The 100 most-cited articles in thyroid surgery from 1990 to 2023: a bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2015 U.S. guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid nodules are recognized as authoritative in the industry, but lack a comprehensive assessment of the development of this field. The purpose of this bibliometric analysis is to identify and assess the 100 most-cited articles that have shaped the modern history of thyroid surgery.

Methods

The Web of Science Core Collection database was used to search the 100 most-cited articles in the field of thyroid surgery. VOSviewer was used to visually analyse countries/regions, institutions, authors, keywords, and characteristics of the top-100 articles.

Results

The citations of the 100 most-cited articles published between January 1990 and January 2023 ranged from 279 to 7,073. The 100 most-cited articl

SUBMITTER: Li D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004318 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature