Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy

Background: Hirudotherapy, also known as medicinal leech therapy, has been used to treat a wide range of disorders for thousands of years since Ancient Egypt. Leech therapy is also mentioned as a minimal invasive technique called Jalaukavacharana in the Sushruta Samhita, an ancient Sanskrit text of...

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Main Authors: Engin Şenel, Ayşegül Taylan Özkan, Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947618303498
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spelling doaj-bd85804eefec4fa68f905596ce41ebf42020-12-25T05:06:08ZengElsevierJournal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine0975-94762020-10-01114534538Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapyEngin Şenel0Ayşegül Taylan Özkan1Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu2Hitit University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Çorum, Turkey; Corresponding author.Hitit University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Çorum, TurkeyHebrew University Hadassah Medical School, The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Jerusalem, IsraelBackground: Hirudotherapy, also known as medicinal leech therapy, has been used to treat a wide range of disorders for thousands of years since Ancient Egypt. Leech therapy is also mentioned as a minimal invasive technique called Jalaukavacharana in the Sushruta Samhita, an ancient Sanskrit text of Ayurvedic medicine. Although hirudotherapy has become a popular component of complementary medicine in the last decade, scientometric studies investigating the articles published in this field, do not exist. Objective: In this study, we aimed to perform a detailed scientometric analysis of hirudotherapy literature. Materials and methods: We collected data by using four databases provided by Web of Science using the keywords “hirudotherapy”, “leech therapy”, “medicinal leech” and “medicinal leech therapy”. Results: A total of 834 articles were found of which 89.8% were original articles. USA was the leading country with 280 publications, followed by UK, Germany and France (128, 101 and 41 items, respectively). The most productive countries regarding hirudotherapy were the UK (1.93), Slovenia (1.44), and Israel (1.32). The peak publication year for hirudotherapy literature was 2011 with 41 papers. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, our study was the first bibliometric and scientometric analysis in this field and we believe that multicenter studies and further searches from developing and least-developed countries are needed in hirudotherapy literature.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947618303498HirudotherapyLeech therapyMedicinal leech therapyBibliometricsScientometricsPublication trend analysis
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author Engin Şenel
Ayşegül Taylan Özkan
Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu
spellingShingle Engin Şenel
Ayşegül Taylan Özkan
Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu
Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Hirudotherapy
Leech therapy
Medicinal leech therapy
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Publication trend analysis
author_facet Engin Şenel
Ayşegül Taylan Özkan
Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu
author_sort Engin Şenel
title Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
title_short Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
title_full Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
title_fullStr Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
title_full_unstemmed Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
title_sort scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
issn 0975-9476
publishDate 2020-10-01
description Background: Hirudotherapy, also known as medicinal leech therapy, has been used to treat a wide range of disorders for thousands of years since Ancient Egypt. Leech therapy is also mentioned as a minimal invasive technique called Jalaukavacharana in the Sushruta Samhita, an ancient Sanskrit text of Ayurvedic medicine. Although hirudotherapy has become a popular component of complementary medicine in the last decade, scientometric studies investigating the articles published in this field, do not exist. Objective: In this study, we aimed to perform a detailed scientometric analysis of hirudotherapy literature. Materials and methods: We collected data by using four databases provided by Web of Science using the keywords “hirudotherapy”, “leech therapy”, “medicinal leech” and “medicinal leech therapy”. Results: A total of 834 articles were found of which 89.8% were original articles. USA was the leading country with 280 publications, followed by UK, Germany and France (128, 101 and 41 items, respectively). The most productive countries regarding hirudotherapy were the UK (1.93), Slovenia (1.44), and Israel (1.32). The peak publication year for hirudotherapy literature was 2011 with 41 papers. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, our study was the first bibliometric and scientometric analysis in this field and we believe that multicenter studies and further searches from developing and least-developed countries are needed in hirudotherapy literature.
topic Hirudotherapy
Leech therapy
Medicinal leech therapy
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Publication trend analysis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947618303498
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