Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Community Healthcare Centre Dr. Adolf Drolc, Maribor, Slovenia.
Health Info Libr J. 2021 Jun;38(2):125-138. doi: 10.1111/hir.12295. Epub 2020 Jan 29.
The application of bibliometrics in medicine enables one to analyse vast amounts of publications and their production patterns on macroscopic and microscopic levels.
The aim of the study was to analyse the historical perspective of research literature production regarding application of bibliometrics in medicine.
Publications related to application of bibliometrics in medicine from 1970 to 2018 were harvested from the Scopus bibliographic database. Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy was triangulated with the VOSViewer to identify historical roots and evolution of topics and clinical areas.
The search resulted in 6557 publications. The literature production trend was positive. Historical roots analysis identified 33 historical roots and 16 clinical areas where bibliometrics was applied.
The increase in productivity in application of bibliometrics in medicine might be attributed to increased use of quantitative metrics in research evaluation, publish or perish phenomenon and the increased use of evidence-based medicine.
The trend of the literature production was positive. Medicine was in the forefront of knowledge development in bibliometrics. reference publication year spectroscopy proved to be an accurate method which was able to identify most of the historical roots.
医学领域的文献计量学应用使人们能够从宏观和微观层面分析大量出版物及其生产模式。
本研究旨在分析医学领域文献计量学应用研究文献的历史发展。
从 Scopus 书目数据库中获取了 1970 年至 2018 年与医学文献计量学应用相关的出版物。参考出版年光谱分析与 Vosviewer 相结合，以确定主题和临床领域的历史渊源和演变。
搜索结果得到 6557 篇出版物。文献生产趋势呈上升趋势。历史根源分析确定了 33 个历史根源和 16 个应用文献计量学的临床领域。
医学文献计量学应用的生产力增长可能归因于研究评估中对定量指标的使用增加、发表或灭亡现象以及循证医学的使用增加。
文献生产的趋势是积极的。医学在文献计量学的知识发展中处于前沿地位。参考出版年光谱分析被证明是一种准确的方法，能够识别出大部分历史根源。
