Trends and topics in eye disease research in PubMed from 2010 to 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study is to provide a report on scientific production during the period 2010-2014 in order to identify the major topics as well as the predominant actors (journals, countries, continents) involved in the field of eye disease.

Methods

A PubMed search was carried out to extract articles related to eye diseases during the period 2010-2014. Data were downloaded and processed through developed PHP scripts for further analysis.

Results

A total of 62,123 articles were retrieved. A total of 3,368 different journals were found, and 19 journals were identified as "core journals" according to Braford's law. English was by far the predominant language. A total of 853,182 MeSH terms were found, representing an average of 13.73 (SD = 4.98) MeSH terms

SUBMITTER: Boudry C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4728026 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature