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Chen, S.R., Chiu, W.T. and Ho, Y.S.* (2005), Asthma in children: Mapping the literature by
bibliometric analysis. Revue Française d’Allergologie et d’Immunologie Clinique. Revue
Française d’Allergologie et d’Immunologie Clinique, 45 (6), 442-446.
Document type: Article Language: English Cited references: 16 Times cited: 16 Times self cited: 9
Abstract: Aim. - To evaluate the publication output associated with research on asthma in children.
Methods. - The data encompassed the period from 1991 to 2002 and were extracted from the
Science Citation Index online version. Selected documents included ‘asthmatic children’ and
‘asthma children’ as a part of its title, abstract, or keyword from. Parameters analyzed included
language, type of document, page count, publication output, country of publication, authorship,
publication pattern, and the most frequently cited paper.
Results. - The yearly publications have increased from 1991 to 2002. The seven industrialized
countries have high productivity in this research field. English was the dominant language, and
four or five authors were the moot common number of co-author. The US was the world leader
and dominated most of the publications, followed by the UK.
Conclusions. - The most important functions of scientific publications are to communicate and
exchange research findings and results. The results of the study not only offer a comprehensive
picture of asthma in children by bibliometric research, but also demonstrate the performance of
research workers, institutions, and even countries. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
Author Keywords: asthmatic; children; SCI; scientometrics
KeyWords Plus: Childhood Asthma; Cancer; Impact
Addresses: Ho YS (reprint author), Taipei Med Univ, Dept Nursing, Sch Publ Hlth, 250 Wu Hsing
St, Taipei, 11014 Taiwan
Taipei Med Univ, Dept Nursing, Sch Publ Hlth, Taipei, 11014 Taiwan
Taipei Med Univ, Wan Fang Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Taipei, 116 Taiwan
Taipei Med Univ, Wan Fang Hosp, Bibliometr Ctr, Taipei, 116 Taiwan
E-mail Addresses: ysho@tmu.edu.tw
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Lin, C.L. and Ho, Y.S. (2015), A bibliometric analysis of publications on pluripotent stem cell
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research. Cell Journal, 17 (1), 59-70.
Du, H.B., Li, N., Brown, M.A., Peng, Y.N. and Shuai, Y. (2014), A bibliographic analysis of
recent solar energy literatures: The expansion and evolution of a research field. Renewable
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Energy, 66, 696-706.
Chuang, K.Y. and Ho, Y.S. (2014), A bibliometric analysis on top-cited articles in pain
research. Pain Medicine, 15 (5), 732-744.
Ho, Y.S. and Kahn, M. (2014), A bibliometric study of highly cited reviews in the Science
Citation Index Expanded™. Journal of the Association for Information Science and
Technology, 65 (2), 372-385.
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contamination from 1999 to 2012: A bibliometric analysis. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica
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Section B-Soil and Plant Science, 64 (5), 377-391.
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sediment-related research in earth science during 1992-2011: A bibliometric analysis.
Scientometrics, 98 (1), 511-529.
Ho, Y.S. (2013), The top-cited research works in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Scientometrics, 94 (3), 1297-1312.
Ho, Y.S., Nakazawa, K., Sato, S., Tamura, T., Kurishima, K. and Satoh, H. (2013), Cisplatin
for small cell lung cancer: Associated publications in Science Citation Index Expanded.
Oncology Letters, 5 (2), 684-688.
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recent energy efficiency literatures: An expanding and shifting focus. Energy Efficiency, 6 (1),
177-190.
10. Monge-Nájera, J. and Ho, Y.S. (2012), Costa Rica publications in the Science Citation Index
Expanded: A bibliometric analysis for 1981-2010. Revista de Biología Tropical, 60 (4),
1649-1661.
11. Ashrafi, F., Mohammadhassanzadeh, H., Shokraneh, F., Valinejadi, A., Johari, K., Saemi, N.,
Zali, A., Mohaghegh, N. and Ashayeri, H. (2012), Iranians’ contribution to world literature on
neuroscience. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 29 (4), 323-332.
12. Xu, Y.L., Li, M.J., Liu, Z.J., Xi, A.P., Zhao, C.X. and Zhang, J.Z. (2012), Scientific literature
addressing detection of monosialoganglioside: A 10-year bibliometric analysis. Neural
Regeneration Research, 7 (10), 792-799.
13. Xu, Z.H., Tang, T., Pan, D.S., Fan, D., Song, Z.Q. and Xue, H.L. (2011), Scientific literature
addressing brain glioma in the Web of Science A 10-year bibliometric analysis. Neural
Regeneration Research, 6 (32), 2537-2544.
14. Lin, H.W., Yu, T.C. and Ho, Y.S. (2011), A systemic review of the human papillomavirus
studies: Global publication comparison and research trend analyses from 1993 to 2008.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology, 32 (2), 133-140.
15. Zhang, L., Wang, M.H., Hu, J. and Ho, Y.S. (2010), A review of published wetland research,
1991-2008: Ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration. Ecological Engineering, 36 (8),
973-980.
16. Hu, J., Ma, Y.W., Zhang, L., Gan, F.X. and Ho, Y.S. (2010), A historical review and
bibliometric analysis of research on lead in drinking water field from 1991 to 2007. Science of
the Total Environment, 408 (7), 1738-1744.