Highly cited articles in the field of male infertility and antioxidants: a scientometric analysis
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Type
Journal Article
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%) and sperm DNA damage (23%) were reported. Pregnancy rate (33%) was found to be the most reported reproductive outcome. Antioxidant therapy was mostly investigated in male cohorts with sperm abnormalities such as asthenozoospermia (28%) and clinical conditions such as idiopathic male infertility (20%), varicocele/varicocelectomy (17%) and general male infertility (16%).
Conclusions
The most influential publications on antioxidants and male infertility were identified for the first time in the literature. This will serve as a reliable source of information for researchers and clinicians alike.
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%) and sperm DNA damage (23%) were reported. Pregnancy rate (33%) was found to be the most reported reproductive outcome. Antioxidant therapy was mostly investigated in male cohorts with sperm abnormalities such as asthenozoospermia (28%) and clinical conditions such as idiopathic male infertility (20%), varicocele/varicocelectomy (17%) and general male infertility (16%).
Conclusions
The most influential publications on antioxidants and male infertility were identified for the first time in the literature. This will serve as a reliable source of information for researchers and clinicians alike.
Date Issued
2021-10-01
Date Acceptance
2021-01-02
Citation
World Journal of Mens Health, 2021, 39 (4), pp.760-775
ISSN
2287-4208
Publisher
Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology
Start Page
760
End Page
775
Journal / Book Title
World Journal of Mens Health
Volume
39
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Andrology
Health Care Sciences & Services
Urology & Nephrology
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Antioxidants
Clinical trial
Infertility
male
Publications
Research
SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIALS
OXIDATIVE STRESS
DOUBLE-BLIND
SEMEN PARAMETERS
CLINICAL-TRIALS
SEMINAL PLASMA
MEN
FERTILIZATION
COMBINATION
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-02-08