Research trends and hotspots of osteoarticular involvement in brucellosis

Human brucellosis causes a variety of clinical symptoms and osteoarticular involvement is the most common involvement. We conducted a bibliometric analysis study on osteoarticular involvement in brucellosis. The study's aim was to investigate the impact of publications in this field and to discover research development and clusters. We used the Web of Science (Wos) database to obtain the data. The titles, document types, publication years, authors, organizations, keywords, abstracts of each record, H-index, and citations were analyzed. We analyzed ۶۴۲ documents (research articles and review articles). ۸۳.۱۷۸% of them were published in Science Citation Index Expanded (Sci-Expanded) indexed journals. English (۸۸.۷۸۵%) was the most preferred language. Researchers from ۷۰ countries contributed to the growth of scientific studies. Turkey was ranked first with a total of ۱۷۷ publications.  The United States of America (۱۱.۰۵۹%), Peoples' Republic of China (۸.۴۱۱%), Iran (۶.۶۹۸%), and Spain (۶.۶۹۸%) were the top five countries according to the number of publications. The publications were cited ۱۱۱۱۸ times (۱۷.۳۲ per item) and the mean of the H-index was ۵۱. The publications published between ۲۰۰۰- ۲۰۰۹ received the highest number of citations and had the highest H indexes. H indexes and citation numbers of publications have decreased since ۲۰۱۰. This is the first report that shows the trends of osteoarticular involvement in brucellosis. In conclusion, financial support for scientific studies in regions where brucellosis is endemic may increase the number of articles to be published in the future from these regions.

Keywords:

Brucellosis , Zoonotic disease , osteoarticular , bibliometrics