A Bibliometric Keyword and Term Analysis of the Articles Published in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Between 1995 and 2020

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the terms in the abstract section and keywords of articles published in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery (J Craniofac Surg) bibliometrically. Using the advanced search section in the Web of Science database on February 26, 2021, all articles published in the J Craniofac Surg from 1995 to 2020 were listed. All records of the detected 11,888 articles were exported and both terms in the abstract and keywords used in the articles were determined through the VOSviewer (version 1.6.16) software. It was found that the 10 most common terms in the abstract were patient (n: 6820), study (n: 4729), surgery (n: 3422), case (n: 3230), year (n: 2585), treatment (n: 2430), author (n: 2303) complication (n: 2150), month (n: 2061), and technique (n: 2002), respectively. It was found that the 10 most common keywords were craniosynostosis (n: 408), distraction osteogenesis (n: 257), orthognathic surgery (n: 243), mandible (n: 225), cleft palate (n: 214), reconstruction (n: 206), surgery (n: 157), cranioplasty (n: 150), cleft lip (n: 133), and computed tomography (n: 132), respectively. To the best of our knowledge, the current study is the first bibliometric keyword and term analysis in the field of craniofacial surgery. This study will enable us to have an idea about the past and current trends and the visibility of the articles published in the J Craniofac Surg.