Stojic Stevan, Affolter Serena, Stadler Gertraud, Missmer Stacey A, Pannek Juergen, Stoyanov Jivko, Eriks-Hoogland Inge, Lüscher Janina, Glisic Marija
Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Spinal Cord. 2025 May 29. doi: 10.1038/s41393-025-01089-7.
Bibliometric analysis and conceptual framework.
To provide a framework for prioritizing sex/gender research in the field of spinal cord injury (SCI), which can help inform and develop future research directions benefiting both women and men affected by SCI.
Not applicable METHODS: We searched the Web of Science Core Collection to identify relevant articles. Data was analyzed using the Bibliometrix and VoSviewer tools to provide a macroscopic overview of sex/gender research trends in the field of SCI research. A framework was developed based on the results of bibliometric analyses and literature scoping, engaging professionals with backgrounds in gender medicine, translational medicine, psychology, clinical epidemiology, SCI, and endocrinology.
A total of 1031 documents were included in the analyses. We observed a steady increase in sex/gender related research from 2012, with an annual growth rate of 9.64%. Rehabilitation, epidemiology, obesity, depression, and sex hormones were identified as fundamental and critical topics for advancing sex and gender research in the context of SCI. Among a randomly selected articles, a significant proportion of studies interchangeably used the terms sex and gender. Therefore, we discuss the key overarching themes and terminology that are essential for any study exploring the relevance of sex and gender in health research. We developed a three-step research framework for considering and incorporating sex and gender in research, using SCI as a case in point.
The major principles in current paper can benefit everyone interested in studying sex/gender in the context of health in complex and disabling conditions.
文献计量分析与概念框架。
为脊髓损伤（SCI）领域的性别研究确定优先顺序提供一个框架，这有助于为未来的研究方向提供信息并加以发展，使受SCI影响的男性和女性都能受益。
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我们检索了科学网核心合集以识别相关文章。使用文献计量学和VOSviewer工具对数据进行分析，以提供SCI研究领域性别研究趋势的宏观概述。基于文献计量分析和文献综述的结果，与具有性别医学、转化医学、心理学、临床流行病学、SCI和内分泌学背景的专业人员共同制定了一个框架。
分析共纳入1031篇文献。我们观察到2012年以来与性别相关的研究稳步增加，年增长率为9.64%。康复、流行病学、肥胖、抑郁和性激素被确定为在SCI背景下推进性别研究的基础和关键主题。在随机挑选的文章中，很大一部分研究互换使用了“性”和“性别”这两个术语。因此，我们讨论了在任何探索性别与健康研究相关性的研究中至关重要的关键总体主题和术语。我们以SCI为例，开发了一个在研究中考虑和纳入性别的三步研究框架。
本文中的主要原则可使所有对在复杂和致残状况下的健康背景中研究性别感兴趣的人受益。
