Turkish uveal melanoma research: A bibliometric analysis (1987–2024)

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of uveal melanoma (UM) research with a focus on Turkish contributions in both national and international literature.
METHODS: A search, including Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection, Scopus, Turkish Database, and gray literature, including national thesis and TUBITAK project databases, was conducted without time limitation. Documents focused on UM research and had at least one author with a Turkish institution affiliation were included. Data were cleaned and analyzed using biblio-metric tools, including Open Refine and VOSviewer. Bibliometric data such as the number of publications, journals, authors,h-index, collaboration patterns, co-occurrence of keywords, citations, and the growth trends of publications were analyzed.
RESULTS: The oldest and newest documents found were between 1987 and 2024. A total of 113 international (97 publications from WoS and 16 from Scopus) and 26 national publications (Turkish index) were included. The most common document type was the original research article (n=89, 78.76%) in international literature. The most represented journal was the Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology with (n=12, 10.62%) publications. A total of 16 theses with a publication rate of 56.5% were noted. Hacettepe University, Ankara University, and Istanbul University were the leading affiliations in UM research. Keyword analy-sis showed that Turkish UM research is predominantly focused on treatment modalities, and the genetic aspect of research is less represented.
CONCLUSION: Our results highlight the dominance of a few academic centers and researchers on UM research, modest con-tribution to international literature, and potential research progression areas such as basic science and genetics research.