The top 100. review of the most cited articles on pancreas and laparoscopy

Abstract

Introduction: The number of citations is considered as an indirect indicator of the merit of a paper, journal or researcher, although it is not an infallible method to determine scientific quality. The bibliography referring to the pancreas and laparoscopy is very scarce. Our goal is to determine the characteristics of the most cited paper about pancreas and laparoscopy. Methods: We performed a search of all articles published in any journal about pancreas and laparoscopy until September 2019 using the Web of Science application and selected the 100 most cited papers in all databases. We evaluated number of citations, journal, year, quartile, impact factor, institution, country, authors, type of paper, type of surgery, topic and area. Results: The top-100 citations account 10,970 citations. The journal with the most articles is Surgical Endoscopy and 2007 is the year with the highest number of papers in the top-100 citations. The papers from America and Europe are 39% versus 36% respectively. Case series is the most frequently type of study; outcomes/morbidity is the most frequently discussed topic, and distal pancreatectomy is the most frequently type of surgery. Conclusion: This bibliometric study on the pancreas and laparoscopy is conditioned by the time factor, since laparoscopy has come later to pancreas surgery and this topic has begun to be studied recently. This fact is related probably due to the morbidity and mortality associated with pancreatic surgery and the need for high specialization in this field. This means that the information you have is recent and scarce.