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Published in: BMC Ophthalmology 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Research article

Publication trends in corneal transplantation: a bibliometric analysis

Authors: Evre Pekel, Gökhan Pekel

Published in: BMC Ophthalmology | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Our aim was to demonstrate the publication trends of corneal transplantation in the last decade.

Methods

All of the keratoplasty research articles, letters, case reports, reviews and meeting abstracts published between January 2006 and December 2015 indexed on the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge were evaluated. A bibliometric filter was used to capture keratoplasty related publications by using the key words ‘keratoplasty’, ‘corneal transplantation’ or ‘keratoprosthesis’ in the ‘title’ selection mode.

Results

A total of 2726 publications were evaluated in the present study. Documents related to penetrating keratoplasty only have been decreased, whereas the documents related to endothelial keratoplasty were increased in the last decade. The total keratoplasty publication counts had been increased from the year 2006 to 2015. The average citation count per keratoplasty documents was 9.34.

Conclusions

There is a growing interest to the lamellar keratoplasty techniques especially the endothelial keratoplasty in the last decade.
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Metadata
Title
Publication trends in corneal transplantation: a bibliometric analysis
Authors
Evre Pekel
Gökhan Pekel
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Ophthalmology / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-016-0379-x

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