J Korean Med Sci.  2021 Aug;36(32):e207. 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e207.

Bibliometric and Altmetric Analyses of Publication Activity in the Field of Behcet's Disease in 2010–2019

• Kocyigit BF
• Akyol A

• KMID: 2519223
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e207

Abstract

Background
Behcet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis accompanied by oral-genital ulcers, ocular, cerebral, and gastrointestinal disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate BD articles published between 2010–2019 bibliometrically and to provide up-to-date data. A secondary aim was to present a different perspective using altmetric assessments.
Methods
This bibliometric and altmetric research was performed with data obtained from the Web of Science database. The key terms “Behcet's disease,” “Behcet's syndrome,” and “Behcet” were used for listing the articles. The number of articles, citation data, and active countries were determined. Trend and correlation analyses were performed. Altmetric attention scores (AASs) and Mendeley readers count (MRC) of the articles were acquired for the altmetric evaluations.
Results
A total of 5,201 articles were listed. After the exclusion criteria, a total of 2,163 articles were obtained for further analysis. A significant and increasing trend was detected in the number of articles from 2010 to 2019 (P < 0.001). Turkey (28.24%), China (9.57%), South Korea (9.20%), Japan (6.38%), and Italy (5.64%) were the five most productive countries. France, the United States and, the United Kingdom were the top three countries in respect of the average number of citations per article. A weak significant correlation was detected between the number of citations and AAS (P < 0.001). The number of citations was significantly and strongly correlated with the MRC (P< 0.001).
Conclusion
An increasing trend was found in BD research productivity. Although the Silk Road countries were prominent in the number of articles, a similar ranking was not valid for the average number of citations per article.

Keyword

Behcet's Disease; Bibliometric Analysis; Altmetric; Articles; Web of Science

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  Fig. 1 Publication trend from 2010 to 2019.

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  Fig. 2 Number of articles in the main active countries.

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