Alsayegh Ammar, Alsuwilem Ziyad, Alsalem Abdullah, Alanzan Abdullah, Alashjaee Rasha, Almuslem Maryam, Raffah Obai, Almutairi Rahaf, Arab Khalid
College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2025 Apr 28. doi: 10.1007/s00266-025-04855-3.
Lipodystrophy presents clinical management challenges due to its varied expression and low incidence. Despite the clinical importance, there has been no systematic evaluation of the research output in terms of geographical distribution, institutional contributions, or emerging trends. This study aims to fill that gap by conducting a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the global research landscape on lipodystrophy.
Utilizing the Web of Science core collection, studies from 2010 to 2024 were analyzed. Bibliometric indicators were processed using VOSviewer to identify trends through graphical co-occurrence mapping.
A total of 826 studies from 57 countries were included. The USA led with 259 publications (30.51%). The most productive institutions were the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases with 43 publications (14.98%). Among 166 journals, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism had the highest publications (43, 25.90%) and citations per publication (58). The most co-cited article was The Diagnosis and Management of Lipodystrophy Syndromes (2016), which was referenced 290 times.
This analysis highlights research trends and collaborative networks, areas for future investigation, and identifies the gaps and emerging trends that will inform future research directions.
This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each submission to which Evidence-Based Medicine rankings are applicable. This excludes Review Articles, Book Reviews, and manuscripts that concern Basic Science, Animal Studies, Cadaver Studies, and Experimental Studies. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
脂肪营养不良因其表现多样且发病率低，给临床管理带来了挑战。尽管其具有临床重要性，但尚未对研究成果在地理分布、机构贡献或新出现的趋势方面进行系统评估。本研究旨在通过对全球脂肪营养不良研究领域进行全面的文献计量分析来填补这一空白。
利用科学网核心合集，对2010年至2024年的研究进行分析。使用VOSviewer处理文献计量指标，通过图形共现映射识别趋势。
共纳入来自57个国家的826项研究。美国以259篇出版物领先（30.51%）。产出最多的机构是美国国立糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病研究所，有43篇出版物（14.98%）。在166种期刊中，《临床内分泌与代谢杂志》的出版物数量最多（43篇，25.90%），且每篇出版物的被引次数最多（58次）。被引次数最多的文章是《脂肪营养不良综合征的诊断与管理》（2016年），被引用290次。
本分析突出了研究趋势和合作网络、未来研究的领域，并确定了将为未来研究方向提供信息的差距和新出现的趋势。
本期刊要求作者为每篇适用循证医学排名的投稿指定证据级别。这排除了综述文章、书评以及涉及基础科学、动物研究、尸体研究和实验研究的手稿。有关这些循证医学评级的完整描述，请参考目录或在线作者指南www.springer.com/00266 。
