Comparison of Surgical Activity and Scientific Publications in Bariatric Surgery: an Epidemiological and Bibliometric Analysis

Paolino, Luca; Pravettoni, R.; Epaud, Salomé; Ortala, Matthieu; Lazzati, Andrea

doi:10.1007/s11695-020-04703-0

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“…In the current study, the United States has the highest publication rate in research production with sleeve gastrectomy, which matches what has also been found in other therapeutic approaches to obesity treatment[ 14 , 15 , 18 , 43 - 46 ]. France was ranked as the second in the number of publications in the field of sleeve gastrectomy, followed by Italy.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…This bibliometric analysis presents a comprehensive overview of the growth of the scientific literature regarding sleeve gastrectomy research in the recent twenty years. Sleeve gastrectomy is one of the most common bariatric procedures and one of the most researched[ 14 , 15 , 17 , 18 , 43 - 46 ]. The global patterns of published papers in sleeve gastrectomy research showed statistically continued growth over time.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The volume of scientific evidence related to sleeve gastrectomy is enormous, and the annually published article curve is steeply growing[ 14 , 15 ]. Still, it is poorly correlated and not connected to a simple algorithm or graph to explain the pattern and to display the topics that still demand more scientific input so researchers can work on them.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Global trends in research related to sleeve gastrectomy: A bibliometric and visualized study

Barqawi¹,

Abushamma²,

Akkawi³

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND One of the most popular bariatric procedures is sleeve gastrectomy, and it has become significantly more common in recent years. AIM To evaluate the research activity in sleeve gastrectomy over the last two decades, and to visualize the hot spots and emerging trends in this type of bariatric surgery using bibliometric methods. METHODS The Scopus database was used to search for publications related to sleeve gastrectomy. The retrieved publications were reviewed in terms of year of publication, type of study, country of origin, institutions, journals, and citation patterns by using descriptive analysis. Collaboration network and term co-occurrence analysis were visualized by using VOSviewer software. RESULTS The search strategy yielded a total of 6508 publications on sleeve gastrectomy from 2001 to 2020. As regards the document type, the majority were articles ( n = 5230; 80.36%), followed by reviews ( n = 544; 8.36%). The top three countries are the United States, with 1983 publications (30.47%), followed by France (600; 9.22%) and Italy (417; 6.71%). The most cited publication was published in 2012 by Schauer et al in the New England Journal of Medicine ( n = 1435 citations). This publication found that weight loss was greater in the sleeve gastrectomy group than in the medical therapy group. Furthermore, this study demonstrated that 12 mo of medical therapy plus bariatric surgery greatly improved glycemic regulation in obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes compared with medical therapy alone. The focus of the current literature on sleeve gastrectomy was directed toward several themes such as morbidity and potential complications, the complexity of the procedure and different surgical approaches, and diabetes and body mass index in correlation to sleeve gastrectomy. CONCLUSION The number of sleeve gastrectomy publications has gradually grown over the last 20 years. This bibliometric analysis could help researchers better understand the knowledge base and research frontiers surrounding sleeve gastrectomy. In addition, future studies may focus on emerging research hotspots.

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“…The paper explored the distribution and citation track of the family nursing research literature through the JCR journal maps (Chen & Leydesdorff, 2014; Paolino, Pravettoni, Epaud, Ortala, & Lazzati, 2020; Shi et al, 2020). The results of journal double image superposition shows that (Figure 2) knowledge transferred in the field of family nursing has three main lines: from “medicine, medical, clinical” to “health, nurse, medicine”, from “psychology, education, health” to “health, nursing, medicine”, and from “psychology, education, health” to “psychology, education, sociology”.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Trends and hotspots of family nursing research based on Web of Science: A bibliometric analysis

Huang

Ronghuang

Yinhuang

et al. 2021

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Objective Family nursing is an essential component of nursing practice. The number of articles that researchers must be familiar with is increasing, along with the importance of selective searching and summarization. This study aims to explore the development trend and research spotlight through the analysis of literature related to family nursing from 1986 to 2018. Methods Science Citation Index literatures about family nursing in Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) were searched by subject terms. The function of database document statistics and analysis, cite space visualization software and Excel were used to measure and analyze the included documents and draw the visualization atlas. Each article was evaluated for the following characteristics: authors, institution, country, keyword, reference, cited‐author, cited‐journal, grant. Results A total of 1,224 literatures from 68 countries and regions as well as 1,749 research institutions, 331 journals, 833 funded institutions and 4,007 first authors and collaborators were included. There is an increasing trend in the amount of papers published in family nursing research. Among them, the United States (275, 22.47%), Brazil (196, 16.01%), and the University of São Paulo (63, 5.15%) share the highest number of publications. < JOURNAL OF FAMILY NURSING > (IF = 1.889) was the most published journal (126, 10.29%). BELL JM was the highest published author (29, 2.37%), SVAVARSDOTTIR EK was highly cited (181 citation). At present, the research spotlight in this field focus on the traditional research directions such as “NURSING”, “FAMILY”, “NURSE” and “CARE”. But there are also new directions such as “QUALIFY OF LIFE”, “PALLIATIVE”, “CAREGIVER”, “CHILD” and “DEMENTIA”. The focus of research extends from “DRUGS, MEDICINE, CLINICAL, PSYCHOLIGY, EDUCATION, HEALTH” to “NURSING, SOCIETY”. Conclusion Family nursing started late, and its exploration was limited. Although family nursing was growing in certain countries, the fields involved in the research are still relatively narrow and lack interdisciplinary cross‐fusion. The research field of family nursing needs to be further explored and refined in future practice.

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“…showed that North America has more publications in the field, but their review did not only include RCTs. 28 Our review shows a very uneven distribution of RCTs and of contributions to research around the world (Figure 2). RYGB was the most studied surgical procedure, approximately a third of trials presented in this study, while SG is currently the most commonly performed bariatric procedure according to the latest data.…”

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Seventy years of bariatric surgery: A systematic mapping review of randomized controlled trials

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While research publications on bariatric surgery (BS) have grown significantly over the past decade, there is no mapping of the existing body of evidence on this field of research. We performed a systematic review followed by a mapping of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in BS for people with obesity. From January 2020 to December 2020, we performed a systematic review of RCTs evaluating BS, versus another surgical procedure, or versus a medical control group, through a search of Embase and PubMed. There was no restriction on outcomes for study selection. A total of 114 RCTs were included, most (73.7%) of which were based on a comparison with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and conducted between 2010 and 2020. Only 15% of the trials were multicenter and few (3.5%) were international. The median number of patients enrolled was 61 (interquartile range [IQR]: 47.3-100). Follow-up time was 1 to 2 years in 36% and 22.8% of the trials, respectively. Weight loss was the most studied criterion (87% of RCTs), followed by obesity-related diseases, and medical and surgical complications (73%, 54%, and 47% of RCTs, respectively). Nutritional deficiency frequency, body composition, and mental health were little studied (20%, 18% and 5% of RCTs, respectively). Our literature review revealed that much research in BS is wasted because of replication of RCTs on subjects for which there is already body of evidence, with small populations and follow-up times mostly below 2 years. Yet several research questions remain unaddressed, and there are few longterm trials. Future studies should take into account the experience of the past 70 years of research in this field.

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Comparison of Surgical Activity and Scientific Publications in Bariatric Surgery: an Epidemiological and Bibliometric Analysis

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Global trends in research related to sleeve gastrectomy: A bibliometric and visualized study

Global trends in research related to sleeve gastrectomy: A bibliometric and visualized study

Trends and hotspots of family nursing research based on Web of Science: A bibliometric analysis

Seventy years of bariatric surgery: A systematic mapping review of randomized controlled trials

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