Web-Based Bibliometric Evaluation of Robotic Radical Prostatectomy in Prostate Cancer: Analysis of Turkey Data

Abstract

Aim: Prostate cancers are the second most commonly diagnosed cancers in men. The developments in robotic surgery brought along a period in which all number of articles were written. This study, we researched the field and contribution of articles written in the world and in Turkey on robot assisted radical prostatectomy with bibliometric analysis in a web-based software. Material and Methods: In our study, 1434 original articles in the world and 57 original articles in Turkey, which met the criteria, were scanned in ISI Web of Knowledge-Science (WoS) data base by using the keywords ‘robot, prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy’. The parameters, country of the article, publication year of the article, WoS category of the article, the name of the journal where the article was published, type of the article (Original), language of the article (English) and WoS index (SCI-E), were evaluated with bibliometric analysis method. Results: Analysis of countries points out that the United States of America ranked the first with 563 (39.2%) articles, while Turkey ranked in the 11th place with 57 (3.9%) articles. According to publication year, it was found that the highest number of articles published in the world was in 2020 with 173 (12.06%) articles, while it was in 2021 with 10 (17.5%) in Turkey. With respect to field categories in WoS data base, the world was found that the field of Urology-Nephrology ranked the first with 1042 (72%) articles, while similarly Urology-Nephrology ranked the first with 35 (61.4%) articles in Turkey. According to journal name, BJU International was the journal in which the highest number of articles were published in the world with 157 (10.9%), while Journal of Endourology was the journal in which the highest number of articles were published in Turkey with 10 (17.5%) articles. In the citations and H-index rates of articles by year, it was 78 in the world and 15 in Turkey which show rising curve over the last two decades. Conclusion: Current developments in robotic surgery have a significant place in world scientific publication performance. Turkey has made valuable contributions to literature since 2014 with increasing number of articles and citations.

Keywords

• PROSTATE CANCER
• RADİCAL PROSTATECTOMY
• ROBOT
• BİBLİOMETRİC

Prostat Kanserinde Robotik Radikal Prostatektominin Web Tabanli Bibliyometrik Değerlendirilmesi: Türkiye Verilerinin Analizi

Öz

Amaç: Prostat kanserleri erkeklerde en sık teşhis edilen ikinci kanser türüdür. Robotik cerrahideki gelişmeler,çok sayıda makalenin yazıldığı bir dönemi beraberinde getirmiştir. Bu çalışmada robot yardımlı radikal prostatektomi konusunda Dünya’da ve Türkiye’de yazılmış olan makalelerin web tabanlı bir yazılımda bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi ile bilimsel literatürdeki durum ve katkıları araştırılmıştır. Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmamızda kriterleri karşılayan dünyada 1434 orijinal makale ve Türkiye’de 57 orijinal makale ISI Web of Knowledge-Science (WoS) veri tabanında ‘robot, prostat kanser, radikal prostatektomi’ anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak tarandı. Parametreler, makalenin bulunduğu ülke, makalenin yayın yılı, makalenin WoS kategorisi, makalenin yayınlandığı derginin adı, makalenin türü (Orijinal), makalenin dili (İngilizce) ve WoS indeksi ( SCI-E), bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi ile değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Ülkeler Wos veri tabanında bibliyometrik analizle incelendiğinde, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri 563 (%39,2) makale ile ilk sırada yer alırken, Türkiye 57 (%3,9) makale ile 11. sırada yer aldı. Yayınlanma yılına göre bibliyometrik analizde, Dünya’da en fazla yayınlanan makale sayısının 173 (%12,06) ile 2020 yılında, Türkiye’de ise 10 (%17,5) ile 2021 yılında olduğu tespit edildi. WoS veri tabanındaki alan kategorilerine göre Dünya’da Üroloji-Nefroloji alanının 1042 (%72) makale ile ilk sırada yer aldığı, benzer şekilde Türkiye’nin Üroloji-Nefroloji alanında 35 (%61,4) makale ile ilk sırada yer aldığı görüldü. Dergi adına göre yapılan bibliyometrik analizde, BJU International 157 (%10,9) ile Dünya’da en fazla makalenin yayınlandığı dergi olurken, Journal of Endourology 10 makale ile Türkiye’de en fazla makalenin yayınlandığı dergi olduğu gözlendi ( %17.5). Makalelerin yıllara göre atıf ve H-indeks oranlarında son yirmi yılda yükselen bir eğri göstererek Dünyada H-index 78, Türkiye’de H-İndex 15 olarak değerlendirildi. Sonuç: Robotik cerrahideki güncel gelişmeler, Dünya bilimsel yayın performansında önemli bir yere sahiptir. Türkiye 2014 yılından itibaren artan makale ve atıf sayısı ile literatüre değerli katkılar sağlamıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Prostat kanseri
• robotik radikal prostatektomi
• bibliyometrik analiz

Kaynakça

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