TY - JOUR
T1 - A Machine-Learning-Based Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Literature on Anal Cancer
AU - Franco, Pierfrancesco
AU - Segelov, Eva
AU - Johnsson, Anders
AU - Riechelmann, Rachel
AU - Guren, Marianne G.
AU - Das, Prajnan
AU - Rao, Sheela
AU - Arnold, Dirk
AU - Spindler, Karen Lise Garm
AU - Deutsch, Eric
AU - Krengli, Marco
AU - Tombolini, Vincenzo
AU - Sebag-Montefiore, David
AU - De Felice, Francesca
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - Squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus (ASCC) is a rare disease. Barriers have been encountered to conduct clinical and translational research in this setting. Despite this, ASCC has been a prime example of collaboration amongst researchers. We performed a bibliometric analysis of ASCC-related literature of the last 20 years, exploring common patterns in research, tracking collaboration and identifying gaps. The electronic Scopus database was searched using the keywords “anal cancer”, to include manuscripts published in English, between 2000 and 2020. Data analysis was performed using R-Studio 0.98.1091 software. A machine-learning bibliometric method was applied. The bibliometrix R package was used. A total of 2322 scientific documents was found. The average annual growth rate in publication was around 40% during 2000–2020. The five most productive countries were United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), France, Italy and Australia. The USA and UK had the greatest link strength of international collaboration (22.6% and 19.0%). Two main clusters of keywords for published research were identified: (a) prevention and screening and (b) overall management. Emerging topics included imaging, biomarkers and patient-reported outcomes. Further efforts are required to increase collaboration and funding to sustain future research in the setting of ASCC.
AB - Squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus (ASCC) is a rare disease. Barriers have been encountered to conduct clinical and translational research in this setting. Despite this, ASCC has been a prime example of collaboration amongst researchers. We performed a bibliometric analysis of ASCC-related literature of the last 20 years, exploring common patterns in research, tracking collaboration and identifying gaps. The electronic Scopus database was searched using the keywords “anal cancer”, to include manuscripts published in English, between 2000 and 2020. Data analysis was performed using R-Studio 0.98.1091 software. A machine-learning bibliometric method was applied. The bibliometrix R package was used. A total of 2322 scientific documents was found. The average annual growth rate in publication was around 40% during 2000–2020. The five most productive countries were United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), France, Italy and Australia. The USA and UK had the greatest link strength of international collaboration (22.6% and 19.0%). Two main clusters of keywords for published research were identified: (a) prevention and screening and (b) overall management. Emerging topics included imaging, biomarkers and patient-reported outcomes. Further efforts are required to increase collaboration and funding to sustain future research in the setting of ASCC.
KW - HIV
KW - HPV
KW - anal cancer
KW - bibliometrics
KW - machine learning
KW - oncology
KW - radiotherapy
KW - squamous-cell carcinoma
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U2 - 10.3390/cancers14071697
DO - 10.3390/cancers14071697
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127038300
SN - 2072-6694
VL - 14
JO - Cancers
JF - Cancers
IS - 7
M1 - 1697
ER -