A bibliometric analysis of published research employing musculoskeletal imaging modalities to evaluate foot osteoarthritis
A bibliometric analysis of published research employing musculoskeletal imaging modalities to evaluate foot osteoarthritis
Objectives: temporal and global changes in research utilising imaging to assess foot osteoarthritis is currently unknown. This study aimed to undertake a bibliometric analysis of published research to: (1) identify the imaging modalities that have been used to evaluate foot osteoarthritis; (2) explore the temporal changes and global differences in the use of these imaging modalities; and (3) to evaluate performance related to publication- and citation-based metrics.
Methods: a literature search was conducted using Scopus to identify studies which had used imaging to assess foot osteoarthritis. Extracted data included publication year, imaging modality, citations, affiliations, and author collaboration networks. Temporal trends in the use of each imaging modality were analysed. Performance analysis and science mapping were used to analyse citations and collaboration networks.
Results: 158 studies were identified between 1980 and 2021. Plain radiography was the most widely used modality, followed by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound imaging (USI), respectively. The number of published studies increased over time for each imaging modality (all P ≥ 0.018). The most productive country was the United States of America (USA), followed by the United Kingdom and Australia. International authorship collaboration was evident in 57 (36.1%) studies. The average citation rate was 23.4 per study, with an average annual citation rate of 2.1.
Conclusions: published research employing imaging to assess foot osteoarthritis has increased substantially over the past four decades. Although plain radiography remains the gold standard modality, the emergence of MRI and USI in the past two decades continues to advance knowledge and progress research in this field.
Foot osteoarthritis, Imaging modalities
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Ellis, Richard
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Rome, Keith
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Carroll, Matthew
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Ellis, Richard
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Carroll, Matthew
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Molyneux, Prue, Stewart, Sarah, Bowen, Catherine, Ellis, Richard, Rome, Keith and Carroll, Matthew
(2022)
A bibliometric analysis of published research employing musculoskeletal imaging modalities to evaluate foot osteoarthritis.
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 15 (1), [39].
(doi:10.1186/s13047-022-00549-0).
Abstract
Objectives: temporal and global changes in research utilising imaging to assess foot osteoarthritis is currently unknown. This study aimed to undertake a bibliometric analysis of published research to: (1) identify the imaging modalities that have been used to evaluate foot osteoarthritis; (2) explore the temporal changes and global differences in the use of these imaging modalities; and (3) to evaluate performance related to publication- and citation-based metrics.
Methods: a literature search was conducted using Scopus to identify studies which had used imaging to assess foot osteoarthritis. Extracted data included publication year, imaging modality, citations, affiliations, and author collaboration networks. Temporal trends in the use of each imaging modality were analysed. Performance analysis and science mapping were used to analyse citations and collaboration networks.
Results: 158 studies were identified between 1980 and 2021. Plain radiography was the most widely used modality, followed by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound imaging (USI), respectively. The number of published studies increased over time for each imaging modality (all P ≥ 0.018). The most productive country was the United States of America (USA), followed by the United Kingdom and Australia. International authorship collaboration was evident in 57 (36.1%) studies. The average citation rate was 23.4 per study, with an average annual citation rate of 2.1.
Conclusions: published research employing imaging to assess foot osteoarthritis has increased substantially over the past four decades. Although plain radiography remains the gold standard modality, the emergence of MRI and USI in the past two decades continues to advance knowledge and progress research in this field.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 May 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 May 2022
Published date: 20 May 2022
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The project is a component of a larger research project funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. This organisation had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, or in the decision to submit the article for publication.
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Foot osteoarthritis, Imaging modalities
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