The uterine fibroid/myoma tumour: analysis of the global research architecture using density-equalizing mapping Dörthe Brüggmann, Frank Louwen, Tatjana Braun, Doris Klingelhöfer, Jan Bauer, Michael H. Bendels, Matthias Bundschuh, David Quarcoo, Jenny Jaque, Eileen M. Wanke, David A. Groneberg Reproductive BioMedicine Online Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 227-238 (February 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.10.112 Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Density-equalizing map of global uterine fibroid research activity. (A) Number of publications. (B) Number of published items per year. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2018 36, 227-238DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.10.112) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Density-equalizing maps of global uterine fibroid research quality. (A) Total number of fibroid-specific citations per country. (B) Fibroid-specific h-indices. (C) Fibroid-specific citation rates (threshold of 30 publications per country). Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2018 36, 227-238DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.10.112) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Density-equalizing maps of global uterine fibroid research socioeconomic figures. (A) Publications/population in mill. (B) Publications/GDP in 1000 billion (bn) USD, threshold: ≥ 30 specific publications. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2018 36, 227-238DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.10.112) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Subject area analysis of uterine fibroid research. (A) Relative proportions of the most assigned subject areas in five-year intervals between 1965 and 2014. (B) Proportions of the most assigned subject areas in most active countries. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2018 36, 227-238DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.10.112) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Uterine fibroid research collaborations between countries. Numbers in brackets (publication numbers/number of collaborative publications), threshold: ≥ 20 collaborations of a single country. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2018 36, 227-238DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.10.112) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 6 Density-equalizing mapping of institutions. Total number of fibroid research-performing institutions per country. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2018 36, 227-238DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.10.112) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions