An in-depth bibliometric analysis and current perspective on male infertility research

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dc.contributor.authorBaskaran, Saradha
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Ashok
dc.contributor.authorLeisegang, Kristian
dc.contributor.authorPeter, Natesan Pushparaj
dc.contributor.authorSelvam, Manesh Kumar Panner
dc.contributor.authorHenkel, Ralf
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T13:47:28Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T13:47:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: Male infertility is emerging as a major, escalating global health problem that imposes the need to investigate research trends in male infertility. The purpose of this study is to analyze male infertility research trends in the past 20 years using the bibliometric database from Scopus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In order to perform an in-depth bibliometric analysis, we propose a ‘Funnel Model’, which includes several layers representing different sub-areas of male infertility research. Adopting this Funnel Model, using Scopus, we retrieved relevant bibliometric data (articles per year, authors, affiliations, journals, and countries) for various areas of male infertility research and performed descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The bibliometric analysis showed an exponential increase in male infertility research in the last 20 years. USA dominated in research output, with Agarwal, A. as the most prolific researcher. Testicular cancer, obesity and metabolic syndrome, and azoospermia were found to dominate male infertility research, whereas erectile dysfunction and unexplained male infertility had lesser attention. Interestingly, prognostic/diagnostic and mechanistic studies have significantly increased in parallel over the last 20 years. Furthermore, our bibliometric analysis revealed fewer publications in proteomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics when compared to genomics. Also, an increasing trend in publication was seen in assisted reproductive technology (ART) research. CONCLUSIONS: An integrated and steep escalation in the field of omics and ART research appears to be a prerequisite for further development of future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for male infertility.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal, A. et al. (2019). An in-depth bibliometric analysis and current perspective on male infertility research. World journal of men's health. 2019(Feb 20). Available: https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.180114en_US
dc.identifier.issn2287-4690
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.180114
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4288
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKorean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrologyen_US
dc.subjectBibliometric analysisen_US
dc.subjectMale infertilityen_US
dc.subjectPublicationsen_US
dc.subjectResearch publicationsen_US
dc.subjectPublicationsen_US
dc.titleAn in-depth bibliometric analysis and current perspective on male infertility researchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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