Title: A scientometric analysis on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Between 1975 and 2018

Abstract

Objective: In this study, a scientometric analysis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Literature was aimed. Materials and Methods: Web of Science database was used to analysis with spesific keywords for PCOS. GunMap 2 and VOSviewer were used to generate data analysis, tables, and figures. Results: A total of 6015 publications were published between the years of 1975 and 2018. 73.12% of them are original articles. The branch of medicine which has the most publication is Obstetrics and Gynecology. The leading country is The USA and followed by the UK and China, respectively. The most published journal on PCOS is Fertility and Sterility with 624 publications. H index of the PCOS is 150. Conclusion: Approximately 52% of the scanned publications related to PCOS were made from USA, UK, China and Italy. The contribution of all remaining countries to the literature is less than these four countries. Researchers in this remaning countries should be encouraged and supported to make publications.