Wu Haiyang, Sun Zaijie, Tong Linjian, Wang Yulin, Yan Hua, Sun Zhiming
Graduate School of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441021, China.
Arch Osteoporos. 2021 Oct 11;16(1):154. doi: 10.1007/s11657-021-01016-2.
We analyzed the knowledge structure, current status, and future directions of 3243 publications on male osteoporosis by employing bibliometric analysis. Our results indicated that Osteoporosis International was the most influential journal in this field. And the study of epidemiology and risk factors has been recognized as a hot research topic in recent years. This study also calls for more attention to be given on male osteoporosis research.
Male osteoporosis is increasing as a serious health problem worldwide with the aging of population. However, a comprehensive understanding of the current status and future trends in this field is lacking to date. The goal of the present study was to summarize and visualize the knowledge framework, research hotspots, and emerging trends of male osteoporosis research based on the bibliometric method.
Scientific publications regarding male osteoporosis from 1998 to 2020 were downloaded from the SCIE database. VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and online bibliometric website were used for this study. The main analyses include cooperative relationships between countries/institutions/authors, co-citation analysis of authors/journals, and co-occurrence analysis of keywords/subject categories, as well as analyses on keyword/reference bursts.
A total of 3243 publications with 128,751 citations were identified. Despite experiencing a period of increase in the number of publications, incentives for conducting male osteoporosis research seem to have decreased during recent years. The USA has the most prominent contributions, as reflected by most publications and the highest H-index value. Oregon Health and Science University was the most prolific institution within this domain. The most influential academic journal was Osteoporosis International. Keywords were categorized into four clusters: basic research, epidemiology and risk factors, diagnostic studies, treatment and fracture prevention. Burst keyword detection suggested that the following research directions including "obesity," "zoledronic acid," "DXA," "inflammation," "fall," "microarchitecture," and "sarcopenia" remain research hotspots in the near future and deserve our further attention.
This is the first bibliometric analysis that provides a comprehensive overview of male osteoporosis research, which may provide helpful references for investigators to further explore hot issues in this field.
我们采用文献计量分析方法，对3243篇关于男性骨质疏松症的出版物的知识结构、现状及未来方向进行了分析。我们的研究结果表明，《骨质疏松国际》是该领域最具影响力的期刊。近年来，流行病学和危险因素的研究已被公认为热门研究课题。本研究还呼吁更多地关注男性骨质疏松症研究。
随着全球人口老龄化，男性骨质疏松症作为一个严重的健康问题日益凸显。然而，迄今为止，人们对该领域的现状和未来趋势缺乏全面的了解。本研究的目的是基于文献计量方法，总结并可视化男性骨质疏松症研究的知识框架、研究热点和新趋势。
从科学引文索引扩展版（SCIE）数据库中下载了1998年至2020年期间关于男性骨质疏松症的科学出版物。本研究使用了VOSviewer、CiteSpace和在线文献计量网站。主要分析包括国家/机构/作者之间的合作关系、作者/期刊的共被引分析、关键词/主题类别的共现分析，以及关键词/参考文献突现分析。
共识别出3243篇出版物，被引次数达128751次。尽管出版物数量曾有过一段增长期，但近年来开展男性骨质疏松症研究的积极性似乎有所下降。美国的贡献最为突出，表现为出版物数量最多且H指数值最高。俄勒冈健康与科学大学是该领域成果最多的机构。最具影响力的学术期刊是《骨质疏松国际》。关键词被分为四个聚类：基础研究、流行病学和危险因素、诊断研究、治疗与骨折预防。突现关键词检测表明，以下研究方向，包括“肥胖”“唑来膦酸”“双能X线吸收法（DXA）”“炎症”“跌倒”“微结构”和“肌肉减少症”，在不久的将来仍将是研究热点，值得我们进一步关注。
这是首次对男性骨质疏松症研究进行全面概述的文献计量分析，可为研究人员进一步探索该领域的热点问题提供有益参考。
