A Bibliometric Analysis Study on Bone Marrow Transplantation Research Originating from Turkey

Abstract

Aim: Scientific publications serve as indicators of global interest and activity in research. The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of the scientific literature on bone marrow transplantation in Turkey between 1990 and 2022. Material and Methods: In this bibliometric study, we searched the Web of Science database for all biomedical articles published between 1990 and 2022. MESH terms related to "Bone marrow transplantation" were used as the search keyword. The search was then narrowed by selecting Turkey as the country of publication. All data were transferred from the relevant database to Vosviewer and biblioshiny programs and analyzed. Results: A total of 121 countries contributed to the bone marrow transplant literature with 41,236 publications. Turkey ranked 13th with 913 publications (2.214%). and 402 articles by 2991 authors from Turkey. This corresponded to 0.305 publications per author. These publications received 6.183 citations per publication. After 2014, the number of publications increased. Most articles (n=123) were published in 2015. In 2016, the number of publications decreased by almost half after the first peak and did not fall below 50 publications/per year in the following years. Ankara University (n=207), Hacettepe University (n=166), Gazi University (n=95), Erciyes University (n=82), and Akdeniz University (n=79) were the institutions that published the most publications on bone marrow transplantation. Conclusion: Bone marrow transplantation appears to be of interest to Turkish researchers; however, not to the expected level. Turkey continues to lag behind other countries in this field despite an increase in research activity pertaining to bone marrow transplants in recent years.