Trends in Global Assisted Reproductive Technologies Research: a Scientometrics study.

Autor: Okhovati M; Ph.D. of Library and Information Science, Assistant Professor, Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Zare M; M.Sc. of Epidemiology, Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Zare F; Student of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran., Bazrafshan MS; M.Sc. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Bazrafshan A; M.Sc. of Medical Library and Information Science, Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Electronic physician [Electron Physician] 2015 Dec 20; Vol. 7 (8), pp. 1597-601. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Dec 20 (Print Publication: 2015).
DOI: 10.19082/1597
Abstrakt: Introduction: This study illustrated the global contribution to assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) research in MEDLINE database from 1998 to 2014.
Methods: In March 2015, the MEDLINE database was searched for research publications indexed under 'reproductive techniques, assisted' (including the following MeSH headings: in vitro fertilization [IVF]; intracytoplasmic sperm injections; cryopreservation; and ovulation induction), with the following expressions in the fields of title or abstract: intrauterine insemination; sperm donation; embryo/egg donation and surrogate mothers. The number of publications in MEDLINE database was recorded for each individual year, 1998-2014, and for each country. The following countries were arbitrarily selected for data retrieval: United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan (G7 countries), Brazil, Russia, India, China (BRIC countries), Egypt, Turkey, Israel and Iran.
Results: The absolute number of publications for each country from 1998 to 2014 ranged from 75 to 16453, with a median of 2024. The top five countries were the US (16453 publications), the UK (5427 publications), Japan (4805), China (4660) and France (3795). ART (20277), cryopreservation (11623) and IVF (11209) were the most researched areas.
Conclusion: Global research on ARTs were geographically distributed and highly concentrated among the world's richest countries. Cryopreservation and IVF were the most productive research domains among ARTs.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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