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ReviewPaediatric & neonatal pain2025

A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on the Prevalence of Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents From 2009 to 2023.

Justine Dol, Christine T Chambers, Jennifer A Parker, Perri R Tutelman, Brittany Cormier

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Review in Paediatric & neonatal pain, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Justine DolIWK Health Centre for Pediatric Pain Research Halifax Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8928-7647
Christine T ChambersIWK Health Centre for Pediatric Pain Research Halifax Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7138-916X
Jennifer A ParkerIWK Health Centre for Pediatric Pain Research Halifax Canada.
Perri R TutelmanIWK Health Centre for Pediatric Pain Research Halifax Canada.
Brittany CormierIWK Health Centre for Pediatric Pain Research Halifax Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bibliometric reviews explore patterns in publications in a given research area by exploring trends over time and the contributions by citations, such as relationships between authors and publications. Despite "chronic pain" being the second most common keyword in pain research, no bibliometric reviews have focused on publication trends related to the prevalence of chronic pain in children and adolescents. A bibliometric analysis was conducted with articles included in a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of pediatric chronic pain to identify the recent trajectory of the field and guide future directions. Publication bibliometrics data from the articles were extracted and analyzed (e.g., gender of authors, citation counts, and countries) and was visualized in VOSViewer. Among 119 studies, the number of publications per year ranged from 4 (2023) to 11 (2014, 2021) with an average of 8/year. Articles were cited on average 36.6 times (SD = 51.7, range 0-380) with 5058 unique citations. There were 74 different journals represented, with most publishing only 1 article (

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adolescentbibliometricchronic painpediatric

Identifiers

PMID40831592
PMCPMC12360058

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