Hitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Çorum, Turkey.
Hitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Çorum, Turkey.
Rev Int Androl. 2021 Oct-Dec;19(4):224-233. doi: 10.1016/j.androl.2020.03.002. Epub 2020 Jun 17.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Although the increasing prevalence of hypospadias has been reported in many countries, there is a lack of bibliometric studies that make a holistic assessment of the publications about this issue. This study aims to make a holistic evaluation, latest developments, and trend topics about hypospadias publications between 1980 and 2018 through bibliometric analysis.
All the publications about hypospadias published in the Web of Science index between 1980 and 2018 were downloaded and analyzed using bibliometric methods. The Spearman's correlation coefficient was utilized to analyze the correlations between economic productivity and performance of the countries on hypospadias. Linear regression analysis was performed to estimate the number of publications for the following years.
Bibliometric analyses were performed with 1940 articles. With 527 (27.2%) publications, the USA was the country that made the most contribution to the literature. The top active 3 journals were the Journal of Urology, Journal of Pediatric Urology, and Urology. A high correlation was detected between hypospadias publication productivity and GDP (r=0.791, p<0.001). The regression analysis results showed that the expected number of articles to be produced was 95 (75-116) for 2019 and 106 (47-164) for 2024.
This study provides a holistic evaluation of the articles about hypospadias, which is an anomaly that should be repaired and treated with surgery due to its potential problems for the children at kindergarten and school age. Increasing the collaboration between especially developing countries and research in different countries with samples from different communities through multidisciplinary studies are recommended.
背景/目的：尽管许多国家都报道了尿道下裂的患病率不断上升，但缺乏对该问题文献进行整体评估的计量学研究。本研究旨在通过计量学分析，对 1980 年至 2018 年间有关尿道下裂的出版物进行全面评估、最新进展和趋势主题。
从 Web of Science 索引中下载并分析了 1980 年至 2018 年间发表的所有有关尿道下裂的出版物，并使用计量学方法进行分析。采用 Spearman 相关系数分析各国在尿道下裂方面的经济生产力与绩效之间的相关性。进行线性回归分析，以估算未来几年的出版物数量。
对 1940 篇文章进行了计量学分析。美国在文献中贡献最多，有 527 篇（27.2%）。排名前 3 的活跃期刊是《泌尿外科杂志》、《儿科泌尿外科杂志》和《泌尿学》。尿道下裂发表生产力与 GDP 之间存在高度相关性（r=0.791，p<0.001）。回归分析结果显示，2019 年预计将发表 95 篇（75-116 篇），2024 年预计将发表 106 篇（47-164 篇）。
本研究对尿道下裂的文章进行了全面评估，尿道下裂是一种异常情况，由于其对幼儿园和学龄儿童的潜在问题，需要通过手术进行修复和治疗。建议加强特别是发展中国家之间的合作，并通过多学科研究，在不同国家进行不同样本的研究。
