Highly Cited Articles in the Field of Male Infertility and Antioxidants: A Scientometric Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective of this scientometric analysis was to recognize the top 100 cited articles on 'Male infertility and Antioxidants' and analyze its publication characteristics.

Materials and methods

The Scopus database was used to retrieve related articles and the top 100 identified based on citation rate.

Results

The articles were published in 56 journals between 1995 and 2019 with a median (interquartile range) citation score of 17 (5-62). Among the top 100 articles, 69 were clinical studies, which included controlled and blinded (33.33%), prospective (27.54%), randomized-controlled trials (26.09%), uncontrolled (11.59%), and retrospective (1.45%) studies. In addition to conventional semen parameters, advanced sperm function tests such as oxidative stress (51%)

SUBMITTER: Agarwal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8443986 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature