Department of History of Science and Documentation, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Infectious Diseases Division, Internal Medicine Department, New Mexico University Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Mar 1;103(9):e37268. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000037268.
Identifying the most highly cited papers in a given field can help researchers and professionals understand the milestones and research areas that are generating the most impact. This study aimed to identify and describe the 50 most frequently cited manuscripts on cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis.
We identified the 50 most cited papers (articles and reviews) on cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis from the MEDLINE database and indexed in Web of Science-Core Collection, analyzing their bibliographic and content characteristics.
The most cited documents comprised 29 (58%) original articles and 21 (42%) reviews, the bulk of which were narrative reviews (n = 17), with a negligible presence of other types of reviews with high-level scientific evidence. Six journals published 42% of the articles. In addition to the USA, Mexico and Peru were prominent countries of origin among leading researchers. The main research topics were the central nervous system and epilepsy on the one hand, and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches on the other.
Our findings shed light on the dissemination of knowledge about cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis in recent decades, identifying the most highly cited contributions that have driven research in the field.
确定特定领域中被引用最多的论文可以帮助研究人员和专业人士了解产生最大影响的里程碑和研究领域。本研究旨在确定和描述囊虫病和神经囊虫病的 50 篇被引用最多的论文。
我们从 MEDLINE 数据库中确定了被引用最多的 50 篇囊虫病和神经囊虫病论文（文章和综述），并在 Web of Science-Core Collection 中进行了索引，分析了它们的书目和内容特征。
最被引用的文献包括 29 篇（58%）原始文章和 21 篇（42%）综述，其中大部分是叙述性综述（n=17），几乎没有其他类型的具有高科学证据水平的综述。有 6 种期刊发表了 42%的文章。除了美国，墨西哥和秘鲁也是主要研究人员的主要来源国。主要研究主题一方面是中枢神经系统和癫痫，另一方面是诊断和治疗方法。
我们的发现揭示了近几十年来囊虫病和神经囊虫病知识的传播情况，确定了推动该领域研究的最被引用的贡献。
