Mapping Out the Scientific Literature on Cerebral Palsy: A Web of Science-Based Analysis (1990-2020)

Authors

Akhtar Hussain, National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), Regional Centre, C44/A, Sector-40, Gautam Budhha Nagar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh-201301, India.Follow
Shakil Ahmad, Lecturer, Deanship of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box-1982, Dammam-34212, Saudi ArabiaFollow
Diwan Israr Khan, Assistant Professor (Modern Paediatrics), AKTCH, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh-202002, IndiaFollow
Mohammad Shakir Azad, Lecturer, Deanship of Library Affairs, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, Tel 00966 11 5884313, Mobile 0966 597155827Follow

Date of this Version

Summer 5-7-2021

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The study’s main purpose was to map Cerebral Palsy (CP), a bibliometric analysis of the highly cited research output, 1990-2020. The web of science database was used to retrieve all records related to CP. The Impact Factor of the reviews has been taken from the 2019 issue of Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Report (JCR), named IF2019. The Hirsch Index (h-Index) has been compiled from the most active writers and organizations database. The co-citation networks between efficient authors of highly cited papers were used by Biblioshiny, ScientoPy, and VOS viewer. The study’s main findings were that the USA was the most influential country in contributing articles, the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (Australia) being the most productive institution. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology have published the highest number of articles on CP research. It may enable future research to investigate other aspects, such as mapping CP literature research output: a bibliometric analysis of the publication of articles in a particular country and the continent.