Bibliometric Analysis of Joint Publications on Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine and Cervical Cancer

Abstract

Purpose: In this study, it is aimed to reveal the output, trends and important developments of researches globally by bibliometric analysis of joint publications on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine and cervical cancer. Methods: It is a bibliometric visualized study using the Web of Science (WoS) database. A search query was made with keywords. As a result of the search, 158 out of 923 articles were excluded because they did not meet the specified criteria. 771 articles were analyzed. VOSviewer 1.6.12 was used to visualize bibliometric analyzes and network analysis was performed. Calculated values were presented as frequency (n) and percentage (%). Results: It was found that the most common publications on HPV vaccine and cervical cancer were in 2021 (n=94). In the countries with the highest number of research articles, the USA is in the first place with 281 research articles, followed by the UK and Australia. Our country, Turkey, had 16 publications in this field. The first magazine “Vaccine” and “PLOS one” published about 11% of its articles. The three most frequently used keywords were “cervical cancer”, “human papillomavirus” and “HPV”. Conclusion: In recent years, the number of studies focusing on HPV vaccine and cervical cancer has increased. It is seen that developed countries have done the most studies on the subject. To improve the global output of research in this area, it would be beneficial to establish strong research cooperation between developing and developed countries.