Hitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Çorum, Turkey.
Hitit University, Osmancık Ömer Derindere Vocational School, Department of Computer Technologies, Çorum, Turkey.
Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2020 Jul-Aug;48(4):374-383. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2020.01.001. Epub 2020 Apr 10.
The global prevalence of allergic diseases has increased dramatically in recent years and are now recognized as significant chronic diseases worldwide. One of the most important allergens that causes allergic diseases is house dust mites.
This study aims to present a bibliometric overview of research published on dust mites between 1980 and 2018.
Articles published from 1980 to 2018 were analyzed using bibliometric methods. The keywords "Dust mite*," and "Dermatophagoides" were used in the Web of Science (WoS). Simple linear regression analysis was used to estimate the number of future publications on this subject.
A total of 4742 publications were found, 2552 (53.8%) of them were articles. Most of the articles were on subjects related to immunology (1274; 49.9%) and allergy (1229; 48.1%). Clinical and Experimental Allergy (222; 8.7%) was the journal with the most publications. The USA was the country that most contributed to the literature with 461 (18.1%) articles. The countries producing the most publications on this subject were developed countries. The most active author was W.R. Thomas (66; 2.5%). The most productive institution was the University of Western Australia (91; 3.6%). The most cited article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
According to the findings, developed countries were the most productive in publishing on house dust mites. By planning multinational research rather than regional studies, it may be suggested that researchers in underdeveloped or developing countries could also conduct more research on this subject.
近年来，全球过敏性疾病的患病率显著增加，现已被确认为全球范围内的重大慢性疾病。引起过敏性疾病的最重要过敏原之一是屋尘螨。
本研究旨在对 1980 年至 2018 年发表的有关尘螨的研究进行文献计量学综述。
使用文献计量学方法分析 1980 年至 2018 年发表的文章。在 Web of Science（WoS）中使用关键词“Dust mite*”和“Dermatophagoides”。使用简单线性回归分析来估计该主题未来发表文章的数量。
共发现 4742 篇出版物，其中 2552 篇（53.8%）为文章。大多数文章的主题与免疫学（1274；49.9%）和过敏（1229；48.1%）有关。Clinical and Experimental Allergy（222；8.7%）是发表文章最多的期刊。美国是对该文献贡献最大的国家，有 461 篇（18.1%）文章。发表此主题文章最多的国家是发达国家。最活跃的作者是 W.R.Thomas（66；2.5%）。最具生产力的机构是西澳大利亚大学（91；3.6%）。被引频次最高的文章发表在《新英格兰医学杂志》上。
根据研究结果，发达国家在发表有关屋尘螨的文章方面最为活跃。通过规划跨国研究而不是区域研究，可以建议欠发达国家或发展中国家的研究人员也可以对该主题进行更多的研究。
