An Analysis of Publications on Cervical Plexus Blocks
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An Analysis of Publications on Cervical Plexus Blocks Fulya Yilmaz 1 & Koray Bas 2 Received: 31 July 2019 / Accepted: 26 February 2020 # Association of Surgeons of India 2020
Abstract Bibliometric analysis provides measures of the quality and quantity of researches undertaken by departments/individuals and indicates countries’ contribution toward scientific development. The aim of this bibliometric study is to analyze scientific publications on cervical plexus blocks. Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)/Web of Knowledge Science was used for the analysis. A retrospective search was performed using the terms “cervical plexus block (CPB),” “superficial-CPB,” “intermediate-CPB,” “deep-CPB,” “regional anesthesia in CPB,” and “loco-regional anesthesia in CPB”. We further analyzed these results by the “analyze” function of the software in terms of number of papers from each country, type of documentation, number of publications per year, name of journals, and authors. The number of citations to published works was also calculated by using the citation function of the same software. Two hundred sixty papers were found related to cervical plexus block. The biggest contribution was from the USA (14.61%). The acceleration of the publications began in 2004. But there were three sharp declines in 2007, 2014, and 2016, respectively, after the acceleration in publications. CPBs were most frequently employed for carotid endarterectomy. Other indications for CPB application were otoplasty, thyroid, and parathyroid surgery (for analgesia and/or anesthesia) and recently perioperative analgesia during cervical spine surgery; but the number of publications on these topics is very limited. Keywords Cervical plexus block . Bibliometric analysis . Regional anesthesia
Abbreviations ISI Institute for Scientific Information CPB Cervical plexus block USA United States of America WoS Web of Science™ Core Collection SCI-E Science Citation Index Expanded UK United Kingdom CAS Carotid artery stenosis
Scientometrics is a discipline that measures and analyzes scientific reports quantitatively, often by using bibliometric
analysis in practice [1]. Bibliometric analysis provides measures of the quality and quantity of researches undertaken by departments and/or individuals and also indicates countries’ contribution toward scientific development [1, 2]. There are multiple options (Scopus, Google Scholar, Harzing’s Publish or Perish, Scholarometer, PubMed) available for bibliometric web searches [2]. The introduction of the Science Citation Index in 1961 as a tool for bibliographic retrieval allowed qualitative evaluation of published work [1, 3]. We used Thomson Reuters Web of Science™ Core Collection (WoS), which is a software application included Science Citation Index Expanded journals from 1975 to date for this study [2, 4]. To our knowledge, this is the first bibliometric study in the scientific area of cervical plexus blocks (CPBs).
* Fulya Yilmaz [email protected]
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