Resumen:
Background: According to the World Health Organization, myopia is already one of the major causes of vision impairment and blindness. It is predicted to affect almost a half of the world's population within the next years. A lot of researches around the world have been performed on myopia, there is no clear overview of these researchers. In this manuscript, we analyzed the main connections between the most cited researchers, to build a citation network to evaluate the impact of different authors, journals, and subjects in the field of myopia control.
Methods: A search using the keywords “myopia control†was made through Web of Science. Extracted data was analyzed using CitNetExplorer® software obtaining a visual evaluation of the most cited publications. A subnet analysis was made by adding the keywords “myopia control" AND ("orthokeratology" OR "corneal refractive therapyâ€), “myopia control" AND ("soft contact lens*" OR "multifocal contact lens*â€), and “myopia control" AND "atropineâ€. The most important publications of the network and subnetworks were analyzed using the "core" function.
Results: This study showed 228 references that generated 1087 citations across the network. 201...