Sweileh Waleed M
Department of Physiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Division of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2018 Mar 21;18(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12914-018-0155-5.
Transgender community is marginalized and under-researched. Analysis of peer-reviewed literature in transgender health is needed to better understand health needs and human rights of transgender people. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze global research activity in transgender health published in peer-reviewed journals.
Peer-reviewed documents in transgender health were retrieved using Scopus database. VOSviewer was used to map frequently encountered author keywords while ArcGIS 10.1 was used to map the geographical distribution of the retrieved documents. Most active countries, institutions, and authors were presented. The study period was set from 1900 to 2017.
In total, 5772 peer-reviewed documents were obtained. English (5008; 86.8%) was the most frequently encountered language. A dramatic increase in the number of publications was seen in the last decade. The retrieved documents had an average of 12.1 citations per document and h-index of 92. Most frequently encountered author keywords were Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), mental health, and discrimination. Authors from 80 different countries contributed to publishing the retrieved documents. Publications originated mainly from Northern America, certain European countries, Australia, and Brazil. Professor Gooren, L.J.G. was the most active author in this field with 104 (1.88%) publications. Top active authors were in the fields of endocrinology, plastic surgery, psychiatry/psychology, public health, and sexology. Five of the top ten active authors were from the USA, three were from the Netherlands, and two were from Belgium. The most active institution was the VU University Medical Center (Netherlands) (184; 3.2%) followed by the University of California, San Francisco (USA) (157; 2.7%). The International Journal of Transgenderism was most active (284; 4.9%) in publishing articles in transgender health. However, documents published in the American Journal of Public Health had the highest impact with 53.5 citations per article.
There was a noticeable growth of research in transgender health in the last decade. Researchers from different world regions need to get involved in health and human rights research of transgender community.
跨性别群体处于边缘地位且研究不足。需要对跨性别健康领域经过同行评审的文献进行分析，以更好地了解跨性别者的健康需求和人权状况。因此，本研究的目的是分析发表在同行评审期刊上的全球跨性别健康研究活动。
使用Scopus数据库检索跨性别健康领域经过同行评审的文献。VOSviewer用于绘制频繁出现的作者关键词，而ArcGIS 10.1用于绘制检索文献的地理分布。展示了最活跃的国家、机构和作者。研究时间段设定为1900年至2017年。
总共获得了5772篇经过同行评审的文献。英语（5008篇；86.8%）是最常出现的语言。在过去十年中，出版物数量急剧增加。检索到的文献平均每篇有12.1次引用，h指数为92。最常出现的作者关键词是人类免疫缺陷病毒感染和获得性免疫缺陷综合征（HIV/AIDS）、心理健康和歧视。来自80个不同国家的作者为发表检索到的文献做出了贡献。出版物主要来自北美、某些欧洲国家、澳大利亚和巴西。Gooren教授L.J.G.是该领域最活跃的作者，发表了104篇（1.88%）文献。最活跃的作者来自内分泌学、整形外科学、精神病学/心理学、公共卫生和性学领域。前十位最活跃的作者中有五位来自美国，三位来自荷兰，两位来自比利时。最活跃的机构是荷兰VU大学医学中心（184篇；3.2%），其次是美国加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校（157篇；2.7%）。《国际跨性别研究杂志》在发表跨性别健康领域的文章方面最为活跃（284篇；4.9%）。然而，发表在《美国公共卫生杂志》上的文献影响力最大，每篇文章有53.5次引用。
在过去十年中，跨性别健康研究有显著增长。来自世界不同地区的研究人员需要参与跨性别群体的健康和人权研究。
