The hundred most frequently cited studies on sleeve gastrectomy

Tomasz Stefura; Artur Kacprzyk; Jakub Droś; Katarzyna Chłopaś; Michał Wysocki; Anna Rzepa; Magdalena Pisarska; Piotr Małczak; Michał Pędziwiatr; Michał Nowakowski; Andrzej Budzyński; Piotr Major

doi:10.5114/wiitm.2019.89392

The hundred most frequently cited studies on sleeve gastrectomy

Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne. 2020 Jun;15(2):249-267. doi: 10.5114/wiitm.2019.89392. Epub 2019 Oct 29.

Authors

Tomasz Stefura¹, Artur Kacprzyk¹, Jakub Droś¹, Katarzyna Chłopaś¹, Michał Wysocki^{1

2}, Anna Rzepa¹, Magdalena Pisarska^{1

2}, Piotr Małczak^{1

2}, Michał Pędziwiatr^{1

2}, Michał Nowakowski¹, Andrzej Budzyński^{1

2}, Piotr Major^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 2 Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
² Centre for Research, Training, and Innovation in Surgery (CERTAIN Surgery), Krakow, Poland.

Abstract

Introduction: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is one of the most popular bariatric operations and one of the most frequently studied areas in bariatric surgery.

Aim: To summarise the characteristics of the most frequently cited studies focusing on SG.

Material and methods: We used the Web of Science database to identify all studies focused on SG published from 2000 to 2018. The term "sleeve gastrectomy" and synonyms were used to reveal the 100 most cited records.

Results: The most frequently cited publication had 493 citations. The highest mean number of citations per year was 73.00. Studies were most frequently published in the years 2010 and 2012. Articles were most commonly published in bariatric surgery-oriented journals.

Conclusions: Our study indicates an increase in medical researchers' interest in the subject of SG and underlines the need to perform studies with a higher level of evidence to further analyse the outcomes and basic science behind SG.

Keywords: bariatric surgery; bibliometrics; obesity; sleeve gastrectomy.

Publication types

Review