Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Urology. 2020 Jan;135:139-145. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2019.08.052. Epub 2019 Oct 2.
To examine the most cited literature in urethral reconstruction, review types of work published, and observe research trends.
The Web of Sciences Sci-Expanded Index was used to conduct a search for urethral reconstruction. References were assessed for relevance to urethral reconstruction by 2 independent reviewers and a final list of the top 100 articles ranked by citation count was obtained. For each article, citation count, publication date, corresponding author, origin institution, origin country, topic area, study design, level of evidence, and origin journal were collected.
The mean citation count per publication was 108 (median = 94.5; range = 69-366, SD = 43) with a total of 10,874 citations for all papers since 1970. The top 100 articles were published between 1973 and 2011, came from 19 different countries and 16 different journals. Nearly half were case series and most studies were Level III evidence or lower. The United States was the largest contributor to the top 100 with 56 publications, followed by Italy (14), England (12), and Egypt (7). "Outcomes of surgical treatment for urethral stricture disease" was the most prevalent topic area comprising 55 articles in the top 100, with most articles including descriptions or outcomes of novel surgical techniques.
In this study, we discovered that the most cited literature in the field of urethral reconstruction is singularly focused and lacking in high levels of evidence. The top 100 cited articles originate primarily from the United States, focus on short-term outcomes after surgical treatment for urethral stricture disease, and are predominantly case series.
研究尿道重建中被引用最多的文献，分析发表文献的类型，并观察研究趋势。
利用 Web of Sciences Sci-Expanded 索引对尿道重建进行检索。由 2 名独立评审员评估参考文献与尿道重建的相关性，最终获得按引用次数排名前 100 位的文章列表。对于每篇文章，收集了引用次数、出版日期、通讯作者、来源机构、来源国家、主题领域、研究设计、证据水平和来源期刊等信息。
每篇文章的平均引用次数为 108 次（中位数=94.5；范围=69-366，标准差=43），自 1970 年以来所有论文的总引用次数为 10874 次。排名前 100 位的文章发表于 1973 年至 2011 年之间，来自 19 个不同的国家和 16 种不同的期刊。将近一半是病例系列研究，大多数研究的证据水平为 III 级或更低。美国是前 100 名中最大的贡献者，有 56 篇出版物，其次是意大利（14 篇）、英国（12 篇）和埃及（7 篇）。“尿道狭窄疾病的手术治疗结果”是最常见的主题领域，前 100 名中有 55 篇文章，其中大多数文章包括对新手术技术的描述或结果。
在这项研究中，我们发现尿道重建领域中被引用最多的文献高度集中且缺乏高质量证据。前 100 篇被引文章主要来自美国，关注尿道狭窄疾病手术后的短期结果，且主要是病例系列研究。
