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Veysel Suzan1, Aysegul Akkan Suzan2
1Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey. veysel.suzan@hotmail.com.
Purpose:
The aim of this study is to investigate the emergence and development of sarcopenia research and guide to most cited articles for researchers.
Methods:
Thomson Reuters' Web of Science database was used to search for all articles related to the term 'sarcopenia'. We also benefited from PubMed to find additional data about these articles. We analyzed the top 100 cited articles (T100) by topic, types of research methods, keywords, journal, author, year, institution, and average number of citations per year, as well. Correlations were also made between the total number of citations, the average number of citations per year (ACpY), impact factors, and the time period of publication.
Results:
The median number of citations for the most cited articles was 309 (range is from 213 to 4,082). The most investigated topics of sarcopenia were definition-diagnosis (n = 35), prognosis (n = 19), and treatment-recommendation (n = 11). The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) consensus definition published in 2010 had the highest total number of citations and ACpY. The most common types of research method, country, year, and keyword were epidemiological studies (n = 55), USA (n = 69), 2010 (n = 13), and sarcopenia (n = 39), respectively. No correlation exists between impact factor (IF) and number of citations or IF and ACpY.
Conclusion:
Despite some flaws, this study identifies the most significant contributions to sarcopenia research and reveals many important scientific breakthroughs and landmarks that took place over the years.
