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KMID : 1037120210390040760
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The World Journal of Men′s Health
2021 Volume.39 No. 4 p.760 ~ p.775
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Highly Cited Articles in the Field of Male Infertility and Antioxidants: A Scientometric Analysis
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Agarwal Ashok
Selvam Manesh Kumar Panner
Baskaran Saradha
Finelli Renata
Leisegang Kristian
Barbarosie Catalina
Pushparaj Peter Natesan
Robert Kathy Amy
Ambar Rafael F.
Iovine Concetta
Durairajanayagam Damayanthi
Henkel Ralf
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Abstract
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Purpose: The objective of this scientometric analysis was to recognize the top 100 cited articles on ‘Male infertility and Antioxidants’ and analyze its publication characteristics.
Materials and Methods: The Scopus database was used to retrieve related articles and the top 100 identified based on citation rate.
Results: The articles were published in 56 journals between 1995 and 2019 with a median (interquartile range) citation score of 17 (5?62). Among the top 100 articles, 69 were clinical studies, which included controlled and blinded (33.33%), prospective (27.54%), randomized-controlled trials (26.09%), uncontrolled (11.59%), and retrospective (1.45%) studies. In addition to conventional semen parameters, advanced sperm function tests such as oxidative stress (51%) and sperm DNA damage (23%) were reported. Pregnancy rate (33%) was found to be the most reported reproductive outcome. Antioxidant therapy was mostly investigated in male cohorts with sperm abnormalities such as asthenozoospermia (28%) and clinical conditions such as idiopathic male infertility (20%), varicocele/varicocelectomy (17%) and general male infertility (16%).
Conclusions: The most influential publications on antioxidants and male infertility were identified for the first time in the literature. This will serve as a reliable source of information for researchers and clinicians alike.
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KEYWORD
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Antioxidants, Clinical trial, Infertility, male, Publications, Research
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