Bibliometric Analysis of the Most Cited First One Hundred Manuscripts in Familial Mediterranean Fever
Journal Title: Meandros Medical and Dental Journal - Year 2017, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: Studies investigating cumulative scientific data about a specific subject and assessing the scientific performance are named as bibliometric analysis. Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease which is more prevalent among Turks, Jews, Armenians and Arabs. In this study, we aimed to analyse the most cited first 100 manuscripts in the field of FMF using bibliometric method. Materials and Methods: This study was performed retrospectively by using “Thomson Reuters Web of Science” database in April 2016. The dataset was filtered to include the manuscripts only in the scope of “Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E)”. Furthermore, the first most cited 100 manuscripts were analyzed in terms of topic, journal, author, year and institution. Results: The database search returned 2027 manuscripts and the most cited first 100 papers were included. The most cited paper focused on genetics of FMF. Among these most cited 100 manuscripts, the study by Livneh had the highest volume of total citations with 1198. These most cited manuscripts were published in 44 journals. When these publications were evaluated in terms of countries, Israel had the most cited manuscripts with 37%, Turkey and USA with 18%, and France with 12%. Conclusion: This work provides the most influential references related to FMF and serves as a guide to what makes a publication citable. The genetics of FMF was the most widely studied topic and Israel, Turkey, USA and France were revealed as the arbiter countries of FMF topic.
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Dilek Yılmaz, Hilal Bektaş Uysal
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