简介:AIM:Toidentifythe100mostcitedpapersincataractsurgery,weperformedacomprehensivebibliometricanalysisbasingontheliteraturesearchontheThomsonReutersWebofKnowledge.METHODS:Thenumberofcitations,includingthetotalcitations,latest5ycitationsandaveragecitationnumberperyear(ACY),authorship,yearofpublication,majortopics,journalofpublication,countryandinstitutionoforiginofeachpaperwererecordedandthenanalyzed.Pearson'scorrelationanalysiswasconductedtoevaluatethecorrelationbetweenthepublishedyearandthenumberofcitations.Thecorrelationbetweenjournal'simpactfactor(IF)andnumberofcitationswasassessedaswell.RESULTS:ThemostcitedpaperwastheclassicpaperdonebytheEuropeanSocietyofCataract&RefractiveSurgeons(ESCRS)group.Thispaperfocusedonthetopicofendophthalmitis.NotonlythemostcitedpapersoriginatedfromtheUSA,butalsosomeAmericaninstitutionslikeJohnsHopkinsUniversity,HarvardMedicalSchool,etc.hadthemostcitations.Pearson'scorrelationanalysisindicatedthatthelatest5ycitationsandACYweresignificantlyrelatedwiththepublishedyear(5ycitations:r=0.615,P<0.001;ACY:r=0.657,P<0.001),whereasnoassociationbetweenthetotalnumberofcitationsandpublishedyearwasfound(r=0.045).Moreover,theIFsofjournalswerefoundtohavenosignificanteffectonthenumberoftotalcitations.CONCLUSION:Toourknowledge,thisisthefirststudyonthemostinfluentialpapersincataractsurgeryafteracomprehensiveresearchofrelevantliteratures.Thepresentworkmayprovideusconciseinformationconcerningthedevelopmenthistoryofcataractsurgeryoverthepast66y.