Scientometric analysis of High-cited Papers in General Practice research: 2010-2020

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Wang Y1, Wang J2, Pan B2, Ge L1, Chen Y1
1School of Public Health, Lanzhou University
2Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou
Abstract
Background: In the wave of promoting medical-sanitary system reform and attaching importance to medical quality, general practice has become a trend of medical and health development. There has been a rapid increase in research on general practice worldwide since 1999. Although some scholars have researched the status of general practice, there are no published papers systematically analyzed the characteristic of high-cited papers in general practice research, including research hotspots, frontiers, and prospective. 
Objectives: To analyze the characteristic of high-cited papers in general practice research, including research hotspots, frontiers, and prospective.
Methods: The data for this study were collected from the Web of Science core database using a comprehensive electronic strategy and the selected time was from 2010 to 2020. The filtering results are based on the selection of “highly cited in the field” and the paper types are limited to the academic article (Article) and the review (Review). The search strategy was developed in January 2020. There are no limitations on language. We will use Excel 2016 to analyze the overall situation and the number of papers published over time. To assist the analysis and to display the data visually, the VOSviewer1.6.10 software will be used to analyze the relationship of the high-frequency keywords, high productive countries and research institutions and the CitespaceV software will be used to identify co-occurrence keywords and co-cited references, capture keywords, and references with strong citation bursts. We will present the cluster analysis and social network maps for keywords, institutions, and countries.
Results: This study is ongoing and results will be presented at Cochrane Colloquium as available.
Conclusions: This study is ongoing and results will be presented at Cochrane Colloquium as available.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: No applicable.