A scientometric analysis of neuroblastoma research

Abstract: ackground:Thousands of research articles on neuroblastoma have been published over the past few decades;however, the heterogeneity and variable quality of scholarly data may challenge scientists or clinicians to survey allof the available information. Hence, holistic measurement and analyzation of neuroblastoma-related literature withthe help of sophisticated mathematical tools could provide deep insights into global research performance and thecollaborative architectonical structure within the neuroblastoma scientific community. In this scientometric study,we aim to determine the extent of the scientific output related to neuroblastoma research between 1980 and 2018.Methods:We applied novel scientometric tools, including Bibliometrix R package, biblioshiny, VOSviewer, andCiteSpace IV for comprehensive science mapping analysis of extensive bibliographic metadata, which was retrievedfrom the Web of ScienceTM Core Collection database.Results:We demonstrate the enormous proliferation of neuroblastoma research during last the 38 years, including12,435 documents published in 1828 academic journals by 36,908 authors from 86 different countries. Thesedocuments received a total of 316,017 citations with an average citation per document of 28.35 ± 7.7. Wedetermine the proportion of highly cited and never cited papers,“occasional”and prolific authors and journals.Further, we show 12 (13.9%) of 86 countries were responsible for 80.4% of neuroblastoma-related research output.Conclusions:These findings are crucial for researchers, clinicians, journal editors, and others working inneuroblastoma research to understand the strengths and potential gaps in the current literature and to plan futureinvestments in data collection and science policy. This first scientometric study of global neuroblastoma researchperformance provides valuable insight into the scientific landscape, co-authorship network architecture,international collaboration, and interaction within the neuroblastoma community

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: BMC cancer. - 20 (2020) , 486, ISSN: 1471-2407

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Neuroblastom ; Szientometrie ; Forschungsleistung ; Kind ; Netzwerkanalyse

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Martynov, Illya ; Klima-Frysch, Jessica Dusty ; Schönberger, Joachim

Further information

• DOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-06974-3
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1664185
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 14.08.2025, 10:59 AM CEST