The 100 most-cited publications on Peyronie’s disease: A bibliometric analysis and visualization study

Abstract

Background: Over the past few decades, there has been a substantial increase in our understanding of Peyronie's disease (PD), improving our ability to diagnose and treat the disorder clinically. The goal of this study is to disclose the development trend of the PD field and provide resources for academics. It does this by providing the 100 most-cited publications in the field and conducting bibliometrics and visualization analysis on them. Methods: The SCI-E of WoSCC provided us with the top 100 most-cited publications in PD research, from which we took the following information: year of publication, annual citations, nation/region, institution, journal, author, and keywords. VOSviewer (version 1.6.18) was used for visual analysis to evaluate the keywords. Results: Through a standardized search, we ultimately found 1,019 papers in the field of PD research, from which we extracted the 100 works that had received the highest citations. The articles published between 1949 and 2016 have been cited between 73 and 338 times. The United States is a major contributor to PD research. The University of California, Los Angeles, is the institution with the largest number of articles. Levine LA, Lue TF, Gelbard MK and others are among the most authoritative authors in the field. Sixteen journals published the top 100 cited articles, with the Journal of Urology being the most influential in the field, with 47 publications. Erectile dysfunction (n=19) is the keyword with the highest frequency, indicating that PD-related erectile dysfunction is the leading focus of research in this field. Most of the keywords that have appeared in the past decade are related to the clinical treatment of PD. Therefore, we think the frontier of future research will be to maximize the improvement of male erectile function in the therapeutic therapy of PD. Conclusion: Our study uses bibliometrics and visualization analysis of the most important articles in the field of PD research to show the current state of research in this area, depict the history of research trends, and provide a forecast for the future growth of PD.