A bibliometric analysis of the 50 most cited articles on Parkinson's disease Most cited articles on Parkinson's disease

Abstract

Aim: Parkinson’s disease is a chronic progressive degenerative disease that restricts people’s daily life activities and impairs their quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the features of the most cited articles on Parkinson’s disease in the literature.Material and Methods: In the study, a bibliometric analysis of articles in the field of Parkinson’s disease indexed in the Thomson ISI Web of Science® was performed. The publications that received the most citations were listed by writing “Parkinson’s disease” as a keyword with the “topic” option in the search criteria. The publications cover the years 1991-2015 and include only articles in the English language. In the research, the first 50 articles that received the most citations out of 62861 articles meeting these criteria were examined.Results: The total number of citations of the first 50 articles with the highest number of citations was 92903 (minimum 1040 - maximum 6578). The most cited publication year was 1998 (8 publications), and the most cited source country was the United States of America. The journals in which the most cited articles were published were the “New England Journal of Medicine” and “Science”. Discussion: In the study, the most cited publications were identified in order to guide authors dealing with Parkinson’s disease. The most common research topics on Parkinson’s disease were laboratory studies.