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Measuring the global scientific literature on big data analytics in the LIS: the blending approach of altmetrics and bibliometrics

Purpose This study aims to measure scientific literature on the emerging research area of “big data” in the field of “library and information science” (LIS). Design/methodology/approach This study used the “bibliometric method” for data curation. Web of Science and altmetric.com were used. Data analysis and visualisation were done using three widely used powerful data analytics software, R-bibliometrix, VOSviewer and Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Findings This study revealed the most preferred venues for publication. Furthermore, this study highlighted an association between the Mendeley readers of publications and citations. Furthermore, it was evident that the overall altimetric attention score (AAS) does not influence the citation score of publications. Other fascinating findings were moderate collaboration patterns overall. Furthermore, the study highlighted that big data (BD) research output and scientific influence in the LIS sector are continually increasing. Practical implications Findings related to BD analytics in LIS techniques can serve as helpful information for researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Originality/value This study contributes to the current knowledge accumulation by its unique manner of blending the two approaches, bibliometrics and altmetrics.

A comparison of the top 500 papers in clinical nutrition ranked by citation and altmetric attention scores

A comparison of the top 500 papers in clinical nutrition ranked by citation and altmetric attention scores

Citation and Altmetric Attention Score of Top 100 Highly Cited Articles in Health Information Management Journals: A Correlation Study

Citation and Altmetric Attention Score of Top 100 Highly Cited Articles in Health Information Management Journals: A Correlation Study

Determinants of Downloads as Demand for Hybrid Journals

Although Big Deal contracts that provide access rights to all electronic journals published by the publisher initially gained favor with university libraries, some libraries have terminated these contracts owing to increased charges since the 2010s. Consequently, they are faced with the problem of selecting journals for purchase within their limited budgets. This study investigates the factors affecting the number of downloads, representing journal demand, to provide libraries with guidance on journal selection. The download equation for 1485 hybrid journals published by Springer Nature is formulated using ordinary least squares. The results found that 5% and 50% of the 1485 journals generated approximately 30% and 85% of the downloads in 2022, respectively. Downloads are concentrated in fewer journals, although the Pareto principle does not apply to hybrid journals. Demand concentration implies that libraries do not need to maintain access rights to all journals. Recently, a few leading publishers have provided access rights to almost all electronic journals based on transformative agreements aiming to promote open access. Therefore, this study’s findings raise the issue of the rationale for bundling electronic journals in transformative agreements, which is similar to Big Deal. Moreover, the results of the download estimation reveal that hybrid journals with more open access articles, larger citation scores, and longer histories acquire more downloads. These findings indicate that open access accelerates the dissemination of research.

Global Trends in Research Related to Emergence Agitation From 1978 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis

PurposeEmergence agitation (EA) is a postoperative behavioral disorder characterized by a lack of connection between consciousness and behavior. Despite its clinical importance and prevalence in the postoperative setting, the research focus and knowledge structure remain to be systematically mapped. Therefore, we conducted a bibliometric analysis from 1978 to 2023 to address this gap. This study aims to excavate research hotspots, map knowledge structure, uncover emerging trends, and provide invaluable insights for guiding future research endeavors. DesignA bibliometric analysis of emergency agitation. MethodsWe conducted a literature search in the Web of Science Core Collection for articles on EA published between 1978 and 2023. We collected data on countries, institutions, journals, authors, citations, and keywords. Subsequently, we comprehensively analyzed the gathered knowledge units using three tools, including VOSviewer, HistCite Pro, and ArcGIS Pro. FindingsFrom 1978 to 2023, we retrieved 948 pieces of literature on EA, with the number of publications increasing yearly. China ranked first in the number of publications (n = 253, 26.69%). The United States was the most cited and influential country, closely collaborating with other countries (5,661 citations, H-index 57, citations per publication 37.99, total link strength [TLS] 24). Yonsei University was the most productive and influential institution (n = 18, 1.9%, 427 citations, H-index 12, citations per publication 23.72). Shanghai Jiao Tong University had close collaborative relationships with other universities (TLS 7). The journal with the most publications and influence was Pediatric Anaesthesia (n = 46, 4.92%, H-index 32). Anaesthesia and Analgesia was the most cited journal (2,849 citations). M.T. Aouad was the most influential and productive author devoted to studying EA (n = 6, 0.63%, 173 citations, TLS 3,002). The most influential reference was “Greater incidence of delirium during recovery from sevoflurane anaesthesia in preschool boys” (author J. Aono, No. 19, IF = 8.8, Q1, local citation score 147). Hot research directions in EA include EA and emergence delirium, propofol and EA, risk factors of EA, EA in pediatric anaesthesia, dexmedetomidine, and EA induced by sevoflurane. Esketamine, nalbuphine, sugammadex, and dezocine are drugs that have received increased attention in recent years. ConclusionsThe study mapped the knowledge structure of EA and identified six prominent research directions, four drugs of significant research interest, and emerging thematic trends. These findings offer insights into the current state of research on EA, providing a comprehensive view of the field's landscape.

Through the secret gate: a study of member-contributed submissions in PNAS

This work studies “Contributed” articles in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), a streamlined submission track for members of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). We assess the characteristics and impact of those articles and the background and status of their authors, by comparing these articles to PNAS articles following the traditional editorial process. Analyzing over 46,000 articles published between 2007 and 2020, we find: Firstly, and perhaps most centrally, (1) Contributed articles generally appear in lower per-author citation deciles than Direct submissions, but are more likely to appear in the overall top citation deciles of authors; (2) PNAS-Contributed articles tend to spend less time in the review process than Direct submissions; (3) Direct submissions tend to be slightly higher cited than Contributed articles, which are particularly overrepresented amongst least-cited PNAS papers. Disciplinary differences were negligible; (4) authors with lower mean normalized citation scores are profiting most from articles published as Contributed papers, in terms of citation impact; (5) NAS members tend to publish most Contributed articles in the first years after becoming an NAS member, with men publishing more of these articles than women; (6) Contributing authors take up a unique niche in terms of authorship roles, mainly performing supervisory and conceptualisation tasks, without the administration and funding acquisition tasks usually associated with last authors.

Robotic Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology—A Bibliometric Study

Study ObjectiveTo characterize robotic surgery publications in gynecologic oncology, and to identify factors associated with high citation metrics. DesignA cross-sectional study SettingOriginal articles on robotic surgery in gynecologic oncology. PatientsNo patients involved. InterventionsRobotic surgeries in gynecologic oncology. Measurements and Main ResultsWe performed PubMed Medical Subject Headings search for original articles on robotic surgery in gynecologic oncology. We analyzed citation scores and income level of country of publication, as well as factors associated with high citation metrics. Overall, 566 studies during 2005 to 2023 were included. Of those 292, 51.6% were from North America, and 182 32.2% from Europe. The leading tumor site studied was endometrial cancer (57.4%). The majority (87.6%) of studies were retrospective and 13 (2.3%) were randomized controlled trials. Most studies (94.2%) originated in high-income countries. Articles from middle-income countries had lower citations per year as compared to high-income countries (median 1.6 vs 2.5, p =.002) and were published in lower-impact factor journals (median 2.6 vs 4.3, p < .001) when compared with high-income countries. Cervical cancer studies had higher representation in middle-income countries than in high-income countries (48.5% vs 18.4%, p < .001). In a multivariable regression analysis, journal's impact factor [aOR 95% CI 1.26 (1.12–1.40)], cervical cancer topic [aOR 95% CI 3.0 (1.58–5.91)], and North American publications [aOR 95% CI 2.07 (1.08–3.97)] were independently associated with higher number of citations per year. ConclusionThe majority of robotic surgery research in gynecologic oncology is retrospective and from high-income countries. Middle-income countries are not as frequently cited and are predominantly in lower-impact factor journals.

Uncovering the reasons of retraction in virology: a citation and Altmetric investigation

Purpose This paper aims to delve into the critical examination of retractions in virology to identify the underlying factor that led to the retraction of scientific publications in this specialised domain. Further, this study offers insights into the impact of the retracted publications in the scholarly world vis-à-vis citation and Altmetric indicators. Design/methodology/approach The top 100 highly cited retracted articles from virology category were taken from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The Retraction Watch database was used for knowing the reasons for retraction for each retracted publication. The citation and Altmetric score of retracted publications were noted down from WoS and Altmetric.com databases, respectively. Journal Citation Report was used to note down the impact factor of the journals that have published these articles. Findings “Misconduct” (57.73%) is the most prevalent reason for the retraction of publications followed by plagiarism (18.55%) and journal issues (14.43%). The retracted papers are cited even after their retraction. Around 70.52% citations were received before and 29.47% after retraction. The highest number of retracted papers was published in the Journal of Virology (14) and Journal of Chemistry (10). High-impact factor journals such as Lancet, Cell and Nature each own one retracted paper. The study found dissemination of these publications through social media platforms with highest social media mentions (394) followed by policy and patents mentions (373) and news and blog mentions (300). Practical implications The research delves into understanding the reasons behind the retraction of virology papers and the impact of these publications through citation and Altmetric analyses. Its impactions include bolstering quality control in virology research, maintaining trust in scientific literature. Citation and Altmetric analyses offer deep insights into the broader impact of retracted papers, informing policy and publishing practices to uphold scientific integrity in virology. Originality/value This study addresses a specific and crucial aspect of scientific research retractions within the field of virology. While retractions have been studied in broader terms in scientific research, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no such study has been conducted in the scientific field of virology.

Decoding Scholarly Publication Dynamism in Oman Using Data Mining Exploration

The purpose of this study is to understand and analyze the quantitative data on the trend of academic publications produced by researchers across all disciplines, from science to humanities using bibliometric analysis affiliated with the Sultanate of Oman. During the study, a cross-country comparison was also conducted in order to determine and gage the contributions of various higher education institutions with a special focus on Oman. For the extraction of bibliometric data between January 1970 and November 2021, databases like Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus were taken into consideration. The results indicate the highest productivity years between 2012 and 2015, with elevated citation scores earned in the year 2012. Sultan Qaboos University in Oman emerged as the most notable contributor among higher education institutions in the Sultanate. Thus, this exhaustive bibliometric research depicts and abridges over 50 years of research work. This paper also outlines active higher education institutions in Oman involved in research and publication, the citations on their work, and productive years with respect to scholarly publications.

Impact as equalizer: the demise of gender-related differences in anti-doping research

In general, the presence and performance of women in science have increased significantly in recent decades. However, gender-related differences persist and remain a global phenomenon. Women make a greater contribution to multidisciplinary research, which renders anti-doping research a compelling area for investigating the gendered aspects of academic research. The research design was based on the overall research aim to investigate whether gender in a specific field (ADS) has an effect on different aspects of research impact, including (1) the size of citation impact obtained by the research output, (2) the impact on the development of the knowledge base of ADS, expressed as the capacity of integrating knowledge from different research areas, and (3) the (expected) type of research impact targeting either societal or scientific developments (or both). We used a previously compiled dataset of 1341 scientific outputs. Using regression analysis, we explored the role of authors’ gender in citations and the effect of authorship features on scientific impact. We employed network analysis and developed a novel indicator (LinkScore) to quantify gendered authors’ knowledge integration capacity. We carried out a content analysis on a subsample of 210 outputs to explore gender differences in research goal orientation as related to gender patterns. Women’s representation has been considerably extended in the domain of ADS throughout the last two decades. On average, outputs with female corresponding authors yield a higher average citation score. Regarding women's knowledge integration roles, we can infer that no substantial gender differences can be detected. Dominantly female papers were overrepresented among publications classified as aimed at scientific progress, while the share of male-authored papers was higher in publications classified as aimed at societal progress. Although no significant gender difference was observed in knowledge integration roles, in anti-doping women appear to be more interdisciplinary than men.

Global and Latest Hotspots of Female Genital Plastic Surgery in the Past 20 Years: A Bibliometric and Visualized Review.

An increasing number of surgical and nonsurgical interventions are available in the field of female genital plastic surgery. The rate of female genital plastic surgery has increased by nearly 220 percent over the past 5 years. Despite several studies on the topic, no relevant bibliometric analysis has been conducted. We searched the Web of Science Core Collection for articles related to female genital plastic surgery. CiteSpace 6.1.R2 (Drexel University, USA) and VOSviewer 1.6.10.0 (Leiden University, the Netherlands) were used, and national distribution, institutions, journals, authors, and key words were analyzed and calculated. From 2003 to 2022, 1299 papers in the field of female genital plastic surgery were retrieved. There were more articles produced in the United States, and there were also two institutions in the Netherlands that were highly productive. A wide and close relationship has been established between researchers and institutions conducting female genital plastic surgery. Professor Bouman MB published the most articles on female genital plastic surgery in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Female genital plastic surgery dominated the top 10 references with the highest local citation score. There were four clusters of key words with the most citations, and the most recently trending key words were "vaginal agenesis," "transgender," and "congenital adrenal hyperplasia." The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of the current research status focusing on female genital plastic surgery. It is hoped that more efforts will be made to promote the development of female genital plastic surgery in the future.

Global Trends in mHealth and Medical Education Research: Bibliometrics and Knowledge Graph Analysis.

Mobile health (mHealth) is an emerging mobile communication and networking technology for health care systems. The integration of mHealth in medical education is growing extremely rapidly, bringing new changes to the field. However, no study has analyzed the publication and research trends occurring in both mHealth and medical education. The aim of this study was to summarize the current application and development trends of mHealth in medical education by searching and analyzing published articles related to both mHealth and medical education. The literature related to mHealth and medical education published from 2003 to 2023 was searched in the Web of Science core database, and 790 articles were screened according to the search strategy. The HistCite Pro 2.0 tool was used to analyze bibliometric indicators. VOSviewer, Pajek64, and SCImago Graphica software were used to visualize research trends and identify hot spots in the field. In the past two decades, the number of published papers on mHealth in medical education has gradually increased, from only 3 papers in 2003 to 130 in 2022; this increase became particularly evident in 2007. The global citation score was determined to be 10,600, with an average of 13.42 citations per article. The local citation score was 96. The United States is the country with the most widespread application of mHealth in medical education, and most of the institutions conducting in-depth research in this field are also located in the United States, closely followed by China and the United Kingdom. Based on current trends, global coauthorship and research exchange will likely continue to expand. Among the research journals publishing in this joint field, journals published by JMIR Publications have an absolute advantage. A total of 105 keywords were identified, which were divided into five categories pointing to different research directions. Under the influence of COVID-19, along with the popularization of smartphones and modern communication technology, the field of combining mHealth and medical education has become a more popular research direction. The concept and application of digital health will be promoted in future developments of medical education.

Knowledge mapping of links between dendritic cells and allergic diseases: A bibliometric analysis (2004–2023)

In this study, bibliometric analysis was carried out to comprehend the global research trends, hotspots, scientific frontiers, and output characteristics of the links between dendritic cells (DCs) and allergic diseases from 2004 to 2023. Publications and their recorded information were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). VOSviewer and Citespace were used to visualize the hotspots and trends of research area. ChemBio 3D, Autodock tools, and Discovery Studio were used to visualize the molecular docking results of hotspots. A total of 4861 articles were retrieved. The number of publications (Np) was in a high and stable state. Years 2011 and 2017 were two peaks in Np. The largest contributor in terms of publications, scholars, and affiliations was the USA. The paper published in NATURE MEDICINE (IF: 82.9) and written by Trompette, A in 2006 had the highest global citation score (GCS). Keywords, such as “asthma,” “t-cells,” “inflammation,” “expression,” “atopic dermatitis,” “food allergy,” “gut microbiota,” “murine model,” and “cytokines related to immunity” appeared the most frequently. Most of the binding free energy of the key active components of Saposhnikovia divaricata docked with toll-like receptor proteins well. This bibliometric study aimed to help better comprehend the present state and make decisions from a macro viewpoint.

Is the scientific impact of the LIS themes gender-biased? A bibliometric analysis of the evolution, scientific impact, and relative contribution by gender from 2007 to 2022

AbstractGender equity remains a challenge both globally and within academia, despite recent efforts to change it. Moreover, beyond the authors’ productivity, studies have reported that women often achieve lower scientific impact than their peers. To shed light on this complex relationship between the scientific impact and the themes addressed, this study conducts a comprehensive analysis of Library and Information Science field from 2007 to 2022 in four consecutive slides, identifying the principal themes covered in the field, analyzing the relative gender contribution rate, employing strategic diagrams, and assessing impact metrics, such as mean normalized citation score, 1% of most cited papers, and H-Classic. We employed science mapping analysis to explore a core of 45,650 documents from the Web of Science, with gender identification in 94.25% of cases. Our findings revealed a slight increase in the percentage of women authors within the field across the time, and a decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating consistency in the themes addressed over the years. Women were overrepresented in the classic themes of LIS, human, and health-related fields, with these themes displaying lower performance rates. In contrast, men authors were overrepresented in STEM-related fields and innovation themes, associated with higher metric values. Our findings underlined the potential association between research themes and scientific performance, and provide societal and structural explanations for these observations. This study contributes valuable insights into the relationship between research themes and the scientific impact achieved by researchers in LIS, highlighting the importance of encouraging women’s participation in diverse knowledge domains and challenging prevailing stereotypes within academic and professional spheres.

Global Trends on Adoption of Open Education Resources in Higher Education Institutions: A Bibliometric Analysis

The study examined the trends in the adoption and implementation of Open Education Resources (OER) in higher education institutions (HEIs) by conducting a bibliometric analysis of 911 publications between 2004 and 2022 from the Dimensions database. The VOSviewer1.6.19 software was used to establish visualization networks on the most influential authors, countries and universities. Further analysis was made to establish publications with higher citations, co-authorship collaborations and the co-occurrence of keywords. The results indicate a steady growth of research articles on OER due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The developed countries had a higher rate of research publications and stronger collaboration patterns in OER than the African countries. The analysis of citation score indicates that the “International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education” and “Journal of Interactive Media in Education” were the most popular journals on the topic. The results indicate that the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Spain had the highest links in terms of co-authorship collaboration. In contrast, African countries such as Uganda, Cameroon and Tunisia had very minimal links in terms of co-authorship on the topic. The analysis of keywords occurrence revealed several opportunities for adopting and implementing OER in HEIs which include easy accessibility of digital content and inquiry-based learning. Most of the identified limitations of the implementation of OER in HEIs in sub-Saharan African countries were the high costs of commercial e-textbooks and inadequate funding. Limited knowledge of the institutionalization of OER, institutional low capacity to adopt OER and lack of policies as well as awareness were identified as other factors constraining the effective implementation of OER. This bibliometric analysis provides insights on limitations for effective implementation and institutionalization of OER in HEIs in African countries and paves the way for future research direction on the topic.

Neural longitudinal mapping of multidimensional performance profiles of Latin American universities

Objective. To introduce an artificial intelligence method and to use it to analyze the evolution of the multidimensional performance profiles of the most prominent Latin American universities, according to the Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings.&#x0D; Design/Methodology/Approach. To multidimensionally characterize universities' performance profiles, we use the rankings' sub-scores indicators, which quantify five dimensions of academic endeavor assessed by this ranking. To automatically compare and visually analyze performance profile's evolution our method uses an artificial neural network.&#x0D; Results/Discussion. The neurocomputational procedure allowed us to discover all the characteristic performance profiles of the 50 best ranked universities (20 institutional profiles in 2019), and to visualize, in a knowledge map, the universities' groups sharing similar profiles. Furthermore, the profile's evolution of this group of universities was analyzed, and visually displayed in a sequence of knowledge maps, covering the four years period 2016-2019. In general, these universities show a remarkable improvement in Teaching, Research and Citation scores during 2016-2019. The profiles diversity of the best ranked universities, and the predominance and homogenization process of Brazilian universities profiles are noteworthy.&#x0D; Conclusions. Performance profile characterization using multiple indicators is a matter of interest in diverse domains. However, visualization or comparison of multidimensional performance profiles is not an easy task for the human mind. Even more challenging is the visual analysis of multidimensional performance profiles evolution. The neuro-longitudinal technique introduced is a useful tool to analyze and visualize the evolution of multidimensional performance profiles.&#x0D; Originality/Value. The approach and techniques introduced in the paper have an important degree of generality and can be used to analyze other type of rankings or multidimensional data.

A Structured Literature Review on Destination Branding Through In-Flight Magazines

The aim of this research note is to investigate the literature on the identification of brand identity elements of tourist destinations in airline magazines distributed in flight. The methodology followed concerns a relevant literature review for the years 2008-2023. Academic journals with a citation score of 1.0 or higher in the field of tourism and marketing were initially selected from the Scopus database. As the effort did not bring results, a search was carried out in the entire Scopus database, without the above criteria. The keywords used are inflight magazines, in-flight magazines, destination brand, destination branding, destination image, destination identity, however the search resulted in a very small number of articles (27) of which only four (4) were considered as relevant to the subject under consideration. Thus, any criteria that could be used for the review process were re-examined and the search was conducted on a less 'rigorous' basis, Google Scholar, in order to enrich the data and generate a comprehensive discussion of the research question. Finally, only nine (9) articles were collected for analysis (content and textual), while the findings further highlight the research gap that exists in the literature and the need for further research.

Gender differences in google scholar representation and impact: an empirical analysis of political communication, journalism, health communication, and media psychology

Improving gender equality in top-tier scholars and addressing gender bias in research impact are among the significant challenges in academia. However, extant research has observed that lingering gender differences still undermine female scholars. This study examines the recognition of female scholars through Google Scholar data in four different subfields of communication, focusing on two pressing issues: (1) gender representation among the most cited scholars and (2) gender differences in citations. Our findings demonstrate significant differences in gender proportions among the most cited scholars across all subfields, but especially in Political Communication and Journalism. The regression analysis revealed significant differences in citation scores in Political Communication, Journalism, and the pooled sample. However, results revealed that gender differences in research impact were not statistically significant in Health Communication and Media Psychology. Our study advocates for shifts in the citing behavior of communication scholars, emphasizing the importance of actively recognizing and citing studies conducted by female researchers to drive advancements in communication research.

Systemic sclerosis associated respiratory involvement: Scopus-based analysis of articles in 2013-2022.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a complex autoimmune disorder, manifests as a convergence of rheumatologic, dermatologic, and pulmonary challenges. Among the severe complications contributing to morbidity and mortality are SSc Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) and pulmonary hypertension. Over the past decade, research on pulmonary involvement in SSc has intensified, leading to a heightened understanding of its pathogenesis, diagnostic methods, and therapeutic strategies. This study aims to provide a data-driven overview of the current state of systemic sclerosis research, identifying emerging trends and fostering informed decisions regarding resource allocation and research priorities. A literature search was conducted in the Scopus database, using MESH keywords such as "systemic sclerosis" AND "lungs" OR "pulmonary hypertension" OR "interstitial lung disease". After applying exclusion criteria, a thorough analysis was performed, considering factors such as document category, authorship, journal source, citation frequency, country of publication, language, and keywords. The bibliometric analysis utilized Scopus as the preferred database, leveraging its extensive coverage, user-friendly interface, and commitment to data accuracy. Visual networks were constructed using VOSviewer software to map the relationships between keywords, countries, and authors. Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) were employed to assess the social impact of articles. The analysis revealed a total of 2538 scholarly items, with 55.7% identified as open access. The USA (n = 532), Italy (n = 458), France (n = 304), Japan (n = 271), and the UK (n = 236) emerged as primary contributors, with English being the predominant language. A notable upward tendency in annual publication and citation scores indicated sustained interest and relevance in SSc-ILD research. The top journals, including Rheumatology United Kingdom, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Clinical Rheumatology, Arthritis and Rheumatology, and Journal of Rheumatology, played a pivotal role in scholarly output. Original Articles (n = 1795; 70.7%) constituted the majority of publications, followed by Reviews, Letters, Notes, and Editorials. The analysis of publication impact within different scholarly formats revealed varying citation patterns, with Original Articles and Reviews leading in influence. The identification of influential research hubs and key contributors provided insights into collaborative efforts and geographic distribution. A strong correlation (rho = 0.612, p < 0.001) was observed between the quantity of Mendeley readers and the citations received by scholarly articles. This bibliometric analysis offers a comprehensive overview of SSc-ILD research, highlighting its dynamic and interdisciplinary nature. The surge in publications, citation scores, and the identification of key contributors underscore the continued relevance and impact of this field. The nuanced relationships between social attention and scientific recognition, as revealed by Mendeley readership and AAS, contribute to a deeper understanding of the multifaceted nature of scholarly impact.

Current situation and publication trends of skeletal muscle related research: A bibliometric analysis

Skeletal muscle (SM) is a highly plastic and dynamic tissue of the body and is largely responsible for body maintenance. SM is primarily responsible for body balance, movement, postural support, thermogenesis, and blood glucose homeostasis. SM regeneration depends on the activation of muscle satellite (stem) cells (MSCs) under the regulation of several muscle regulatory factors that regulate myogenesis. Bibliometric analysis involves the quantitative and qualitative assessments of research and scientific progress that provides researchers access to recent publications, research directions, and thus generates ideas that can be implemented to guide future research. In this analysis, the Web of Science database was searched for articles using the search term “skeletal muscle AND myogenesis AND muscle satellite cell”, and 1777 articles (original research/review articles) published from the year 1997 to June 2023 were retrieved. After applying several other exclusion and inclusion criteria, 129 articles were considered for analysis. Types of research, keywords, journals, authors, years, institutions, funding agencies, and average annual citations were analyzed. Muscle regeneration, satellite cell, and myogenesis were often used keywords and exhibited increasing trends in research articles over the decades. Some journals were found to strongly support research publications with high impact factors and citation scores. This study aimed to examine research ideas and growth in the skeletal muscle related field for atrophy and aging improvement.