Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Department of Rural Health Sciences, La Trobe Rural Health School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
J Foot Ankle Res. 2024 Jun;17(2):e12012. doi: 10.1002/jfa2.12012.
Diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) is a leading cause of the Australian and global disease burdens and requires proportionate volumes of research to address. Bibliometric analyses are rigorous methods for exploring total research publications in a field to help identify volume trends, gaps and emerging areas of need. This bibliometric review aimed to explore the volume, authors, institutions, journals, collaborating countries, research types and funding sources of Australian publications investigating DFD over 50 years.
A systematic search of the Scopus database was conducted by two independent authors to identify all Australian DFD literature published between 1970 and 2023. Bibliometric meta-data were extracted from Scopus, analyzed in Biblioshiny, an R Statistical Software interface, and publication volumes, authors, institutions, journals and collaborative countries were described. Publications were also categorised for research type and funding source.
Overall, 332 eligible publications were included. Publication volume increased steadily over time, with largest volumes (78%) and a 7-fold increase over the last decade. Mean co-authors per publication was 5.6, mean journal impact factor was 2.9 and median citation was 9 (IQR2-24). Most frequent authors were Peter Lazzarini (14%), Vivienne Chuter (8%) and Jonathon Golledge (7%). Most frequent institutions affiliated were Queensland University Technology (33%), University Sydney (30%) and James Cook University (25%). Most frequent journals published in were Journal Foot and Ankle Research (17%), Diabetic Medicine (7%), Journal Diabetes and its Complications (4%) and International Wound Journal (4%). Most frequent collaborating countries were the United Kingdom (9%), the Netherlands (6%) and the United States (5%). Leading research types were etiology (38%), treatment evaluation (25%) and health services research (13%). Leading funding sources were no funding (60%), internal institution (16%) and industry/philanthropic/international (10%).
Australian DFD research increased steadily until more dramatic increases were seen over the past decade. Most research received no funding and mainly investigated etiology, existing treatments or health services. Australian DFD researchers appear to be very productive, particularly in recent times, despite minimal funding indicating their resilience. However, if the field is to continue to rapidly grow and address the very large national DFD burden, much more research funding is needed in Australia, especially targeting prevention and clinical trials of new treatments in DFD.
糖尿病相关足部疾病（DFD）是造成澳大利亚和全球疾病负担的主要原因，需要开展相应数量的研究来解决。文献计量分析是一种严谨的方法，可用于探索某一领域的全部研究出版物，以帮助确定研究领域的规模趋势、差距和新的需求领域。本文献计量学综述旨在探索澳大利亚在过去 50 年中研究 DFD 的出版物数量、作者、机构、期刊、合作国家、研究类型和资金来源。
两名独立作者对 Scopus 数据库进行了系统检索，以确定 1970 年至 2023 年期间发表的所有澳大利亚 DFD 文献。从 Scopus 中提取文献计量元数据，在 R 统计软件接口 Biblioshiny 中进行分析，并描述出版物数量、作者、机构、期刊和合作国家。出版物还根据研究类型和资金来源进行了分类。
共纳入 332 篇合格出版物。随着时间的推移，出版物数量稳步增加，过去十年的数量最多（78%），增加了 7 倍。平均每位作者的论文数为 5.6 篇，平均期刊影响因子为 2.9，中位数引文数为 9（IQR2-24）。最常出现的作者是 Peter Lazzarini（14%）、Vivienne Chuter（8%）和 Jonathon Golledge（7%）。最常出现的机构附属单位是昆士兰科技大学（33%）、悉尼大学（30%）和詹姆斯·库克大学（25%）。发表论文最多的期刊是《足踝研究杂志》（17%）、《糖尿病医学杂志》（7%）、《糖尿病及其并发症杂志》（4%）和《国际伤口杂志》（4%）。最常合作的国家是英国（9%）、荷兰（6%）和美国（5%）。主要的研究类型是病因学（38%）、治疗评估（25%）和卫生服务研究（13%）。主要的资金来源是无资金（60%）、机构内部资金（16%）和产业/慈善/国际资金（10%）。
澳大利亚 DFD 研究稳步增加，直到过去十年出现更显著的增长。大多数研究没有资金支持，主要研究病因、现有治疗方法或卫生服务。澳大利亚 DFD 研究人员似乎非常有成效，尤其是在最近一段时间，尽管资金很少，但他们的韧性很强。然而，如果该领域要继续快速发展并解决澳大利亚庞大的 DFD 负担，澳大利亚需要更多的研究资金，特别是针对 DFD 的预防和新治疗方法的临床试验。
