Current Status of Global Hysteroscopy and Female Infertility Research: A Web of Science Based Bibliometric Analysis Study

Authors : Özgür ŞAHİN
Pages : 885-890
Doi:10.16899/jcm.1343842
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Publication Date : 2023-09-30
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to identify trends in the literature on hysteroscopy and female infertility and to quantitatively evaluate them using various bibliometric parameters. Material and Methods: The study data was taken from the Web of Science electronic database for this bibliometric network analysis. The network analysis and bibliometric analysis were carried out by using the Biblioshiny and VosViewer bibliometric tools. Results: A total of 1,023 documents were included in the study. The first article was published in 1977. Until 1990, the annual number of articles was irregular. The quantity of publications published annually significantly increased after 2005, peaking in 2020 and 2021 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(68 and 67 articles, respectively);. The included articles were published in 67 countries. Among these countries, China insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=299);, the USA insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=237);, Italy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=235);, and Turkey insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=156); had the highest number of publications. Especially after 2012, there has been a significant increase in Chinese publications. In addition, 10.07% of the documents had co-authors from other countries. The keywords \`hysteroscopy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(frequency 422);, hysterosalpingography office insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(frequency 65);, hysteroscopy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(frequency 49);, and chronic endometritis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(frequency 45\`); topped the trending topic list. Conclusion: It is notable that among international publications, Chinese publications have increased significantly, especially in the last decade. Funding support from Chinese institutions may be responsible for this
Keywords : Bibliyometrik analiz, histeroskopi, infertilite

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