Iftikhar Pulwasha M, Ali Fatima, Faisaluddin Mohammed, Khayyat Azadeh, De Gouvia De Sa Maribel, Rao Tanushree
Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. John's University, New York, USA.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, PAK.
Cureus. 2019 Feb 25;11(2):e4131. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4131.
Objective The aim of this bibliometric analysis is to evaluate the importance and impact of the articles that have been published with the title gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the specialty of obstetrics & gynecology and endocrinology during the period 1946-2019. It also reveals that the area of GDM has received increased attention and interest by researchers, research funding institutions, and practitioners. Material and methods A thorough database search of Scopus and Web of Science was performed and the articles pertaining to gestational diabetes mellitus that were published between 1946 and 2019 were reviewed by two reviewers, Iftikhar PM and Ali F, with respect to their year of publication, authors, country of origin, journal of publication, and the affiliated institutions of the authors as well as journals. Institutional review board approval was not required for this study, as the data being analyzed were already available electronically, and otherwise, in libraries and databases. Results The 30 most-cited articles on gestational diabetes mellitus were thoroughly analyzed. The top article was cited 5028 times while the least number of citations for any article was 328. Among these 30 articles, five were published in the year 2005, which is the highest number of publications in any given year of the timeline being considered in this study. Most of the articles (n = 18) were from the United States of America, followed by Australia (n = 3); other countries contributed to two or fewer articles. Diabetes Care made most (n = 8) of the list. We found one author who had three publications and the rest contributed two or less articles. The top article in our study was cited almost 5028 times; meanwhile, there are 13 journals from different specialties that have referenced the most cited articles pertaining to gestational diabetes. Conclusion Our bibliometric analysis provides a picture of scientific research, which will help in evidence-based descriptions, comparisons, and visualizations of research output in GDM, and it can be used to explicate and describe the patterns of performance and impact of GDM research.
目的 本文献计量分析旨在评估1946年至2019年期间发表的标题为妊娠期糖尿病（GDM）的文章在妇产科和内分泌学专业中的重要性和影响力。它还表明，妊娠期糖尿病领域受到了研究人员、研究资助机构和从业者越来越多的关注和兴趣。
材料与方法 对Scopus和Web of Science进行了全面的数据库搜索，两位审稿人Iftikhar PM和Ali F对1946年至2019年期间发表的与妊娠期糖尿病相关的文章进行了审查，涉及发表年份、作者、原产国、发表期刊以及作者和期刊的附属机构。本研究无需机构审查委员会批准，因为所分析的数据已经以电子形式提供，否则可在图书馆和数据库中获取。
结果 对30篇被引用次数最多的妊娠期糖尿病文章进行了全面分析。排名第一的文章被引用5028次，而任何一篇文章的最少引用次数为328次。在这30篇文章中，有5篇发表于2005年，这是本研究考虑的时间范围内任何一年中发表数量最多的。大多数文章（n = 18）来自美国，其次是澳大利亚（n = 3）；其他国家贡献的文章数量为两篇或更少。《糖尿病护理》杂志在列表中占比最大（n = 8）。我们发现有一位作者有三篇出版物，其余作者贡献的文章数量为两篇或更少。我们研究中的排名第一的文章被引用了近5028次；同时，有13种来自不同专业的期刊引用了与妊娠期糖尿病相关的被引用次数最多的文章。
结论 我们的文献计量分析提供了一幅科学研究的图景，这将有助于对妊娠期糖尿病的研究成果进行基于证据的描述、比较和可视化，并且可用于阐释和描述妊娠期糖尿病研究的表现和影响模式。
