The 100 Most-Cited Articles on Optic Neuritis: Trends of Subtypes, Authorship, and Time

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Title The 100 Most-Cited Articles on Optic Neuritis: Trends of Subtypes, Authorship, and Time
Creator Elishai Assayag; Yishay Weill; Daniel Rappoport
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology (EA, DR), Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated with the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel; and Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences (YW), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Abstract Background: Optic neuritis (ON) is an optic nerve inflammation that may lead to different degrees of vision loss. In recent decades, ON research facilitated a better understanding of the disease and its subtypes. This bibliometric analysis aimed to detect the 100 most-cited medical articles related to ON in the last 50 years (1972-2021) and describe publication trends arising from the list. Methods: The Scopus database was used to locate and screen the 100 most influential ON papers based on the number of citations per article. Each entry was reviewed for the first author (name, gender, institution, and country), year of publication, journal, number of citations, ON subtype, and study design. The mean impact factor (IF) of each journal was calculated. Results: The median number of citations was 265 (range 182-2,396). Observational studies on neuromyelitis optica-associated ON were the most common (27%), and the most influential decade was 2002-2011 (54 papers). Seventy-nine percent of articles were published in neurology journals, and a positive correlation between the mean number of citations per article and the journal mean IF was observed ( r = 0.62, P < 0.001). Between 2009 and 2021, female authors led more ON studies (52%), and more publications originated outside the USA (68%), compared with previous years. Conclusions: This analysis summarizes the impact and shifting trends of ON research in the last decades.
Subject Authorship; Bibliometrics; Female; Humans; Journal Impact Factor; Male; Neurology; Optic Neuritis
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Date 2023-09
Date Digital 2023-09
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, September 2023, Volume 43, Issue 3
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 2538093
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k3qm9c
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