Top 100 cited articles on ankylosing spondylitis

Abstract

Ankylosing spondylitis is a global health problem. There are continuous innovations in terms of etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. Here, the top 100 most cited articles on ankylosing spondylitis during the last three decades are analyzed. On April 6, 2020, the Web of Science was screened from 1984 to 2020 using the terms ankylosing spondylitis; the top 100 most cited articles were identified. For bibliometric analysis, the name of the article, year of publication, author information, number of citations, name of the publishing journal, H-index, impact factor, countries of the authors, types of articles, and funding sources were recorded. The Altmetric attention was recorded using a program that automatically calculates the score. The total number of citations of the articles in the list ranged from 176 to 3700. Arthritis and Rheumatism (n=31) and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (n=27) were the two leading journals in which the majority of the articles were published. Germany produced most of the articles; Braun J was the most cited author. Randomized controlled clinical trials were found to constitute most of the articles (n=35). According to the citation number, studies evaluating classification criteria and disease activity indices and, according to the Altmetric Attention Score, studies addressing the prevalence and biological agents were prominent. We present a perspective on the extent to which the most cited articles on ankylosing spondylitis draw interest in the scientific community and on social media platforms.

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“…In the study conducted by Yin et al (13), when the study types were examined, it was reported that the reviews came after the randomized controlled, prospective clinical study types. Similarly, in the study of Bagcier et al (17), randomized controlled, prospective clinical study types are in the first place. Similar to the literature, randomized controlled, prospective clinical study is in the first place in our study, followed by reviews.…”

“…In the bibliometric study of Akyol et al (16), including publications on rehabilitation in Ankylosing Spondylitis, the authors were mostly from Germany, followed by Turkey and the USA, Bagcier et al (17) In his study of the most cited articles in ankylosing spondylitis, it was determined that the authors were mostly nationals of Germany, the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom, respectively. Turkey, Japan, and then the United Kingdom were the countries that contributed the most to the BD-related studies in our study.…”

“…In the study of Kwan et al (18), which included the 100 most cited articles in the field of Rheumatology, the journal with the most articles was found to be "Arthritis and Rheumatism" and then the "New England Journal of Medicine." In the study of Bagcier et al (17), the largest number of studies were published in the journal "Arthritis and Rheumatism" and then in the "Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases" journal. In our study, the most cited studies on BD were "Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases" (9%), "Journal of Rheumatology" (8%), and "Arthritis and Rheumatism"(8%), respectively.…”

“…In the study conducted by Bagcier et al (17), in which the most cited articles on Ankylosing Spondylitis were evaluated, the first line of treatment was treatment, followed by disease activity and pathogenesis. In the study of Yin et al (13), treatment is the first line, followed by pathogenesis and risk factors.…”