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. 2021 Jan 1;34(1):82-93.
doi: 10.3344/kjp.2021.34.1.82.

The evolution of the regional anesthesia: a holistic investigation of global outputs with bibliometric analysis between 1980-2019

Selcuk Kayir  1 , Alperen Kisa  2
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The evolution of the regional anesthesia: a holistic investigation of global outputs with bibliometric analysis between 1980-2019

Selcuk Kayir et al. Korean J Pain. .

Abstract

Background: This study used bibliometric analysis of articles published about the topic of regional anesthesia from 1980-2019 with the aim of determining which countries, organizations, and authors were effective, engaged in international cooperation, and had the most cited articles and journals.

Methods: All articles published from 1980-2019 included in the Web of Science database and found using the keywords regional anesthesia/anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia/anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia/anaesthesia, neuraxial anesthesia/anaesthesia, combined spinal-epidural, and peripheral nerve block in the title section had bibliometric analysis performed. Correlations between the number of publications from a country with gross domestic product (GDP), gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita (GDP PPP), and human development index (HDI) values were investigated with the Spearman correlation coefficient. The number of articles that will be published in the future was estimated with linear regression analysis.

Results: Literature screening found 11,156 publications. Of these publications, 6,452 were articles. The top 4 countries producing articles were United States of America (n = 1,583), Germany (585), United Kingdom (510), and Turkey (386). There was a significant positive correlation found between the GDP, GDP PPP, and HDI markers for global countries with publication productivity (r = 0.644, P < 0.001; r = 0.623, P < 0.001, r = 0.542, P < 0.001). The most productive organizations were Harvard University and the University of Toronto.

Conclusions: This comprehensive study presenting a holistic summary and evaluation of 6,452 articles about this topic may direct anesthesiologists, doctors, academics, and students interested in this topic.

Keywords: Anesthesia; Anesthesiologists; Bibliographies as Topic; Bibliometrics; Conduction; Epidural; Gross Domestic Product; Nerve Block; Publications; Spinal.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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Number of publications by years on regional anesthesia.
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World map for the publication productivity of worldwide countries on regional anesthesia.
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Network visualization map for international collaboration of worldwide countries on regional anesthesia.
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Density map for citation analysis of active journals on regional anesthesia.
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Network visualization cluster map for keyword analysis on regional anesthesia.
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Network visualization map for trends based on keyword analysis on regional anesthesia.
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