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. 2022 Nov 18;15(11):1852-1856.
doi: 10.18240/ijo.2022.11.17. eCollection 2022.

Oculoplastic publication trends in general ophthalmology journals

Jean-Paul Dray  1 , Nur Khatib  2 , Eric Souied  1 , Peerooz Saeed  2 , Guy Ben Simon  3 , Juliana Gildener-Leapman  4 , Ofira Zloto  1   3
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Oculoplastic publication trends in general ophthalmology journals

Jean-Paul Dray et al. Int J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Aim: To examine the publication trend of oculoplastic articles throughout the last decade in general ophthalmology journals.

Methods: A review of all abstracts published between January 2010 to December 2019 in general, clinical ophthalmic journals was conducted. Articles that were categorized as original articles in general and clinical journals were included in the study.

Results: Totally 10 281 abstracts were included. Of them 465 (4.5%) were oculoplastic publications. The mean number of annual-publications was 46.5 and the mean annual-rate of oculoplastic publications was 4.51%. A significant decreasing trend in the number of oculoplastic publication in the last decade was found (P<0.01, R 2=0.770). However, there was no significant change in the annual-rate of oculoplastic publications during the last decade (P=0.191, R 2=0.203). From the 465 oculoplastic articles: 179 (38.5%) were articles about eyelid diseases, 160 (34.40%) were about orbit diseases, 92 (19.80%) were about lacrimal diseases and 34 (7.30%) were about thyroid eye disease (TED). A significant decreasing trends in the number of orbital and eyelids publications were found (P<0.01, P<0.01). However, there were no significant changes in the annual-rate of orbital, eyelids, TED and lacrimal-diseases publications throughout the last decade.

Conclusion: Oculoplastic subspecialty deals with a wide range of pathologies in different ages. However, less than 5% of the articles in general, clinical, high impact factor ophthalmology journals are about oculoplastic diseases. One of the best way for ophthalmologists from different subspecilties, nowadays, to be updated, is to read high-impact-factor, general ophthalmology journals. Therefore, it is important that those journals will include articles about breakthroughs in oculoplastic.

Keywords: articles; general; journals; oculoplastic; ophthalmology; publications.

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Figure 1. The annual number of oculoplastic publications for each of the journals and the total number of publications.
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Figure 2. The annual rate of oculoplastic publications for each of the journals and the for all journals.
Figure 3
Figure 3. The number of publications of each subgroups each year.
Figure 4
Figure 4. The rate of publication of each subgroup in each journal over the last 10y.
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