A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on Neural Tube Defects during 1980-2020

Eryılmaz F., Onganlar Y. H.

FOURRAGES, vol.248, no.10, pp.147-174, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 248 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Journal Name: FOURRAGES
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Other Indexes
  • Page Numbers: pp.147-174
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: No

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a group of birth defects of the brain

and spine that result from a failure of neural tube closure during embryogenesis. This

study aims to provide a holistic summary of the global scientific outputs about NTDs

through bibliometric analyses and reveal the trend topics.

METHODS: All publications about on NTDs published between 1980 and 2020 in

Web of Science (WoS) index were downloaded and analyzed using bibliometric

methods. In the title search section in WoS, the documents with the words "neural tube

defects" were identified.

RESULTS: The majority of publications on NTDs were original articles (55.47%).

The leading country in terms of the number of NTDs publications was the United States

(USA) (35.82%) and the leading country in terms of productivity was Canada (67.5).

The author who published the most NTDs articles was Shaw GM of Stanford

University. The Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology

(5.07%) was the journal with the highest number of NTDs publications. The most cited

publication was the article by Czeizel et al. with 2244 citations. Among the keywords

used in the literature, the most common one was "neural tube defects". Worldwide, the

10 countries with the strongest ties in terms of NTDs broadcasting were the USA,

United Kingdom, China, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Germany and

Hungary, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: The leading country in terms of NTDs publications is the USA, the

leading institution is University of London, the leading journal was Birth Defects

Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, the leading author is Shaw GM,

and the leading article is ‘Prevention of the First Occurrence of Neural-Tube Defects

by Periconceptional Vitamin Supplementation’.