Bibliometrics

"Bibliometrics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The use of statistical methods in the analysis of a body of literature to reveal the historical development of subject fields and patterns of authorship, publication, and use. Formerly called statistical bibliography. (from The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)

Descriptor ID	D015706
MeSH Number(s)	L01.178.682.099.325 L01.453.183.291
Concept/Terms	Bibliometrics Bibliometrics Bibliometric Analysis Bibliographies, Statistical Statistical Bibliography Bibliography, Statistical Analysis, Bibliometric Analyses, Bibliometric Bibliometric Analyses Statistical Bibliographies

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Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Communications Media [L01.178]
Publications [L01.178.682]
Bibliography as Topic [L01.178.682.099]
Bibliometrics [L01.178.682.099.325]
Information Services [L01.453]
Bibliography as Topic [L01.453.183]
Bibliometrics [L01.453.183.291]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bibliometrics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bibliometrics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 40 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2020 and 2021 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
1999	0	2	2
2005	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	2	1	3
2014	2	1	3
2015	2	2	4
2016	1	0	1
2017	4	0	4
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	4	5
2021	1	4	5
2022	1	4	5
2024	0	1	1

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Tarawneh O, Narayanan R, Dalton J, Oris RJ, Brush P, Opara O, Trenchfield D, Lee Y, Vadhera A, Glover A, Pineda N, Jain P, Kim A, Kurd MF, Kaye ID, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD. Role of Altmetric Attention Scores in Evaluating the Influence of Spine Surgery Research. Clin Spine Surg. 2025 Aug 01; 38(7):E412-E418.

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Djulbegovic M, Kalahasty K, Sridhar J. Altmetric Attention Scores in Ophthalmology Journals-Reply. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 10 01; 140(10):1028-1029.

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Nahar A, Mahmoudzadeh R, Rama M, Soares RR, Yonekawa Y, Mehta S, Haller JA. Authorship Trends of Women in Retina: A 25-Year Analysis. Ophthalmol Retina. 2023 02; 7(2):164-170.

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Djulbegovic M, Kalahasty K, Watane A, Jabori SK, Al-Khersan H, Sridhar J. Correlation Between Altmetric Attention Scores and Citations for Articles Published in High-Impact Factor Ophthalmology Journals From 2018 to 2019. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 06 01; 140(6):623-627.

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Pham AT, Whitescarver TD, Beatson B, Purt B, Yonekawa Y, Shah AS, Colyer MH, Woreta FA, Justin GA. Ophthalmic trauma: the top 100 cited articles in Ophthalmology journals. Eye (Lond). 2022 12; 36(12):2328-2333.

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Allegra PR, Yakkanti RR, Greif DN, Desai SS, Geller JS, Aiyer A. The 50 Most Cited Papers Concerning Open Fractures. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2022; 31(2):76-85.

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Wei S, Le N, Zhu JW, Breathett K, Greene SJ, Mamas MA, Zannad F, Van Spall HGC. Factors Associated With Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Heart Failure Trial Participants: A Systematic Bibliometric Review. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 03; 15(3):e008685.

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Mahtta D, Altibi A, Gad MM, Samara A, Barakat AF, Bagur R, Mansoor H, Jneid H, Virani SS, Mamas MA, Masri A, Elgendy IY. Methodological Rigor and Temporal Trends of Cardiovascular Medicine Meta-Analyses in Highest-Impact Journals. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 09 21; 10(18):e021367.

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Amarasekera DC, Lam SS, Rapuano CJ, Syed ZA. Trends in Female Authorship in Cornea From 2007 to 2019. Cornea. 2021 Sep 01; 40(9):1152-1157.

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Parikh A, Markle J, Venincasa M, Kuriyan AE, Gupta M, Sridhar J. POSITIVE RESULTS BIAS AND IMPACT FACTOR IN RETINA CLINICAL TRIALS 2016 to 2019. Retina. 2021 Aug 01; 41(8):1697-1700.

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