The 100 most-cited articles on pelvic organ prolapse: A bibliometric analysis

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the top 100 most cited papers in the field of pelvic organ prolapse by utilizing bibliometric methods. Methods: On the 1st of October 2022, articles with the title pelvic organ prolapse were listed in order of citation on the Web of Science database. The first 100 articles were included in the study without a publication time limit. The number of citations, number of citations/year, title, author, journal, publication year, country and institutional information of the articles were recorded. Results: The highest number of citations in the first 100 most cited studies was 3,081 while the lowest was 95. The mean total number of citations of the 100 most cited studies was 248.7±380.2. The annual mean number of citations of the studies ranged between 118.5 and 3.7 and the mean number of studies was 16.8±17.8. In the ranking of the most cited papers, three journals were included in the list 70 times in total, accounting for 70% of the articles. Pelvic floor exercises were mentioned in 27 articles in total. Conclusions: This study provides medical researchers with bibliometric information relating to pelvic organ prolapse. The United States was clearly ahead in our study in terms of first authors, institutions, and journals. Articles on incontinence had more citations per year. Pelvic organ prolapse has serious sociological and economic consequences. We anticipate an increase in research on preventive factors such as pelvic exercise in the future.