The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University in China, Dalian, China.
The Pyongyang Medical University in D.P.R of Korea, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2022 Dec;46(6):2691-2711. doi: 10.1007/s00266-022-02904-9. Epub 2022 Jun 2.
Breast augmentation is one of the most demanded procedures in plastic surgery and one of the most commonly performed by plastic surgeons. However, a bibliometric analysis of breast augmentation has not been published in recent years. The current study aimed to use a bibliometric analysis to conduct a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of breast augmentation research and provide the research trends and hotspots in this field.
Publications on breast augmentation research were extracted from the Web of Science core collection database. VOSviewer 1.6.18 was used to assess co-authorship, co-occurrence, citation of countries, institutions, authors, and journals, as well as hotspot keywords.
On February 8, 2022, 4637 records of breast augmentation research published from 1985 to 2021 were collected. The bulk of the retrieved studies were original research articles (n = 2235, 48.20%). A total of 1053 (22.71%) papers were open access. The annual publication output increased annually. The USA was the driving force in this field and had a strong academic reputation. The top-contributing institution was the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2.37%, with 110 publications). Plastic and reconstructive surgery (998 publications, 21.52%) published the most research in this field and was also the most frequently co-cited journal (22,351 citations, total link strength (TLS): 409,301). Clemens MW (68 publications, 1.47%) was the most prolific author, and Spear SL (1456 citations, TLS: 27,231) was the most frequently co-cited author. The research hotspots included the following four aspects: safety and effectiveness of breast implants, implant-based breast reconstruction, breast cancer incidence after breast implantation, and breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). The research trends were BIA-ALCL, implant-based breast reconstruction, BREAST-Q, acellular dermal matrix, capsular contracture, and autologous fat grafting.
The present study provides a panoramic view of breast augmentation research in plastic and reconstructive surgery. This novel comprehensive bibliometric analysis can help researchers and nonresearchers alike to rapidly identify the potential partners, research hotspots, and research trends within their areas of interest.
This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
隆胸是整形外科学中需求最大的手术之一，也是整形医生最常进行的手术之一。然而，近年来尚未对隆胸进行文献计量分析。本研究旨在使用文献计量分析对隆胸研究进行定性和定量评估，并提供该领域的研究趋势和热点。
从 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中提取隆胸研究的出版物。使用 VOSviewer 1.6.18 评估国家、机构、作者和期刊的合著、共现、引用情况，以及热点关键词。
截至 2022 年 2 月 8 日，共收集到 1985 年至 2021 年发表的 4637 篇隆胸研究记录。检索到的研究大部分为原始研究文章（n=2235，48.20%）。共有 1053 篇（22.71%）论文为开放获取。年度出版物产出逐年增加。美国是该领域的驱动力，具有强大的学术声誉。贡献最大的机构是德克萨斯大学 MD 安德森癌症中心（2.37%，发表 110 篇论文）。整形与重建外科学（998 篇论文，21.52%）在该领域发表的研究最多，也是被引频次最高的期刊（22,351 次引用，总链接强度（TLS）：409,301）。Clemens MW（68 篇论文，1.47%）是最有影响力的作者，Spear SL（1456 次引用，TLS：27,231）是被引频次最高的作者。研究热点包括以下四个方面：乳房植入物的安全性和有效性、基于植入物的乳房重建、乳房植入后乳腺癌的发病率和乳房植入物相关间变性大细胞淋巴瘤（BIA-ALCL）。研究趋势包括 BIA-ALCL、基于植入物的乳房重建、BREAST-Q、脱细胞真皮基质、包膜挛缩和自体脂肪移植。
本研究提供了整形外科学中隆胸研究的全景图。这种新颖的综合文献计量分析可以帮助研究人员和非研究人员快速确定他们感兴趣的领域内的潜在合作伙伴、研究热点和研究趋势。
证据水平 III：本刊要求作者为每篇文章分配一个证据水平。有关这些循证医学评级的完整描述，请参阅目录或在线作者指南 www.springer.com/00266。
