TOP 50 LANDMARKS IN SENTINEL LYMPH NODE IMAGING: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Y Wu, MK Khan, M Mohammed, B Gong, F Khosa

Abstract


Bibliometric analysis can be utilized to
identify the most influential literature and
track the trajectory of the research development
in a given area. The purpose of this
study is to summarize the top 50 most-cited
landmarks and to examine the recent
advances in the field of sentinel lymph node
imaging. Web of Science (WOS) was searched
to create a database of all English language
scientific journals. This search was then crossreferenced
with a similar search term query
of Scopus® to identify articles that may have
been missed on the initial search. Articles
were ranked by citation counts and screened
by two independent reviewers. Citations for
the top 50 papers ranged from 2725 to 163
with a median of 240. 10 papers were cited
more than 500 times. The articles were
published between 1993 - 2009 across 23
journals. Our study identifies intellectual
milestones in Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging
(SLNI) research, reflecting on the characteristics
and quality of the most highly cited
literature, and provides a list of the most
influential references related to SLNI.


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