What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Other. Population: Anesthesiology literature (n=119842). Intervention: Anesthesiology publications. Primary outcome: Thematic clusters and conceptual evolution.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate the conceptual structure and thematic evolution of anesthesiology research published between 1990 and 2022.

December 27, 2023Acta MedicaOpen Access

Thirty years in anesthesiology: A bibliometric analysis

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Key result

Bibliometric analysis of ~120,000 anesthesiology articles identifies pain as the dominant research theme.

n=119,842

Population

119,842 articles published between 1990 and 2022 in the anesthesiology category of WOS Core Collection

Design

Systematic review and bibliometric analysis

Authors

MTMurat TümerTürk Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Derneği TÖTalih ÖZTÜRKIzmir Kâtip Çelebi University MİMurat İzgi̇Hacettepe University

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Implication

Highlights evolving priorities toward patient safety and palliative care; leaves open how trends should shape future trial priorities.

Key Points

To investigate the conceptual structure and thematic evolution of anesthesiology research published between 1990 and 2022.
Conducted a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of observational and randomized controlled trial records from the Web of Science Core Collection (N=119,842).
Applied science mapping using co-word networks and strategic diagrams based on centrality and density across three historical time periods.
Identified seven recurring thematic areas: Pain, Medications, Regional Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Airway Management.
Pain and Regional Anesthesia emerged as the most consistently researched motor themes throughout the 30-year timeframe.
Patient Safety, Elderly Patients, and Palliative Care appeared as emerging themes in recent years, while Critical Care shifted focus toward Mortality, Mechanical Ventilation, and COVID-19.

Structured PICO

Population

119,842 articles and proceedings published between 1990 and 2022 in the anesthesiology category of the Web of Science Core Collection were analyzed to investigate thematic evolution.

Outcome

Conceptual structure and thematic evolution in publications about anesthesiology

Pain has been the most popular topic in anesthesiology research over the last 30 years, with recent shifts toward patient safety, palliative care, and COVID-19.

Limitations

Potential database biases
Subjectivity in data preprocessing
Constraints of citation-based metrics

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Tümer et al. (2023) studied Anesthesiology literature (n=119,842). Anesthesiology publications was evaluated on Thematic clusters and conceptual evolution. A bibliometric analysis of 119,842 anesthesiology articles over 30 years identified seven main thematic areas, with pain being the most researched topic and COVID-19 emerging recently.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa3bd1c62d1fdab09554d98 https://doi.org/10.32552/2023.actamedica.925

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