A scientometric study on research trends and characteristics of discoid lupus erythematosus.

ABSTRACT:

Background/purpose

Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) serves as an interdisciplinary disease involved in dermatology and stomatology in many cases. The purpose of this study was to analyze the scientometric characteristics and research trends of DLE.

Materials and methods

All the papers on DLE were comprehensively retrieved from the Scopus database. Discipline comparison (dermatology versus others) and chronological comparison (before 2005 versus 2005-2024) were performed, so that the number of papers can be to some extent compared in the analysis.

Results

Among all the 1239 papers on DLE, 738 (59.6 %) were published by dermatologists. Diagnosis aspect, skin manifestation, facial dermatoses, scar formation, hair loss, epiluminescence microscopy, dermoepidermal junction

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763223 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature