An In-Depth Bibliometric Analysis and Current Perspective on Male infertility Research.

The World Journal of Men's Health
Saradha BaskaranRalf Henkel

Abstract

Male infertility is emerging as a major, escalating global health problem that imposes the need to investigate research trends in male infertility. The purpose of this study is to analyze male infertility research trends in the past 20 years using the bibliometric database from Scopus. In order to perform an in-depth bibliometric analysis, we propose a 'Funnel Model', which includes several layers representing different sub-areas of male infertility research. Adopting this Funnel Model, using Scopus, we retrieved relevant bibliometric data (articles per year, authors, affiliations, journals, and countries) for various areas of male infertility research and performed descriptive statistics. The bibliometric analysis showed an exponential increase in male infertility research in the last 20 years. USA dominated in research output, with Agarwal, A. as the most prolific researcher. Testicular cancer, obesity and metabolic syndrome, and azoospermia were found to dominate male infertility research, whereas erectile dysfunction and unexplained male infertility had lesser attention. Interestingly, prognostic/diagnostic and mechanistic studies have significantly increased in parallel over the last 20 years. Furthermore, our bibliometric...Continue Reading

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Aug 3, 2019·American Journal of Reproductive Immunology : AJRI·Kristian LeisegangAshok Agarwal
Sep 7, 2019·Andrologia·Saradha BaskaranKareim Khalafalla
Apr 25, 2020·Andrologia·Kristian Leisegang, Sulagna Dutta
Jul 1, 2020·Andrologia·Manesh Kumar Panner SelvamRalf Henkel
Dec 22, 2019·Antioxidants & Redox Signaling·Ashok AgarwalKruyanshi Master
Jan 1, 2021·Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy = Biomédecine & Pharmacothérapie·Kristian LeisegangRalf Henkel
Mar 7, 2021·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Francesco LottiMario Maggi

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