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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jan 16, 2025; 17(1): 100219
Published online Jan 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i1.100219
Bibliometric analysis on the top one hundred cited studies on gastrointestinal endoscopy
Jing Sui, Jian-Sheng Luo, Chao Xiong, Chun-Yong Tang, Yan-Hua Peng, Rui Zhou
Jing Sui, Jian-Sheng Luo, Chao Xiong, Chun-Yong Tang, Yan-Hua Peng, Department of Anesthesiology, Deyang People’s Hospital, Deyang 618000, Sichuan Province, China
Yan-Hua Peng, Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
Rui Zhou, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
Co-first authors: Jing Sui and Jian-Sheng Luo.
Co-corresponding authors: Yan-Hua Peng and Rui Zhou.
Author contributions: Sui J, Luo JS, Peng YH, and Zhou R conceived and designed the study; Sui J and Luo JS participated in data processing and statistical analysis, they contributed equally as co-first authors; Sui J, Luo JS, Xiong C, Tang CY, and Peng YH drafted the manuscript; Sui J, Luo JS, Xiong C, Tang CY, and Peng YH contributed to data analysis and interpretation; Zhou R supervised the review of the study; Peng YH and Zhou R contributed equally as co-corresponding authors; and all authors seriously revised and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Rui Zhou, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 1279 Sanmen Road, Shanghai 200434, China. ruizhoukepler@126.com
Received: August 10, 2024
Revised: November 24, 2024
Accepted: December 23, 2024
Published online: January 16, 2025
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Abstract
BACKGROUND

Gastrointestinal endoscopy has been widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. A great many of studies on gastrointestinal endoscopy have been done.

AIM

To analyze the characteristics of top 100 cited articles on gastrointestinal endoscopy.

METHODS

A bibliometric analysis was conducted. The publications and their features were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection, Science Citation Index-Expanded database. Excel, Web of Science database and SPSS software were used to perform the statistical description and analysis. VOSviewer software and MapChart were responsible for the visualizations.

RESULTS

The top 100 cited articles were published between 1976 and 2022. The guidelines (52%) and clinical trials (37%) are the main article types, and average publication year of the guidelines is much later than that of the clinical trials (2015 vs 1998). Among the clinical trials, diagnostic study (27.0%), cohort study (21.6%), case series (13.5%) and cross-sectional study (10.8%) account for a large proportion. Average citations of different study types and designs of the enrolled studies are of no significant differences. Most of the 100 articles were published by European authors and recorded by the endoscopic journals (65%). Top journals in medicine, such as the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA, also reported studies in this field. The hot spots of involved diseases include neoplasm or cancer-related diseases, inflammatory diseases, obstructive diseases, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and ulcer. Endoscopic surgery, endoscopic therapy and stent placement are frequently studied.

CONCLUSION

Our research contributes to delineating the field and identifying the characteristics of the most highly cited articles. It is noteworthy that there is a significantly smaller number of clinical trials included compared to guidelines, indicating potential areas for future high-quality clinical trials.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Guideline; Clinical trial; Bibliometric analysis; Quality of study

Core Tip: The present study was conducted to analyze the characteristics of top 100 cited articles in this field. The primary findings include: (1) The guidelines (52%) and clinical trials (37%) are the main article types, and average publication year of the guidelines is much later than that of the clinical trials (2015 vs 1998); (2) Top journals in medicine, such as the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA, also reported studies in this field; and (3) The hot spots of involved diseases include neoplasm or cancer-related diseases, inflammatory diseases, obstructive diseases, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and ulcer. Researchers should attach importance to the unbalance of the highly cited guidelines and clinical trials on gastrointestinal endoscopy.