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Trends in pediatric kidney stone research between 2004-2023: a bibliometric study

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 5, 265 - 276, 26.10.2024
https://doi.org/10.47582/jompac.1538518

Abstract

Aims: The purpose of this current investigation is twofold: first, to review the available literature published in the last twenty years on pediatric nephrolithiasis; and second, to evaluate the progression of research on this topic during the indicated period. In this respect, through bibliometric analysis the present study aims to reveal trends, crucial authors, important institutions and outstanding journals of this line of research. It also takes an attempt to compare the increasing trend of publication productivity and citation frequency and the distribution of the research outputs across the countries/regions of the world to map the progress and potential prospects of pediatric kidney stone research.
Methods: The present study aimed to perform a bibliometric analysis of knowledge production. In pediatric kidney stone from 2004 to 2023 using WoS Core Collection. Articles were searched using the term “Kidney Stones in Children” including all articles, reviews and papers indexed, reviews and conference papers. The examination focused on the overall publication output, number of citations received, and journal citation; with methods including keyword frequency, bibliographic coupling, co-citation analysis, and co-authorship networks. Element positions, co-occurrence frequencies, and clusters were developed from the data source by using VOSviewer software. The study covered publication distribution, citation behaviour, keyword frequencies, and collaboration map.
Results: According to the presented research, the level of academic interest in this topic has risen dramatically over the years, and its popularity peaked in 2020. This result is expected because leading academic centres and name-referenced universities like University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia contributed significantly to the current literature. Ten most preferred journals are Journal of Urology, Journal of Pediatric Urology and many more. The findings reveal the overall international cooperation with especial emphasis on relations between institutions in the US and European countries. Carrying out the keyword analysis, authors have determined that “urolithiasis”, “nephrolithiasis”, and “kidney stones” are the most topical concerns. Aside from general surgery, much of the most frequently cited research is relevant to surgical practices and dietary recommendations. The purpose of this review is to enhance the understanding of the tendencies of the studies the most active contributors and cooperation patterns in the pediatric kidney stones.
Conclusion: This bibliometric analysis reveals a significant rise in pediatric kidney stones research, peaking in 2020. Key contributors include the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, with strong international collaborations. Original research articles and top journals, like the Journal of Urology, remain central. The U.S. leads in contributions, with notable input from Turkish institutions.

References

  • Scales CD Jr, Smith AC, Hanley JM, Saigal CS, Urologic diseases in America P. Prevalence of kidney stones in the United States. Eur Urol. 2012;62(1):160-165.
  • Worcester EM, Coe FL. Clinical practice. Calcium kidney stones. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(10):954-963.
  • Kusumi K, Becknell B, Schwaderer A. Trends in pediatric urolithiasis: patient characteristics, associated diagnoses, and financial burden. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015;30(5):805-810.
  • Sharma AP, Filler G. Epidemiology of pediatric urolithiasis. Indian J Urol. 2010;26(4):516-522.
  • Sas DJ, Hulsey TC, Shatat IF, Orak JK. Increasing incidence of kidney stones in children evaluated in the emergency department. J Pediatr. 2010;157(1):132-137.
  • Fakheri RJ, Goldfarb DS. Ambient temperature as a contributor to kidney stone formation: implications of global warming. Kidney Int. 2011;79(11):1178-1185.
  • Brikowski TH, Lotan Y, Pearle MS. Climate-related increase in the prevalence of urolithiasis in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2008;105(28):9841-9846.
  • Safarinejad MR. Adult urolithiasis in a population-based study in Iran: prevalence, incidence, and associated risk factors. Urol Res. 2007;35(2):73-82.
  • Halbritter J, Baum M, Hynes AM, et al. Fourteen monogenic genes account for 15% of nephrolithiasis/nephrocalcinosis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015;26(3):543-551.
  • Halbritter J, Seidel A, Muller L, Schonauer R, Hoppe B. Update on hereditary kidney stone disease and introduction of a new clinical patient registry in Germany. Front Pediatr. 2018;6:47
  • Edvardsson VO, Ingvarsdottir SE, Palsson R, Indridason OS. Incidence of kidney stone disease in Icelandic children and adolescents from 1985 to 2013: results of a nationwide study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018;33(8):1375-1384.
  • Tasian GE, Ross ME, Song L, et al. Annual incidence of nephrolithiasis among children and adults in South Carolina from 1997 to 2012. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016;11(3):488-496.
  • Rizvi SAH, Naqvi SAA, Hussain Z, et al. Pediatric urolithiasis: developing nation perspectives. J. Urol. 2002;168(4):1522-1525.
  • Milliner DS, Murphy ME. Urolithiasis in pediatric patients. Mayo Clin Proc. 1993;68(3):241-248.
  • Üntan İ, Üntan S, Tosun H, Demirci, D. Metabolic risk factors and the role of prophylaxis in pediatric urolithiasis. J Pediatr Urol, 2021;17(2):215-e1.
  • Minevich E. Pediatric urolithiasis. Pediatr. Clin. 2001;48(6):1571-1585.
  • Passas I. Bibliometric analysis: the main steps. Encyclopedia. 2024;4(2):1014-1025.
  • Van Eck N, Waltman L. Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics. 2010;84(2): 523-538.
  • Khalil GM, Crawford CAG. A bibliometric analysis of US-based research on the behavioral risk factor surveillance system. AJPM Focus. 2015;48(1):50-57.
  • Chen S, Zhang T, Zhang J, Current status and prospects of pediatric stone disease: a bibliometric and visualization study. Cureus. 2024;16(3):e56549.
  • Ghidini F, Castagnetti M. Pediatric urology research in 2020: a bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most cited articles. Urologia J. 2022;89(3): 474-480.
  • Matta R, Schaeffer AJ. The top 100 cited articles in pediatric urology: a bibliometric analysis. J Pediatr Urol. 2021;17(5): 709-e1.
  • Pedroza VM, Solano C, Sierra MJ, et al. Cardiovascular risk and urolithiasis: underestimated or unknown relationship? Insight Urology. 2024;45(1):42-51.
  • Zyoud SEH, Abushamma F, Salameh H, et al. Exploring the nutritional landscape and emerging trends in kidney stone research: visualization and bibliometric analysis. Transl. Med. Commun. 2024;9(1):8.
  • Siener R, Metzner C. Dietary weight loss strategies for kidney stone patients. World J Urol. 2023;41(5):1221-1228.
  • Abushamma F, Zyoud, SEH. Analyzing global research trends and focal points in the utilization of laser techniques for the treatment of urolithiasis from 1978 to 2022: visualization and bibliometric analysis. Urol. 2024;52(1): 67.
  • Dong C, Song C, He Z, et al. An overview of global research landscape in etiology of urolithiasis based on bibliometric analysis. Urol. 2023;51(1):71.
  • Tan S, Yuan D., Su H, et al. Prevalence of urolithiasis in China: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. BJU Int. 2024;133(1):34-43.
  • Nedbal C, Cerrato C, Jahrreiss V, et al.Trends of “artificial ıntelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, and radiomics in urolithiasis” over the last 30 years (1994-2023) as published in the literature (PubMed): a comprehensive review. J Endourol. 2024;38(8): 788-798.
  • Fernández N, Herrera DAV, Villanueva J, et al. Publication trends in pediatric stone disease: a bibliometric analysis. Colomb Urol J. 2022;31(03):e102-e108.
  • Sun G, Liu C. Song C, et al. Knowledge mapping of UMOD of English published work from 1985 to 2022: a bibliometric analysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2024;56(1):249-261.
  • Wei N, Hu Y, Liu G, et al. A bibliometric analysis of familial hypercholesterolemia from 2011 to 2021. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023;48(7):101151.
  • Yuvanç E, Yilmaz E, Tuglu D, Batislam E. Medical and alternative therapies in urinary tract stone disease. World J Nephrol. 2015; 4(5):492-499.
  • Juliebø-Jones P, Keller EX, Tzelves L, et al. Paediatric kidney stone surgery: state-of-the-art review. Ther Adv Urol, 2023;15: 17562872231159541.
  • Beşer İ, Yuvanç E, Yılmaz E. The effectiveness of modified stone recurrence predictive score in predicting recurrence of urinary stone disease. J Compr Surg, 2023;1(3): 49-52.
  • Kumar B, Dhua AK, Goel P, et al. Pediatric UTI research: trends, collaborations, and hotspot topics-a bibliometric analysis. Life Res. 2024;7(4):17.
  • Ramakrishnan J, Sankar, GR, Thavamani, K. Bibliometric evaluation of literature within the area of pediatric urology. Int J Inf Dissemin Technol. 2022;12(2):53-61.

2004-2023 Yılları arasında pediatrik böbrek taşı araştırmalarındaki eğilimler: bir bibliyometrik çalışma

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 5, 265 - 276, 26.10.2024
https://doi.org/10.47582/jompac.1538518

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, pediatrik nefrolitiyazis araştırmalarının son yirmi yıldaki evrimini analiz etmektir. Bibliyometrik yöntemler kullanarak, bu alandaki ana eğilimleri, etkili yazarları, önemli kurumları ve yüksek etki faktörüne sahip dergileri belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca, yayın çıktısındaki büyümeyi, alıntı kalıplarını ve araştırmaların farklı ülkeler ve bölgeler arasındaki dağılımını değerlendirerek pediatrik böbrek taşı araştırmalarının ilerlemesi ve gelecekteki yönelimleri hakkında bilgi sağlamayı hedeflemektedir.

Yöntemler: Bu çalışma, 2004-2023 yılları arasındaki pediatrik böbrek taşı araştırmalarına dair bibliyometrik bir analiz gerçekleştirmiştir. Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection'dan elde edilen veriler kullanılmıştır. "Çocuklarda Böbrek Taşları" arama terimi ile tarama yapılarak, indekslenmiş makaleler, derlemeler ve konferans bildirileri toplanmıştır. Analiz, yayın eğilimlerini, alıntı sayısını ve dergi etki faktörlerini incelemiş ve anahtar kelime eşzamanlılığı, bibliyografik bağlantı, atıf ve ortak yazarlık ağlarını kullanmıştır. Elementlerin konumlarını, eşzamanlılık sıklıklarını ve kümeleri gösteren görsel haritalar oluşturmak için VOSviewer yazılımı kullanılmıştır. Çalışma, yayın dağılımı, alıntı kalıpları, anahtar kelime eğilimleri ve işbirliği ağlarını ele almıştır.

Bulgular: Çalışma, bu konudaki akademik ilginin yıllar içinde önemli ölçüde arttığını ve 2020 yılında zirveye ulaştığını ortaya koymaktadır. University of Pennsylvania ve Philadelphia Çocuk Hastanesi gibi önde gelen araştırmacılar ve kurumlar, yüksek sayıda yayın ve alıntı ile öne çıkmaktadır. Journal of Urology ve The Journal of Pediatric Urology, araştırmacılar tarafından tercih edilen dergiler arasındadır. Analiz, özellikle ABD ve Avrupa'daki kurumlar arasında güçlü uluslararası işbirliklerini vurgulamaktadır. Anahtar kelime analizi, "ürolitiyazis," "nefrolitiyazis" ve "böbrek taşları"nın literatürdeki öne çıkan konular olduğunu belirlemektedir. En çok alıntı yapılan makaleler, cerrahi yönetim ve diyet referansları gibi klinik uygulamalara ve halk sağlığına önemli katkılarda bulunmaktadır. Bu analiz, çocuklardaki böbrek taşları araştırmalarını şekillendiren eğilimler, önemli katkıda bulunanlar ve işbirliği ağları hakkında kapsamlı bir genel bakış sunmaktadır.

Sonuç: Bu bibliyometrik analiz, pediatrik böbrek taşı araştırmalarında 2020 yılında zirveye ulaşan önemli bir artışı ortaya koymaktadır. Önemli katkıda bulunanlar arasında University of Pennsylvania ve Philadelphia Çocuk Hastanesi yer almakta olup, güçlü uluslararası işbirlikleri dikkat çekmektedir. Orijinal araştırma makaleleri ve Journal of Urology gibi üst düzey dergiler merkezî önem taşımaktadır. ABD katkılarda lider konumda olup, Türk kurumlarından da dikkate değer katkılar sağlanmıştır.

References

  • Scales CD Jr, Smith AC, Hanley JM, Saigal CS, Urologic diseases in America P. Prevalence of kidney stones in the United States. Eur Urol. 2012;62(1):160-165.
  • Worcester EM, Coe FL. Clinical practice. Calcium kidney stones. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(10):954-963.
  • Kusumi K, Becknell B, Schwaderer A. Trends in pediatric urolithiasis: patient characteristics, associated diagnoses, and financial burden. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015;30(5):805-810.
  • Sharma AP, Filler G. Epidemiology of pediatric urolithiasis. Indian J Urol. 2010;26(4):516-522.
  • Sas DJ, Hulsey TC, Shatat IF, Orak JK. Increasing incidence of kidney stones in children evaluated in the emergency department. J Pediatr. 2010;157(1):132-137.
  • Fakheri RJ, Goldfarb DS. Ambient temperature as a contributor to kidney stone formation: implications of global warming. Kidney Int. 2011;79(11):1178-1185.
  • Brikowski TH, Lotan Y, Pearle MS. Climate-related increase in the prevalence of urolithiasis in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2008;105(28):9841-9846.
  • Safarinejad MR. Adult urolithiasis in a population-based study in Iran: prevalence, incidence, and associated risk factors. Urol Res. 2007;35(2):73-82.
  • Halbritter J, Baum M, Hynes AM, et al. Fourteen monogenic genes account for 15% of nephrolithiasis/nephrocalcinosis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015;26(3):543-551.
  • Halbritter J, Seidel A, Muller L, Schonauer R, Hoppe B. Update on hereditary kidney stone disease and introduction of a new clinical patient registry in Germany. Front Pediatr. 2018;6:47
  • Edvardsson VO, Ingvarsdottir SE, Palsson R, Indridason OS. Incidence of kidney stone disease in Icelandic children and adolescents from 1985 to 2013: results of a nationwide study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018;33(8):1375-1384.
  • Tasian GE, Ross ME, Song L, et al. Annual incidence of nephrolithiasis among children and adults in South Carolina from 1997 to 2012. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016;11(3):488-496.
  • Rizvi SAH, Naqvi SAA, Hussain Z, et al. Pediatric urolithiasis: developing nation perspectives. J. Urol. 2002;168(4):1522-1525.
  • Milliner DS, Murphy ME. Urolithiasis in pediatric patients. Mayo Clin Proc. 1993;68(3):241-248.
  • Üntan İ, Üntan S, Tosun H, Demirci, D. Metabolic risk factors and the role of prophylaxis in pediatric urolithiasis. J Pediatr Urol, 2021;17(2):215-e1.
  • Minevich E. Pediatric urolithiasis. Pediatr. Clin. 2001;48(6):1571-1585.
  • Passas I. Bibliometric analysis: the main steps. Encyclopedia. 2024;4(2):1014-1025.
  • Van Eck N, Waltman L. Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics. 2010;84(2): 523-538.
  • Khalil GM, Crawford CAG. A bibliometric analysis of US-based research on the behavioral risk factor surveillance system. AJPM Focus. 2015;48(1):50-57.
  • Chen S, Zhang T, Zhang J, Current status and prospects of pediatric stone disease: a bibliometric and visualization study. Cureus. 2024;16(3):e56549.
  • Ghidini F, Castagnetti M. Pediatric urology research in 2020: a bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most cited articles. Urologia J. 2022;89(3): 474-480.
  • Matta R, Schaeffer AJ. The top 100 cited articles in pediatric urology: a bibliometric analysis. J Pediatr Urol. 2021;17(5): 709-e1.
  • Pedroza VM, Solano C, Sierra MJ, et al. Cardiovascular risk and urolithiasis: underestimated or unknown relationship? Insight Urology. 2024;45(1):42-51.
  • Zyoud SEH, Abushamma F, Salameh H, et al. Exploring the nutritional landscape and emerging trends in kidney stone research: visualization and bibliometric analysis. Transl. Med. Commun. 2024;9(1):8.
  • Siener R, Metzner C. Dietary weight loss strategies for kidney stone patients. World J Urol. 2023;41(5):1221-1228.
  • Abushamma F, Zyoud, SEH. Analyzing global research trends and focal points in the utilization of laser techniques for the treatment of urolithiasis from 1978 to 2022: visualization and bibliometric analysis. Urol. 2024;52(1): 67.
  • Dong C, Song C, He Z, et al. An overview of global research landscape in etiology of urolithiasis based on bibliometric analysis. Urol. 2023;51(1):71.
  • Tan S, Yuan D., Su H, et al. Prevalence of urolithiasis in China: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. BJU Int. 2024;133(1):34-43.
  • Nedbal C, Cerrato C, Jahrreiss V, et al.Trends of “artificial ıntelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, and radiomics in urolithiasis” over the last 30 years (1994-2023) as published in the literature (PubMed): a comprehensive review. J Endourol. 2024;38(8): 788-798.
  • Fernández N, Herrera DAV, Villanueva J, et al. Publication trends in pediatric stone disease: a bibliometric analysis. Colomb Urol J. 2022;31(03):e102-e108.
  • Sun G, Liu C. Song C, et al. Knowledge mapping of UMOD of English published work from 1985 to 2022: a bibliometric analysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2024;56(1):249-261.
  • Wei N, Hu Y, Liu G, et al. A bibliometric analysis of familial hypercholesterolemia from 2011 to 2021. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023;48(7):101151.
  • Yuvanç E, Yilmaz E, Tuglu D, Batislam E. Medical and alternative therapies in urinary tract stone disease. World J Nephrol. 2015; 4(5):492-499.
  • Juliebø-Jones P, Keller EX, Tzelves L, et al. Paediatric kidney stone surgery: state-of-the-art review. Ther Adv Urol, 2023;15: 17562872231159541.
  • Beşer İ, Yuvanç E, Yılmaz E. The effectiveness of modified stone recurrence predictive score in predicting recurrence of urinary stone disease. J Compr Surg, 2023;1(3): 49-52.
  • Kumar B, Dhua AK, Goel P, et al. Pediatric UTI research: trends, collaborations, and hotspot topics-a bibliometric analysis. Life Res. 2024;7(4):17.
  • Ramakrishnan J, Sankar, GR, Thavamani, K. Bibliometric evaluation of literature within the area of pediatric urology. Int J Inf Dissemin Technol. 2022;12(2):53-61.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Pediatric Nephrology
Journal Section Research Articles [en] Araştırma Makaleleri [tr]
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Hülya Gözde Önal 0000-0002-3691-0933

Publication Date October 26, 2024
Submission Date August 25, 2024
Acceptance Date October 3, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 5 Issue: 5

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AMA Önal HG. Trends in pediatric kidney stone research between 2004-2023: a bibliometric study. J Med Palliat Care / JOMPAC / jompac. October 2024;5(5):265-276. doi:10.47582/jompac.1538518

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