Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2023 Dec;27(24):11947-11960. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202312_34794.
The number of studies in the field of andrology is increasing day by day, but a bibliometric study covering the entire literature on andrology has not yet been conducted. This bibliometric study aims to shed light on the question of where we came from and where we are going in andrology from past to present. It also aimed to summarize the intellectual structure of andrology to reveal global productivity and identify and map the latest trends of scientific articles published in the field of andrology.
16,659 articles published between 1980 and 2022 were extracted from the Web of Science and analyzed using various statistical methods. Bibliometric network visualization maps revealed trending topics, global productivity, the most influential studies, and international collaborations. Spearman's correlation analysis was used for determining correlations.
The top three productive countries were United States of America (3,452; 20.7%), China (2,300; 13.8%), and Germany (1,069; 6.4%). The top two most productive authors were Agarwal A. (n=130) and Nieschlag E. (n=130). The most productive institution was the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (n=422). From past to present, the most studied subjects were testis, male infertility, spermatozoa, testosterone, infertility, erectile dysfunction, spermatogenesis, sperm, prostate cancer (PCA)/neoplasms, oxidative stress, fertility/fertilization, semen, rat(s), apoptosis, azoospermia, sperm motility, human and varicocele.
The trend topics that have been researched more in recent years include erectile dysfunction, oxidative stress, prostate cancer, sperm quality, sperm parameters, infertility, premature ejaculation, diabetes mellitus, obesity, prognosis, sperm DNA fragmentation/damage, antioxidant, asthenozoospermia, varicocelectomy, COVID-19, inflammation, prostatectomy, metabolic syndrome, hypogonadism, benign prostatic hyperplasia, lower urinary tract symptoms, meta-analysis, sexual dysfunction, peyronie's disease, and proliferation. We identified the research leadership of China, Japan, Turkey and India, in addition to Western countries, such as the USA and European countries.
男科领域的研究数量与日俱增，但尚未有针对男科全部文献的文献计量学研究。本项文献计量学研究旨在从过去到现在，阐明男科领域我们从何而来、又将去往何处的问题。它还旨在总结男科的知识结构，以揭示全球生产力，并确定和绘制男科领域发表的科学文章的最新趋势。
从 Web of Science 中提取了 1980 年至 2022 年间发表的 16659 篇文章，并使用各种统计方法进行分析。文献计量网络可视化图谱揭示了热门主题、全球生产力、最有影响力的研究以及国际合作。采用 Spearman 相关分析来确定相关性。
三个最具生产力的国家是美国（3452；20.7%）、中国（2300；13.8%）和德国（1069；6.4%）。两位最具生产力的作者是 Agarwal A.（n=130）和 Nieschlag E.（n=130）。最具生产力的机构是埃及知识库（n=422）。从过去到现在，研究最多的主题是睾丸、男性不育、精子、睾酮、不育、勃起功能障碍、精子发生、精子、前列腺癌（PCA）/肿瘤、氧化应激、生育力/受精、精液、大鼠、细胞凋亡、无精症、精子活力、人类和精索静脉曲张。
近年来研究较多的热门主题包括勃起功能障碍、氧化应激、前列腺癌、精子质量、精子参数、不育、早泄、糖尿病、肥胖、预后、精子 DNA 碎片化/损伤、抗氧化剂、弱精症、精索静脉曲张手术、COVID-19、炎症、前列腺切除术、代谢综合征、性腺功能减退、良性前列腺增生、下尿路症状、荟萃分析、性功能障碍、阴茎硬结症和增殖。我们确定了中国、日本、土耳其和印度等国，以及美国和欧洲等西方国家在该领域的研究领导地位。
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