A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on Spinal Cord Injury in Türkiye: Current State of Researches: A Descriptive Study Türkiye’de Yapılan Omurilik Hasarı ile İlgili Çalışmaların Bibliyometrik Analizi: Çalışmaların Güncel Durumu: Tanımlayıcı Bir Çalışma

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Köroğlu Ö., ÖZCAN F., ÖRÜCÜ ATAR N. M., YILMAZ B.

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences, cilt.44, sa.3, ss.105-112, 2024 (Scopus, TRDizin)

Özet

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the present situation of spinal cord injury studies in our country, and provide awareness for following investigations. Material and Methods: We searched the articles about spinal cord injury using Web of Science database. Evaluations based upon publication data. Bibliometric assessments were carried out using VOSviewer. Results: 1,609 articles were described associated with spinal cord injury in Türkiye. Spinal cord injury, spinal cord, paraplegia, rat and metilprednisolone were the top 5 ranked keywords unlike the world literature and up-to date trends. The number of publications per year increased from 2007 to 2013. The maximum number of publications was in 2013 and then started to decrease in 2014. Although there was an increase in the number of publications in 2015 compared to 2014, the decrease in the number of publications continued to increase over the years. Conclusion: This research extensively examined the facts of spinal cord injury studies in our country. Results can be interpreated that the interest of researchers in our country on spinal cord injury has decreased. The results of this study can also supply information to the researchers releated to spinal cord injury worlwide and an awareness base for following projects in the future.