Global research trends in spinal ultrasound: a systematic bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, there has been increased interest in the use of ultrasound technology in the evaluation of spinal and paraspinal regions.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate trends in spinal ultrasound research from 1994 to 2015 and compare the contributions of such research from different countries and authors.

Study design

Bibliometric analysis.

Setting

Publications related to spinal ultrasound from 1994 to 2015 were retrieved from the Web of Science database.

Methods

Excel 2013, GraphPad Prism 5, and VOSviewer were used to summarise bibliometric features, including the number of publications, citation frequency, H-index, and country contributions and hotspots (keywords of popular scientific fields).

Results

A total of 3859 pap

SUBMITTER: Zhai X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5665321 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature