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ArticleBMC public health2023

Environmental tobacco smoke and children's health: a bibliometric and altmetric analysis of 100 most cited articles.

Sneha S Patil, Naveen Puttaswamy, Sachin C Sarode, Gargi S Sarode, Smita S Patil, Andres Cardenas, Rajesh Kumar Gandhirajan, Kalpana Balakrishnan

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Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sneha S PatilDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. drsnehapatil@outlook.com.
Naveen PuttaswamyDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sachin C SarodeDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Sant-Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, India.
Gargi S SarodeDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Sant-Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, India.
Smita S PatilPrivate Practitioner, Pune, India.
Andres CardenasDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Rajesh Kumar GandhirajanDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kalpana BalakrishnanDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Funding

Research Mentoring and Building Capacity of underrepresented Minority Research Scientists in India.D43TW010540 · FIC · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MICHELE BARRY, Eva Harris · 2017 to 2026
$15.5M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is arguably the most ubiquitous and hazardous, even at very low levels, starting in early life. The objective of this study was to describe the state of research and future trends on ETS exposure and Children's Health (CH) topics with bibliometrics and altmetrics.

methodsAn electronic search was performed in Scopus database on January 31, 2023. Consensus was arrived on 100 most-cited articles by two reviewers. These papers were then cross matched with citations harvested from Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar. Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) and Dimension counts were also collected. Analysis and network visualization of authors, countries, and keywords were generated using VOSviewer software.

resultsAmong a total of 1107 articles published on ETS and CH, the 100 top-cited articles appeared in 54 journals, with Pediatrics (n = 12) contributing a maximum number of articles. The time period between 2000 and 2009 accounted for 44% of all publications. With respect to the research design employed across these studies, cross-sectional design took precedence over others accounting for approximately 40%. Predominantly, articles focused on childhood asthma; however, current research trends have shifted towards emerging fields such as children's oral health and DNA methylation. Twitter, policy documents, and news outlets were the main platforms where outputs were discussed. The AAS was not associated with journal impact factor or access type. Weak correlations were observed between AAS and citation count in Scopus, WoS, and Google Scholar (r = 0.17 to 0.27) while a positive association existed between dimension count and the number of citations across all three databases (r = 0.84 to 0.98).

conclusionThis study demonstrates the evolution, digital dissemination and research hotspots in the field of ETS and CH, predicting the possible future research directions. High-quality studies with more specific exposure classification are warranted to better understand the relationship between ETS and CH.

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Tobacco Smoke PollutionBibliometricsChildChild HealthCross-Sectional StudiesHumansJournal Impact FactorTobacco Smoke PollutionAltmetricBibliometric analysisChild healthDimensionsEnvironmental tobacco smokeMost cited

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