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Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern with far-reaching consequences on individuals’ lives. Despite the abundance of works published on TBI rehabilitation, few studies have bibliometrically analyzed the published TBI rehabilitation research. This study aims to cha...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yang, Yao, Xiaomeng, Qian, Jinghua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10225562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37255720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1170731
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description BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern with far-reaching consequences on individuals’ lives. Despite the abundance of works published on TBI rehabilitation, few studies have bibliometrically analyzed the published TBI rehabilitation research. This study aims to characterize current international trends and global productivity by analyzing articles on TBI rehabilitation using bibliometric approaches and visualization methods. METHODS: We conducted a bibliometric analysis of data retrieved and extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection database to examine the evolution and thematic trends in TBI rehabilitation research up until December 31, 2022. The specific characteristics of the research articles on TBI rehabilitation were evaluated, such as publication year, countries/regions, institutions, authors, journals, research fields, references, and keywords. RESULTS: Our analysis identified 5,541 research articles on TBI rehabilitation and observed a progressive increase in publications and citations over the years. The United States (US, 2,833, 51.13%), Australia (727, 13.12%), and Canada (525, 9.47%) were the most prolific countries/regions. The University of Washington (226, 4.08%) and Hammond FM (114, 2.06%) were the most productive institution and author, respectively. The top three productive journals were Brain Injury (862; 15.56%), Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (630; 11.37%), and Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (405, 7.31%). The most frequent research fields were Rehabilitation, Neurosciences, and Clinical Neurology. Co-citation references primarily addressed “outcome assessment,” “community integration” and “TBI management,” and “injury chronicity” and “sequelae” have gained more attention in recent years. “Mild TBI,” “outcome,” “stroke” and “children” were the commonly used keywords. Additionally, the analysis unveiled emerging research frontiers, including “return to work,” “disorder of consciousness,” “veterans,” “mild TBI,” “pediatric,” “executive function” and “acquired brain injury.” CONCLUSION: This study provides valuable insights into the current state of TBI rehabilitation research, which has experienced a rapid increase in attention and exponential growth in publications and citations in the last three decades. TBI rehabilitation research is characterized by its multi-disciplinary approach, involving fields such as Rehabilitation, Neurosciences, and Clinical Neurology. The analysis revealed emerging research subjects that could inform future research directions.
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spelling pubmed-102255622023-05-30 Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study Liu, Yang Yao, Xiaomeng Qian, Jinghua Front Neurol Neurology BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern with far-reaching consequences on individuals’ lives. Despite the abundance of works published on TBI rehabilitation, few studies have bibliometrically analyzed the published TBI rehabilitation research. This study aims to characterize current international trends and global productivity by analyzing articles on TBI rehabilitation using bibliometric approaches and visualization methods. METHODS: We conducted a bibliometric analysis of data retrieved and extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection database to examine the evolution and thematic trends in TBI rehabilitation research up until December 31, 2022. The specific characteristics of the research articles on TBI rehabilitation were evaluated, such as publication year, countries/regions, institutions, authors, journals, research fields, references, and keywords. RESULTS: Our analysis identified 5,541 research articles on TBI rehabilitation and observed a progressive increase in publications and citations over the years. The United States (US, 2,833, 51.13%), Australia (727, 13.12%), and Canada (525, 9.47%) were the most prolific countries/regions. The University of Washington (226, 4.08%) and Hammond FM (114, 2.06%) were the most productive institution and author, respectively. The top three productive journals were Brain Injury (862; 15.56%), Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (630; 11.37%), and Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (405, 7.31%). The most frequent research fields were Rehabilitation, Neurosciences, and Clinical Neurology. Co-citation references primarily addressed “outcome assessment,” “community integration” and “TBI management,” and “injury chronicity” and “sequelae” have gained more attention in recent years. “Mild TBI,” “outcome,” “stroke” and “children” were the commonly used keywords. Additionally, the analysis unveiled emerging research frontiers, including “return to work,” “disorder of consciousness,” “veterans,” “mild TBI,” “pediatric,” “executive function” and “acquired brain injury.” CONCLUSION: This study provides valuable insights into the current state of TBI rehabilitation research, which has experienced a rapid increase in attention and exponential growth in publications and citations in the last three decades. TBI rehabilitation research is characterized by its multi-disciplinary approach, involving fields such as Rehabilitation, Neurosciences, and Clinical Neurology. The analysis revealed emerging research subjects that could inform future research directions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10225562/ /pubmed/37255720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1170731 Text en Copyright © 2023 Liu, Yao and Qian. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Yao, Xiaomeng
Qian, Jinghua
Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study
title Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study
title_full Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study
title_fullStr Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study
title_full_unstemmed Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study
title_short Thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study
title_sort thirty years of research on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a bibliometric study
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10225562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37255720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1170731
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