Bibliometric Analysis of Researches on Urology and Covid-19; WOS Example

Abstract

Purpose: As Covid-19 is a new disease, it has a complex and broad nature. It takes serious time to catch up with the developments in such a literature that is expanding day by day. For this reason, the bibliometric analysis may be at the top of the quantitative researches applied in order to examine and research studies in the fields of “urology” and “covid-19” and to provide literature information in a short time and, to raise awareness in this field. This study aims to reveal the bibliometric analyzes and trends of 1616 studies published in the fields of “urology” and “covid-19” since the pandemic broke out. In this way, it was aimed to provide researchers with basic information about the field of research on these subjects, in which countries it was conducted, and in which journals it was mostly published. 
 Methods: Using the Web of Science Core Collection Database, an bibliometric analysis was carried out on the topic of “urology” and “covid-19” in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 years range. The results were compared with the “urology” publications of the same period. trends were also evaluated with different data using free online visual software (carrot2). 
 Results: A total of 5481 articles cited these studies 13036 times. The most common document type was the article, the most frequently researched area was Urology & Nephrology, the most used language was English, the most published journal was Journal of Urology, the most publicized country was the USA, and the most contributing institution was the Udice University. 
 Conclusions This infectious disease, which disrupts the balance of the world, has also changed the balance of the publications in its favor. Urologists have been very diligent in researches on “urology” and “covid-19” while struggling with the pandemic.