数据检索进行了文献计量分析。
(a) 在科学网上发表并编入索引的关于脑肿瘤精确放疗的同行评审文章；(b) 文章类型：原创研究文章和综述；(c) 出版年份：2002年至2011年。
(a) 需要人工检索或电话获取的文章；(b) 勘误后的论文或书籍章节。
(1) 年度发表量；(2) 按国家分布；(3) 按机构分布；(4) 被引频次最高的出版物；(5) 按期刊分布；(6) 脑肿瘤精确放疗研究结果的比较。
立体定向放疗、调强放疗和影像引导放疗是脑肿瘤精确放疗的三种主要方法。在科学网中发现了260篇关于脑肿瘤精确放疗的研究文章。美国发表的关于脑肿瘤精确放疗的论文最多，其次是德国和法国。欧洲同步辐射装置、德国癌症研究中心和海德堡大学是发表脑肿瘤精确放疗相关文章最多产的研究机构。在该领域发表文章的前13个研究机构中，有7个在美国，3个在德国，2个在法国，1个在印度。脑肿瘤精确放疗研究涉及泌尿外科和肾脏病学、临床神经病学以及康复等研究领域。
脑肿瘤精确放疗仍然是一个高度活跃的研发领域。
