Bareeqa Syeda Beenish, Ahmed Syed Ijlal, Samar Syeda Sana, Anwar Arsalan, Husain Mustafa M
Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Liaquat National Medical College and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Heliyon. 2021 Jan 26;7(1):e06021. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06021. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Citation count can be used as a key tool to assess the quality of the published literature and because of its immense advantages it is now widely used in ranking the articles on specific topics.
OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS: To extract and assess the top cited work on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for depression treatment.
Scopus Library Database was searched and two independent authors produced a list of 50 most cited articles on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treatment of depression. All the relevant articles having key-terms within their titles, abstract and keywords were included in our search. Our list was categorized into two categories, "mixed" and "focused".
The articles in the produced list of top 50 most cited articles on rTMS for treatment of depression belong to the time period 1993-2012 with total citation count 12078. George MS was prominent in the list. '' published most number of articles (n = 13) among the list. Articles were categorized on the basis of primary population and intervention into 'Focused' and 'Mixed' categories.
Articles that were published before 1993 and after 2012 on rTMS for depression couldn't made it to the final list of top-50 most cited article.
We attempted to conduct a topic-specific citation analysis considering the paucity of specified bibliometrics in medical literature. Our research provides an insight on emerging trends in rTMS for depression and highlights the characteristics, quality and dynamics of frequently cited articles in the field.
引文计数可作为评估已发表文献质量的关键工具，因其具有巨大优势，如今被广泛用于对特定主题的文章进行排名。
目的/假设：提取并评估关于重复经颅磁刺激（rTMS）治疗抑郁症的被引用次数最多的研究。
检索Scopus图书馆数据库，两位独立作者列出了关于重复经颅磁刺激（rTMS）治疗抑郁症的50篇被引用次数最多的文章清单。我们的检索纳入了所有标题、摘要和关键词中包含关键术语的相关文章。我们的清单分为“综合”和“聚焦”两类。
在列出的关于rTMS治疗抑郁症的50篇被引用次数最多的文章中，这些文章发表于1993年至2012年期间，总被引用次数为12078次。乔治·M·S在清单中最为突出，在清单中发表的文章数量最多（n = 13）。文章根据主要研究人群和干预措施分为“聚焦”和“综合”两类。
1993年之前和2012年之后发表的关于rTMS治疗抑郁症的文章未能进入50篇被引用次数最多文章的最终清单。
考虑到医学文献中特定文献计量学的匮乏，我们试图进行一项特定主题的引文分析。我们的研究提供了关于rTMS治疗抑郁症的新趋势的见解，并突出了该领域频繁被引用文章的特点、质量和动态。
