Department of Urology, State University of New York Downstate Health Science University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States.
Sex Med Rev. 2024 Jun 26;12(3):270-278. doi: 10.1093/sxmrev/qeae013.
Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) consists of low libido, sexual arousal problems, anorgasmia, and dyspareunia. Sexual function is an important aspect of life for many women and is closely correlated with overall well-being. FSD is often underrepresented in the academic space when compared with male sexual disorders, such as erectile dysfunction. As FSD spans many fields (eg, urology, gynecology, psychology), bibliometric analyses are an important resource to highlight landmark articles.
To identify key articles about FSD by citation number and bibliometric analysis to facilitate future scholarly efforts into more FSD research.
We searched for articles in the Web of Science Core Collection between 1900 and 2023 using terms specific to FSD. We identified relevant FSD articles and selected the top 50 most cited. A bibliometric analysis was performed to collect and analyze data about title, authorship, publication year, citation number, journal and impact factor, country and institution, study type, citation index, specialty, and conflict of interest.
An overall 6858 results were identified. The top 50 most cited articles were published between 1997 and 2014 in 12 countries, across 32 institutions, and in 20 journals. The United States produced the most articles. The Journal of Sexual Medicine published the most articles. The mean number of citations per article was 351.64. Observational studies were most common. More than half were sponsored. Of all the specialties, most articles were categorized as urology and nephrology. Research about FSD has been much less impactful than research about male sexual dysfunction, possibly owing to stigma and decreased clinical training.
As FSD covers many fields, bibliometric analyses are invaluable to understand the vast body of knowledge. We hope that this research emphasizes the lack of attention that FSD has had and that it provides health care professionals with a valuable tool to understand the trajectory of FSD to guide future education efforts.
女性性功能障碍（FSD）包括性欲低下、性唤起问题、性高潮障碍和性交困难。对许多女性来说，性功能是生活的一个重要方面，与整体幸福感密切相关。与男性性功能障碍（如勃起功能障碍）相比，FSD 在学术领域的代表性往往不足。由于 FSD 跨越多个领域（例如泌尿科、妇科、心理学），因此文献计量分析是突出标志性文章的重要资源。
通过引用次数和文献计量分析确定 FSD 的关键文章，以促进未来对更多 FSD 研究的学术努力。
我们使用特定于 FSD 的术语在 Web of Science 核心合集 1900 年至 2023 年期间进行了文章搜索。我们确定了相关的 FSD 文章，并选择了前 50 篇被引次数最多的文章。进行了文献计量分析，以收集和分析有关标题、作者、发表年份、引用次数、期刊和影响因子、国家和机构、研究类型、引文索引、专业和利益冲突的数据。
总共确定了 6858 个结果。前 50 篇被引次数最多的文章发表于 1997 年至 2014 年，来自 12 个国家，涉及 32 个机构和 20 种期刊。美国发表的文章最多。《性医学杂志》发表的文章最多。每篇文章的平均引用次数为 351.64。观察性研究最常见。超过一半的研究是有资助的。在所有专业中，大多数文章被归类为泌尿科和肾病学。关于 FSD 的研究比关于男性性功能障碍的研究影响小得多，这可能是由于耻辱感和临床培训减少所致。
由于 FSD 涵盖多个领域，因此文献计量分析对于理解大量知识是非常宝贵的。我们希望这项研究强调了 FSD 受到的关注不足，并为医疗保健专业人员提供了一个有价值的工具，以了解 FSD 的轨迹，指导未来的教育工作。
