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Citation Classics and Trends in the Field of Opioids: A Bibliometric Analysis.
Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Global Trends and Insights Into Opioid Utilization for Postoperative Pain Management: A Bibliometric Analysis (2014-2024).Pain research & management · 2025Article
- The top 100 cited articles in menstrual health among adolescent girls: a citation analysis.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Binge Drinking: The Top 100 Cited Papers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Top-Cited Journal Articles in Obstetrics and Gynecology.JAMA network open · 2019Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Introduction Bibliometric analysis is one of the emerging and latest statistical study type used to examine and keep a systemic record of the research done on a particular topic of a certain field. A number of such bibliometric studies are conducted on various topics of the medical science but none existed on the vast topic of pharmacology - opioids. Hence, we present a bibliometric analysis of the 'Citation Classics' of opioids. Method The primary database chosen to extract the citation classics of opioids was Scopus. Top 100 citation classics were arranged according to the citation count and then analyzed. Results The top 100 citation classics were published between 1957 and 2013, among which seventy-two were published from 1977 to 1997. Among all nineteen countries that contributed to these citation classics, United States of America alone produced sixty-three classics. The top three journals of the list were multidisciplinary and contained 36 citation classics. Endogenous opioids were the most studied (n=35) class of opioids among the citation classes and the most studied subject was of the neurosciences. Conclusion The subject areas of neurology and analgesic aspects of opioids are well established and endogenous and synthetic opioids were the most studied classes of opioids. However, the egregious issues of addiction and misuse of opioids were underrepresented in the citation classics. The pulmonary and gastrointestinal aspects of opioids are also marginalized among the citation classics.
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