Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Peruana los Andes, Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina los Andes (SOCIEMLA), CC.HH Juan Parra del Riego, II Etapa, Block 2, Dpto:101, El Tambo, Huancayo, Peru.
Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Continental, Sociedad Científica Médico Estudiantil Continental (SOCIMEC), Huancayo, Peru.
Int Ophthalmol. 2023 Nov;43(11):4235-4246. doi: 10.1007/s10792-023-02834-8. Epub 2023 Aug 17.
Trachoma is the cause of blindness or visual impairment in 1.9 million people. Few bibliometric studies have been carried out, but none explore the characteristics of the 100 most cited articles on trachoma.
A keyword-based search without time restriction was performed in September 2022 using the Scopus database. Search keywords include the following: "trachoma; trachome; tracoma; trachomatis." Two authors independently screened the literature and extracted data. The search result was obtained to classify the 100 articles according to their number of citations.
The Top 100 articles were published between 1957 and 2015 with a total of 11,102 citations (range 56-689). The country with the most significant contribution was the USA (n = 56). The Lancet was the most active journal (n = 15). Bailey RL was the author with the highest number of publications (n = 30). The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (n = 26) was the most prominent funding entity. The type of original article was the most published (n = 83), in addition, the most frequent thematic area was prevention (n = 33). The most popular keywords were trachoma (n = 93), chlamydia trachomatis (n = 55), and azithromycin (n = 34).
The study provides new insight into trachoma research, information that may help healthcare providers, researchers, and stakeholders better understand trends and influential contributions. It highlights under-researched areas that could be the basis for future research.
沙眼是 190 万人失明或视力受损的原因。虽然已经开展了一些文献计量学研究，但没有一项研究探讨沙眼被引用次数最多的 100 篇文章的特征。
2022 年 9 月，我们在 Scopus 数据库中进行了一项无时间限制的基于关键词的检索。检索关键词包括：“trachoma；trachome；tracoma；trachomatis”。两名作者独立筛选文献并提取数据。根据引用次数对检索结果进行分类，获得了 100 篇文章。
这 100 篇文章发表于 1957 年至 2015 年，总引用次数为 11102 次（范围为 56 次至 689 次）。贡献最大的国家是美国（n=56）。《柳叶刀》是最活跃的期刊（n=15）。Bailey RL 是发表文章数量最多的作者（n=30）。Edna McConnell Clark 基金会（n=26）是最突出的资助实体。原始文章类型是发表最多的（n=83），此外，预防是最常见的主题领域（n=33）。最流行的关键词是沙眼（n=93）、沙眼衣原体（n=55）和阿奇霉素（n=34）。
本研究为沙眼研究提供了新的见解，这些信息可能有助于医疗保健提供者、研究人员和利益相关者更好地了解趋势和有影响力的贡献。它突出了研究不足的领域，这些领域可能是未来研究的基础。
