乳腺癌患者生活质量研究的文献计量及引文脉络分析

Bibliometric and citation analysis of literature on quality of life of breast cancer patients

目的了解国内外乳腺癌患者生活质量研究领域的研究现状和发展脉络,以期为该领域相关研究提供参考。方法基于Web of Science™核心合集数据库检索1900年1月1日至2018年3月30日间乳腺癌患者生活质量研究文献,利用Histcite软件、Web of Science™提供的文献分析功能和Microsoft Excel 2016软件,分别从乳腺癌患者生活质量相关研究的时间分布、作者、期刊、国家/地区、机构、研究方向等几方面对检出文献进行统计分析,绘制并分析该领域引文关系时序图谱。结果共检索到18526篇文献,发文量总体上呈逐年增多趋势,美国发文量和本地总被引频次(TLCS)最高,中国发文量排名第9位,TLCS排名第14位,但篇均被引频次排名相对较低;美国有8个研究机构发文量在全世界排名前10位,有9个研究机构TLCS排名前10位,中国尚无发文量或TLCS排名进入前10的研究机构;美国发文量、TLCS排名前10位的作者最多,分别有6位和7位;发文量在100篇以上的基金资助机构中,美国有5个,中国的国家自然科学基金资助研究发文量为67篇,在全球排名第18位,篇均被引频次频次(5.24次)和h指数(11)相对偏低;乳腺癌患者生活质量研究领域已发展为多个研究方向,其中护理学方向发文量为1597篇,排名第4位,篇均被引频次为15.57次,在发文量前15个研究方向中排名第12位,相对较低。结论全球乳腺癌患者生活质量研究已经得到迅猛发展,美国引领着该学科的发展,在该领域处于领先地位。该领域已发展成为多个学科方向,护理学领域乳腺癌患者生活质量研究相对薄弱;中国大陆与国外相比还存在一定的差距,今后应加大科研基金的资助力度,加强与美国等领军国家的合作与交流,以提升论文的产出力和影响力。

Objective To understand the development venation and current status of researches on quality of life(QOL)of breast cancer patients in China and abroad through a bibliometric approach,and provide references for researchers.Methods Literatures about QOL of breast cancer patients from January 1,1900 to March 30,2018 were searched from the Web of Science™citation database.The searching results were analyzed regarding the yearly article numbers and the frequency of citation by time,authors,journals,countries,institutions and study areas distribution using the Histcite software,statistics functions provided by the Web of Science™citation database,Microsoft Excel 2016,and the historiography in this field was plotted and analyzed.Results A total of 18526 articles were founded and the number of the papers on QOL of breast cancer increased steadily.The United States(US)has the highest number of papers and total local citation score(TLCS).China ranks 9th in the number of papers issued and 14th in TLCS,but the papers have been cited with lower frequency and less influence.Eight of the top 10 research institutes by the number of papers are from the US and 9 by the TLCS.China has no research institutions ranking into the top 10 by the number of documents or TLCS.The US has the highest numbers of authors among the top 10 by the number of papers(6)and TLCS(7).The US has 5 funding institutes publishing more than 100 papers on QOL of breast cancer.A total of 67 papers are funded by the China’s National Natural Science Foundation,ranking 18th in the world,but with low citation frequency(5.24)and h index(11).The researches on QOL of breast cancer patients have been developed into several research directions,the number of articles published in nursing is 1597,ranking fourth,and the citation frequency of all articles is 15.57,ranking twelfth among the top 15 research directions by the amount of articles,which is relatively low.Conclusions The QOL researches of breast cancer patients have been developed fast,and the US plays a leading role in this filed.The researches on QOL of breast cancer patients have been developed into several research directions,in which researches on QOL related to nursing show relatively low quality.It still exists big gap between the researches in China and overseas.It is suggested that we should increase the scientific funding and strengthen the communication with the US and other leading countries,in order to improve the quantity and quality of papers on QOL of breast cancer.