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ReviewNeurosurgical review2022

Citation analysis of the most influential ependymoma research articles illustrates improved knowledge of the molecular biology of ependymoma.

Nolan J Brown, Bayard Wilson, Brian V Lien, Alexander Himstead, Ali R Tafreshi, Shane Shahrestani, Jack Birkenbeuel, Katelynn Tran, David Horton, Anushka Paladugu and 5 more

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Review in Neurosurgical review, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Nolan J BrownDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. nolanb@hs.uci.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6025-346X
Bayard WilsonDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Brian V LienDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Alexander HimsteadDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Ali R TafreshiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, USA.
Shane ShahrestaniMedical Scientist Training Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Jack BirkenbeuelDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Katelynn TranDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
David HortonDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Anushka PaladuguDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Lydia R KirillovaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Chen Yi YangDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Seth C RansomCollege of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Ronald SahyouniDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Isaac YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The history of academic research on ependymoma is expansive. This review summarizes its history with a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles on ependymoma. In March 2020, we queried the Web of Science database to identify the most cited articles on ependymoma using the terms "ependymoma" or "ependymal tumors," yielding 3145 publications. Results were arranged by the number of times each article was cited in descending order. The top 100 articles spanned across nearly a century; the oldest article was published in 1924, while the most recent was in 2017. These articles were published in 35 unique journals, including a mix of basic science and clinical journals. The three institutions with the most papers in the top 100 were St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (16%), the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (6%), and the German Cancer Research Center (5%). We analyzed the publications that may be considered the most influential in the understanding and treatment management of ependymoma. Studies focused on the molecular classification of ependymomas were well-represented among the most cited articles, reflecting the field's current area of focus and its future directions. Additionally, this article also offers a reference for further studies in the ependymoma field.

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BibliometricsEpendymomaChildDatabases, FactualHumansMolecular BiologyPublicationsBibliometric analysisCitation analysisEpendymal tumorsEpendymoma

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PMID34613526
PMCPMC8976812

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