Mapping Global Research in Emergency Medicine; a Bibliometric Analysis of Documents Indexed in the Web of Science Database

Evaluation of retracted articles in the field of emergency medicine on the web of science database

Annals Anniversary: Forty Years of Publishing the Best Emergency Medicine Research

مقدمه: ارزیابی مطالعات انجام شده در رشته تخصصی طب اورژانس و رسیدن به یک دید جامع نسبت به موقعیت کنونی پژوهش در طب اورژانس کشور می تواند الگویی برای اولویت بندی موضوعات پژوهشی با توجه به نیاز و منابع کشور در اختیار قرار دهد. مطالعه مروری حاضر با هدف بررسی مقالات منتشر شده در زمینه طب اورژانس در ایران طی یک دوره ده ساله انجام شده است. روش کار: جهت انجام این مطالعه با استفاده از موتورهای جستجوگر مانند Google Scholar و جستجو در پایگاه های اطلاعاتی مانند Web of Science , Pubmed, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane, ISC, SID کلیه مقالات ارائه شده در رشته تخصصی طب اورژانس در ایران با استفاده از کلید واژه هایی که بر اساس مرور مقالات و متون به دست آمده فهرست شده و مقالات منتشر شده از جهت موضوع پژوهش، نوع مقاله، روش مطالعه و غیره مورد بررسی قرار گرفتند. نتایج: تعداد مقالات انتشار یافته در رابطه با طب اورژانس در ایران تا زمان این مطالعه (1380 تا 1397) 774 مورد بود. از میان این 774 مقاله با توجه به تشابه و نیز در دسترس نبودن فایل کامل تعدادی از مقالات، پس از حذف مقالات تکراری حذف شدند و تنها 120 مقاله آنالیز گردید و اطلاعات مربوط به هر مقاله به تفکیک وارد نرم افزار اکسل گردید. آنالیز ها نشان داد تعداد پژوهش ها در دهه ی 90 رو به رشد بوده به طوری که نزدیک به 90 درصد مقالات مربوط به این بازه بوده اند. اقدامات درمانی مناسب بیشترین حوزه مورد مطالعه بود که در این میان به بیماری های قلبی بیشتر پرداخته شده بود. این مقالات در بیش از 33 نشریه داخلی و خارجی چاپ شده بودند که نشریه Emergency medicine بیشترین میزان انتشار مقاله را به خود اختصاص داده بود. متوسط شاخص مقالات عدد 0.87 بود که با وجود رشد این عدد طی سال های اخیر، میزان کمی بنظر رسید. میزان ارجاعات انجام شده مورد بررسی قرار گرفت که مقالات ایرانی طب اورژانس از ارجاعات کمی برخوردار بودند. همچنین بررسی مقالات بر طبق هرم شواهد نشان داد که مطالعات هم گروهی بیشترین مقدار را به خود اختصاص داده است. نتیجه گیری: این مطالعه نشان داد که تولید مقالات توسط نویسندگان به طور پیوسته پیشرفت کرده است. با این حال، شاخص های کیفی مقالات و نویسندگان از قبیل تعداد ارجاعات پایین بوده و نیازمند توجه بیشتر است.

Telemedicine as a technology can support processes in the field of emergency medicine (EM) including therapies and diagnostics, but technically is often based on hardware solutions for local EM structures, especially when involving the field of pre-hospital EM. By developing an open-source, data protection compliant solution (EU GDPR and HIPAA) as well as using standardized web and open-source based technology the Emergency Talk Application (ETA) can be used as a technology that can connect emergency medical providers and include already available regional structures. By actively involving patients and connecting these with emergency or urgent care physicians ETA can be used not only as a teleconsultation system for paramedics and physicians, but in a wider network. Randomised simulation trial, comparing EM scenarios from the field of internal medicine, trauma and neurology. Participants were qualified as certified paramedics or emergency physicians (EP). Paramedics performed as ambulances crews and involved an EP if needed via ETA as Tele-Emergency Physicians (TEP). EP participated from a device of their choice, while being able to stay within their clinical workspace. From 141 scenarios 129 used ETA. Significant differences were found for the length of scenarios, duration of time the TEP was on scene, TEP arrival after scenario start, duration until TEP was called and the duration until a diagnosis was made. Also a strong positive and significant correlation between duration of the scenario and the time a TEP was bound could be described. Telemedicine is a technology that is increasingly used in the field of EM. Improving the use of telemedicine by using up-to date technology while allowing an integration of available technical and human resources is a challenge in the field of emergency medicine especially with its regional but also broad medical variety. When using one technical solution, understanding that different cases need a different medical and also telemedical approach can help in the understanding and improving therapies, diagnostics but also the involved processes and solutions. Such results are not only relevant for healthcare providers but especially by law and decision makers as to which type of solution could be introduced in each regional setting.

مقدمه: علم سنجی دانشی است که برای هدایت خوانندگان، مؤسسات دانشگاهی و محققان برای ارزیابی عینی مسیری که دانش بشری می پیماید مورد استفاده قرار می گیرد. در سال های اخیر از شاخص های جدیدی برای رتبه دهی و اعتبار سنجی مجلات استفاده شده است. هدف از این مطالعه نیز بررسی ارتباط بین شاخص های علم سنجی جدید و متداول در مجلات حوزه طب اورژانس و تروما بوده است. روش کار: در مطالعه توصیفی تحلیلی حاضر مجلات تخصصی طب اورژانس در پایگاه داده اسکوپوس و ISI شناسایی شد. شاخص های هدف ما مربوط به داده های انتشار یافته از مجلات در سال 2019 بود که با استفاده از پایگاه داده های آنلاین از Clarivate Analytics ، SCOPUS ، پابمد و SJR جمع آوری شدند. تجزیه و تحلیل آماری با استفاده از نرم افزار SPSS ورژن 19 و نرم افزار R انجام شد. نتایج: در مطالعه حاضر تعداد 57 ژورنال در زمینه تخصصی طب اورژانس و تروما وارد مطالعه شدند. . از میان مجلات نمایه در اسکوپوس، تعداد 24 مورد در ISI نیز نمایه بودند. از نظر رتبه دهی مقالات در نمایه اسکوپوس، مجله Annals of Emergency Medicine به مرکزیت آمریکا که توسط انتشارات الزویر منتشر می شود، رتبه اول را به خود اختصاص داده بود. میانگین شاخص CiteScore در مجلات تخصصی طب اورژانس و تروما برابر 1.7±2.16 بود. میانگین شاخص SJR برابر 0.34±0.53 بود. میانگین h-index این مجلات برابر 28.27±34.55 بود. میانگین شاخص IF برابر 1.08±1.88 بود. میانگین شاخص Eigenfactor Score برابر 0.00501±0.0047 بود. Eigenfactor Score در مقایسه با CiteScore و SJR همبستگی بیشتری با IF و تعداد مقالات منتشر شده داشت. نتیجه گیری: یافته های ما ممکن است به نویسندگان کمک کند تا بفهمند کدام شاخص ها بهترین ارتباط را با Total Cites یا IF دارند. نویسندگان می توانند از این اطلاعات برای تصمیم گیری در انتخاب ایندکس کتاب شناسی مناسب برای رتبه بندی مجلات هدف رشته طب اورژانس قبل از ارسال مقلات استفاده کنند.

Background: The aim of this study is to make a bibliometric analysis of the publications made about the increasing triage in recent years. Materials and methods: The review of the articles to be included in this study was conducted on June 8, 2021 using the database of Web of Science Core Collection. Triage was written in the subject section and a search was made in the form. “Web of Science Categories: (All); Document Types: (All); Languages: (English); Timespan: (All); Indexes: (All)”. During the search, no restrictions were entered regarding the dates of the publications. The data were transferred to VOS viewer software and analyzed systematically. Results: A total of 22653 publications were descripted between 1980 and 2021. It was found that the most publications were made in the field of emergency medicine (EM) (n=3798; 16,76%). It has been observed that the most publications have been made from the United States. (n=10049; 44,36%). When Turkey's place in all fields and EM is examined; it was seen that it was in the 26th rank (n=225; 0,99%) in the all fields, and 18th in the EM field (n=50; 1,32%). Conclusion: Studies and publications on triage have been conducted most often in the field of emergency medicine. However, Turkey's place in the current literature is far behind compared to the risks it poses. It is recommended to increase the work on this area in our country.

Emergency medicine is a popular and new medical sub-specialty that provides rapid management of acute critical illness and injuries. In this study, it is aimed to perform bibliometric analysis of the articles about Emergency Medicine using the scientific mapping method. The Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) database was examined within the scope of this study and 3595 articles matching the search criteria were included in the research. For the analysis, the "bibliometrix 3.0" program which was developed in the R environment and "biblioshiny" web interface provider, which was developed for the use and visualization of this program, were used. It was found that the first article in the field of emergency medicine was published in 1980. It was also found that there was a significant increase in the number of articles after 1995 and peaked in 2021. Academic Emergency Medicine, Annals of Emergency Medicine and Journal of Emergency Medicine are the most influential journals in terms of publication and citation numbers and indexes. Professor Michelle Lin from the University of California, Professor Wendy C Coates from the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, and Professor Gregory Luke Larkin from the Yale University School of Medicine are the most influential researchers in this field. Emory University, Michigan University, Brown University, which are American universities, are the most competent institutions in the field of emergency medicine. "Education" and "medical education" keywords are the most frequently used words along with emergency medicine. Recently “leadership”, “internsip” and “malpractice” issues are beginning to emerge. USA, Canada and United Kingdom are the leading countries in total number of publications, single-country and multi-country publications. It is considered that the research is original and its results will contribute to the relevant researchers about the publications in the field of emergency medicine.

Emergency medicine: past, present, and future challenges

Objective: Diagnostic tools in emergency medicine have been widely studied. As a non-invasive and quick tool, ultrasound plays a role in the field of emergency medicine. Thus, it is significant to understand the global scientific output of this topic. An analysis of publications on the use of ultrasound in emergency medicine over the past decade was performed and summarized to track the current hotspots and highlight future directions.Methods: Globally relevant publications on ultrasound in emergency medicine from 2009 to 2020 were extracted from the Web of Science collection database. VOSviewer software and CiteSpace were employed to visualize and predict the trends in the research on the topic.Results: The overall volume of global publications is on the rise; furthermore, the United States published the most publications in this field and had the most citations and H-index. University of California at San Francisco in the United States has most publications in terms of institutions. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine published the most papers related to ultrasound in emergency medicine in terms of journals. Pulmonary embolism was once the main research direction, and importantly, “point-of-care ultrasound” was determined to be a new research hotspot.Conclusion: Altogether, the number of publications on ultrasound in emergency medicine will rise in the future. In addition, the findings reported here shed new light on the major progress on ultrasound in emergency medicine, which may be mutually cooperative in various fields. Moreover, this bibliometric study provides further indications for the topic of “point-of-care ultrasound”.

NIH Launches Emergency Care Research Office: Coordinating Center Lauded but Challenges Noted

<p>Objective: Diagnostic tools in emergency medicine have been widely studied. As a non-invasive and quick tool, ultrasound plays a role in the field of emergency medicine. Thus, it is significant to understand the global scientific output of this topic. An analysis of publications on the use of ultrasound in emergency medicine over the past decade was performed and summarized to track the current hotspots and highlight future directions.</p><p>Methods: Globally relevant publications on ultrasound in emergency medicine from 2009 to 2020 were extracted from the Web of Science collection database. VOSviewer software and CiteSpace were employed to visualize and predict the trends in the research on the topic.</p><p>Results: The overall volume of global publications is on the rise; furthermore, the United States published the most publications in this field and had the most citations and H-index. University of California at San Francisco in the United States has most publications in terms of institutions. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine published the most papers related to ultrasound in emergency medicine in terms of journals. Pulmonary embolism was once the main research direction, and importantly, “point-of-care ultrasound” was determined to be a new research hotspot.</p><p>Conclusion: Altogether, the number of publications on ultrasound in emergency medicine will rise in the future. In addition, the findings reported here shed new light on the major progress on ultrasound in emergency medicine, which may be mutually cooperative in various fields. Moreover, this bibliometric study provides further indications for the topic of “point-of-care ultrasound”.</p>

Knowledge translation (KT) research in emergency medicine (EM) is in its infancy, and few EM investigators have the skills needed to perform KT research. Furthermore, the capacity to perform such KT research is underdeveloped in the field of EM. This consensus group used an iterative process to set forth initial recommendations and suggest methods for the development of EM KT research capacity. We have emphasized the need to form sustainable linkages, particularly between EM researchers and KT scientists, and to educate EM researchers in KT research methods to help create and sustain a culture of KT in our field. EM KT researchers must also engage local and national organizations and stakeholders to fund and promote KT research. Finally, we see the need to further develop and support EM research networks, as these networks will be both the clinical laboratories in which to perform the KT research and the incubators for the development of EM KT research experts.

BackgroundTransesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been introduced in resuscitative scenarios in recent decades, with a growing number of emergency physicians learning, performing, and studying resuscitative TEE.ObjectiveOur goal was to characterize publishing trends regarding TEE use in emergency medicine (EM) and to investigate the increasing interest in potential applications of TEE in emergency departments (ED).MethodsWe retrieved published research associated with the use of TEE in EM from the Web of Science database from inception to December 31, 2023. We analyzed trends based on the number of articles published annually. To systematically map trends related to TEE in emergency medicine (EM), we extracted data on the number of unique EM TEE practitioners, institutions performing EM TEE, study topics, and other characteristics from research articles and case reports. To better reflect research trends, we exclusively conducted subgroup analysis on the research articles. We used linear regression analysis to analyze trends and conducted checkpoints on the timelines.ResultsOf the 964 titles and abstracts screened, we included 99 eligible published articles after careful review. Articles related to EM TEE increased from one article in 1991 to 20 articles in 2023, and the rate of publication has increased rapidly since 2018 (+12.4 publications per year, 95% confidence interval [CI] 9.8–15.0, P<0.001). The number of EM TEE practitioners and EM TEE-performing institutions underwent a rapid expansion with an inflection point between 2018–2020, with a rate of +91.7 practitioners per year and +36.5 institutions per year. Subgroup analysis revealed a similar trend in the published research articles. The most common indications for EM TEE were cardiac arrest (72.7%), shock (13.1%), and procedural guidance (11.1%). The United States published the majority of EM TEE-related articles (51.5%).ConclusionThe present study highlights that TEE-related articles in EM continue to accelerate. Among the indications for TEE, cardiac arrest remains the most frequently discussed. This scoping review provides insights into the expanding interest and applications of TEE in the field of EM.

Knowledge translation (KT) research in emergency medicine (EM) is in its infancy, and few EM investigators have the skills needed to perform KT research. Furthermore, the capacity to perform such KT research is underdeveloped in the field of EM. This consensus group used an iterative process to set forth initial recommendations and suggest methods for the development of EM KT research capacity. We have emphasized the need to form sustainable linkages, particularly between EM researchers and KT scientists, and to educate EM researchers in KT research methods to help create and sustain a culture of KT in our field. EM KT researchers must also engage local and national organizations and stakeholders to fund and promote KT research. Finally, we see the need to further develop and support EM research networks, as these networks will be both the clinical laboratories in which to perform the KT research and the incubators for the development of EM KT research experts.

Four decades of emergency medicine research: Bibliometric trends and citation dynamics in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine (1984-2024).