Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital Medical Center, Tsinghua University, China.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Aug-Sep;43(7):349-357. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2019.11.015. Epub 2020 Mar 30.
Bibliometric search of citation classics can function as a tool to identify extraordinary landmark articles and advanced research studies. We aimed to examine and characterize the 100 most-cited published articles in the field of hepatology.
A comprehensive list of the 100 most-cited articles published from 1950 to 2017 in the field of hepatology was compiled after searching the Web of Science with relevant terms, including "liver," "hepatitis," "hepatic," "hepatocellular," "hepatology," "cirrhosis," and "steatohepatitis." The articles were ranked according to their citation counts and were evaluated for characteristics including country, institution, authorship, publication year, subspecialty and others.
The database search returned 323,291 articles associated with liver disease published between 1950 and 2017. The 100 most-cited articles were from 21 major journals, with the highest number of articles being published in Hepatology (n=20). The average number of citations of the 100 most-cited articles was 1946.8; among these articles, the most frequently cited article received 5515 citations, and the least frequently cited article received 1155 citations. In total, 60 were original articles among the 100 most-cited articles. The most frequently represented specialties were hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which accounted for 53.3%, 23.3%, and 11.7% of these articles, respectively.
Our study identified citation classics and provided a review of the most advanced studies in the field of hepatology. This can help to guide clinical treatment and future academic research resulting in advancements in hepatology.
文献计量学检索引文经典可作为一种工具，用于识别非凡的标志性文章和先进的研究。我们旨在研究和描述肝脏学领域 100 篇被引用最多的已发表文章。
通过使用相关术语（包括“liver”、“hepatitis”、“hepatic”、“hepatocellular”、“hepatology”、“cirrhosis”和“steatohepatitis”）在 Web of Science 上进行全面搜索，编制了 1950 年至 2017 年肝脏学领域 100 篇被引用最多的文章的综合清单。根据引用次数对文章进行排名，并评估其特征，包括国家、机构、作者、发表年份、亚专业等。
数据库搜索返回了 1950 年至 2017 年期间与肝脏疾病相关的 323291 篇文章。这 100 篇被引用最多的文章来自 21 种主要期刊，其中发表文章最多的期刊是《Hepatology》（n=20）。这 100 篇被引用最多的文章的平均引用次数为 1946.8；其中，被引用次数最多的文章被引用了 5515 次，被引用次数最少的文章被引用了 1155 次。在这 100 篇被引用最多的文章中，总共有 60 篇是原始文章。最常代表的专业是肝炎、肝细胞癌和非酒精性脂肪性肝病，分别占这些文章的 53.3%、23.3%和 11.7%。
我们的研究确定了引文经典，并对肝脏学领域的最先进研究进行了综述。这有助于指导临床治疗和未来的学术研究，推动肝脏学的发展。
