Published online Feb 19, 2022. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v12.i2.368
Peer-review started: May 2, 2021
First decision: June 17, 2021
Revised: July 5, 2021
Accepted: January 20, 2022
Article in press: January 20, 2022
Published online: February 19, 2022
Burnout is an important topic in today’s era, with many articles trying to figure out the causes and stressors in the medical field. As a health community, we need to collect all the data for burnout to first understand the prevalence in each area and then the causes for each area. Burnout among radiologists is common in many different institutions and is increasing.
To battle burnout, we have to address the root causes already recognized in published literature. It is crucial to examine and discern important publications. This analysis will allow us to see which areas have collected data on the prevalence and causes of burnout. This analysis will also allow us to determine the missing areas from where we need data.
The current study will provide evidence-based data and trends related to burnout in radiologists so that researchers can work on it further and develop preventive strategies to overcome this problem.
Bibliometric analysis was conducted using Scopus Library for data extraction by using Medical subject heading and International Classification of Diseases keywords. Forty-nine articles were selected for analysis after extensive scrutiny. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 20 was used for analysis. Pearson correlation coefficient, Kruskal Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney U test were applied.
The most productive time period with regards to the number of publications was between 2017 and 2019. A total of 160 authors contributed to the topic burnout among radiologists, with an average of 3.26 authors per paper. About 41.68% of the authors were female, while 35% of them were first authors. The co-citation analysis by the author involved 188 cited authors, 13 of whom were cited at least 70-times. Only six out of 49 studies were funded by government institutions and non-governmental organizations.
The current analysis casts a spotlight on important trends being witnessed in regards to the mental health of radiologists, including lack of funding for mental health research, narrowing of female vs male citation gap, as well as authorship and citation trends.
This analysis provides high yield information that will allow for the identification of additional areas of interest that need to be addressed and what information has high value. This information can be used in the long run to produce higher-quality papers.