Kutluk Muhammet Gultekin, Danis Aysegul
Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Health Sciences, Antalya Research and Training Hospital, Varlık Avenue Kazım Karabekir Street, 07100 Muratpaşa, Antalya, Turkey.
Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Feb;37(2):617-626. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04897-9. Epub 2020 Sep 26.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Childhood epilepsy is one of the disease groups with the highest disease burden in society. This study aimed to guide researchers for new studies by determining the most compelling studies and current issues through a bibliometric analysis of scientific outputs about childhood epilepsy between 1980 and 2018.
The literature review was conducted using the Web of Science (WoS) database. Epilepsy and status epilepticus were used as search keywords in WoS, and the search was performed only in the title section of the publications. Only publications in the research field of pediatrics were included in the study and were analyzed bibliometrically. Linear regression analysis was used to estimate the number of publications in the coming years.
It was seen that the number of articles on pediatric epilepsy has been increasing with a linear trend. A total of 3424 publications were found. Of these publications, 2197 (64.2%) articles were analyzed bibliometrically. The top two most productive countries were the USA(654) and Italy (199). The first two most active institutions were The Hospital for Sick Children (40, 1.8%) and Tel Aviv University (38, 1.7%). The top three journals that published the most were Journal of Child Neurology (422, 19.2%), Pediatric Neurology (335, 15.2%), and Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (201, 9.1%).
In this bibliometric study on childhood epilepsies, a data summary of 2197 articles published between 1980 and 2018 is presented. We hope that this article will be a useful literature review and guide researchers working on pediatric epilepsy.
背景/目的：儿童癫痫是社会中疾病负担最高的疾病群体之一。本研究旨在通过对1980年至2018年间关于儿童癫痫的科学产出进行文献计量分析，确定最具说服力的研究和当前问题，从而为新研究指导研究人员。
使用科学网（WoS）数据库进行文献综述。在WoS中，癫痫和癫痫持续状态用作检索关键词，检索仅在出版物的标题部分进行。本研究仅纳入儿科学研究领域的出版物，并进行文献计量分析。采用线性回归分析来估计未来几年的出版物数量。
可见儿科癫痫相关文章数量呈线性增长趋势。共发现3424篇出版物。在这些出版物中，对2197篇（64.2%）文章进行了文献计量分析。产出最多的两个国家是美国（654篇）和意大利（199篇）。最活跃的前两个机构是病童医院（40篇，1.8%）和特拉维夫大学（38篇，1.7%）。发表文章最多的前三本期刊是《儿童神经病学杂志》（422篇，19.2%）、《儿科神经病学》（335篇，15.2%）和《发育医学与儿童神经病学》（201篇，9.1%）。
在这项关于儿童癫痫的文献计量研究中，呈现了1980年至2018年间发表的2197篇文章的数据总结。我们希望本文将成为一篇有用的文献综述，并指导从事儿科癫痫研究的人员。
