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ArticleThe world journal of men's health2021

An In-Depth Bibliometric Analysis and Current Perspective on Male infertility Research.

Saradha Baskaran, Ashok Agarwal, Kristian Leisegang, Peter Natesan Pushparaj, Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam, Ralf Henkel

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Article in The world journal of men's health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Saradha BaskaranAmerican Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-8680
Ashok AgarwalAmerican Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. agarwaa@ccf.org.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-1026
Kristian LeisegangSchool of Natural Medicine, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3003-8048
Peter Natesan PushparajCenter of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7574-1880
Manesh Kumar Panner SelvamAmerican Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9120-2278
Ralf HenkelAmerican Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1128-2982
Cleveland Clinic · USKing Abdulaziz University · SAUniversity of the Western Cape · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMale 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

methodsIn 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.

resultsThe 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.

conclusionsAn 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.

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Bibliometric analysisDiagnosisInfertility, malePrognosisPublications

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