Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric Analysis
BackgroundStroke is the second leading cause of death world-wide. A comprehensive scientometric study regarding ischemic stroke research has not been performed yet. This study aims at investigating the global research output on ischemic stroke research.MethodsAll 21,115 articles regarding ischemic s...
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| author | Dominic Millenaar Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm Tobias Fehlmann Maximilian Raible Piergiorgio Lochner Michael Böhm Klaus Fassbender Andreas Keller Andreas Keller Felix Mahfoud Felix Mahfoud Christian Ukena |
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| description | BackgroundStroke is the second leading cause of death world-wide. A comprehensive scientometric study regarding ischemic stroke research has not been performed yet. This study aims at investigating the global research output on ischemic stroke research.MethodsAll 21,115 articles regarding ischemic stroke were retrieved from the Web-of-Science-Core-Collection and analyzed regarding regional differences, the authors' sex, subtopics of stroke, as well as international research collaborations.ResultsA total of 132 different countries participated, with the USA contributing most publications with 4,614 (21.9%), followed by China with 3,872 (18.3%), and Germany with 1,120 (5.3%). Analyzing the scientific quality of different countries by H-index, the USA ranked first with an H-index of 202, followed by Germany (H-index 135) and the United Kingdom (UK;H-index 129). The most frequently used topic was “Clinical Neurology” with 9,028 publications. Among all first authors attributed to their sex, 32.3% of all first authors were female and 67.7% were male (4,335 vs. 9,097). The proportion of female last authors was comparatively lower at 22.4% (3,083 publications) compared with 77.6% male authors (10,658 publications). There was a broad network of international collaborations.ConclusionsResearch in ischemic stroke has substantially increased over time. Scientists from the USA have the highest number of publications, followed by China and Germany. Measured by the H-index, the USA held the highest publication quality, followed by Germany and the UK. The scientific landscape was male-dominated with 67.7% of all first authors being male. Worldwide international collaborations play a major role in ischemic stroke research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63a5fa9060c344388465682d7b0df8122022-12-22T02:07:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952022-04-011310.3389/fneur.2022.893121893121Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric AnalysisDominic Millenaar0Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm1Tobias Fehlmann2Maximilian Raible3Piergiorgio Lochner4Michael Böhm5Klaus Fassbender6Andreas Keller7Andreas Keller8Felix Mahfoud9Felix Mahfoud10Christian Ukena11Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GermanyDepartment for Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United StatesDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyBackgroundStroke is the second leading cause of death world-wide. A comprehensive scientometric study regarding ischemic stroke research has not been performed yet. This study aims at investigating the global research output on ischemic stroke research.MethodsAll 21,115 articles regarding ischemic stroke were retrieved from the Web-of-Science-Core-Collection and analyzed regarding regional differences, the authors' sex, subtopics of stroke, as well as international research collaborations.ResultsA total of 132 different countries participated, with the USA contributing most publications with 4,614 (21.9%), followed by China with 3,872 (18.3%), and Germany with 1,120 (5.3%). Analyzing the scientific quality of different countries by H-index, the USA ranked first with an H-index of 202, followed by Germany (H-index 135) and the United Kingdom (UK;H-index 129). The most frequently used topic was “Clinical Neurology” with 9,028 publications. Among all first authors attributed to their sex, 32.3% of all first authors were female and 67.7% were male (4,335 vs. 9,097). The proportion of female last authors was comparatively lower at 22.4% (3,083 publications) compared with 77.6% male authors (10,658 publications). There was a broad network of international collaborations.ConclusionsResearch in ischemic stroke has substantially increased over time. Scientists from the USA have the highest number of publications, followed by China and Germany. Measured by the H-index, the USA held the highest publication quality, followed by Germany and the UK. The scientific landscape was male-dominated with 67.7% of all first authors being male. Worldwide international collaborations play a major role in ischemic stroke research.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.893121/fullstrokeischemichemorrhagicresearchcitation analysis |
| spellingShingle | Dominic Millenaar Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm Tobias Fehlmann Maximilian Raible Piergiorgio Lochner Michael Böhm Klaus Fassbender Andreas Keller Andreas Keller Felix Mahfoud Felix Mahfoud Christian Ukena Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric Analysis Frontiers in Neurology stroke ischemic hemorrhagic research citation analysis |
| title | Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric Analysis |
| title_full | Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric Analysis |
| title_short | Ischemic Stroke–A Scientometric Analysis |
| title_sort | ischemic stroke a scientometric analysis |
| topic | stroke ischemic hemorrhagic research citation analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.893121/full |
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