The 100 top-cited articles in menopausal syndrome: a bibliometric analysis

Jin, Zishan; Tian, Chuanxi; Kang, Mengjiao; Hu, Shiwan; Zhao, Linhua; Zhang, Wei

doi:10.1186/s12978-024-01770-9

Reproductive Health

Table 1 The top 100 cited articles in menopausal syndrome

From: The 100 top-cited articles in menopausal syndrome: a bibliometric analysis

Concern factors	Stage of menopause	Country	Citation	Average citation	Publication Year	Fist institute	Joural	Study type	References
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)	Postmenopausal women (aged 45–58 years)	Denmark	406	39.70	2012	University of Copenhagen	BRIT MED J	Experimental study	[19]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)	Postmenopausal women	USA	369	59.33	2016	University of Southern California	NEW ENGL J MED	Experimental study	[99]
Breast cancer	Premenopausal women	USA	330	46.29	2015	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	NEW ENGL J MED	Experimental study	[100]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women	USA	270	29.33	2013	Case Western Reserve University	J SEX MED	Observational study	[13]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women (aged 55–65 years)	ITALY	227	22.50	2012	IRCCS Fondazione San Matteo;University of Pavia	CLIMACTERIC	Observational study	[101]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)	Menopausal women (aged 42–58 years)	USA	216	26.75	2014	University of California System	ANN INTERN MED	Experimental study	[102]
Age at natural menopause (ANM)	Age at natural menopause (ANM)	UK	215	29.29	2015	University of Cambridge	NAT GENET	Observational study	[103]
Glycolipid metabolism		USA	202	21.89	2013	US Department of Veterans Affairs	DIABETES	In vivo study (animal)	[104]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women (aged 59.6 ± 5.8 years)	ITALY	200	24.00	2014	Vita-Salute San Raffaele University	CLIMACTERIC	Experimental study	[15]
Age at natural menopause (ANM)	Initially premenopausal and early perimenopausal women	USA	198	21.11	2013	University of California System	AM J EPIDEMIOL	Observational study	[105]
Cognitive function	Surgical menopause	USA	194	23.63	2014	Brigham and Women's Hospital	NEUROLOGY	Observational study	[106]
Age at natural menopause (ANM)	Late reproductive age women	USA	183	17.90	2012	University of Pennsylvania	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[107]
Obesity and osteoporosis		USA	173	31.60	2017	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	NATURE	In vivo study (animal)	[108]
Alzheimer's disease	Menopausal women	USA	172	16.70	2012	Johns Hopkins University	NEUROLOGY	Observational study	[109]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke	Early menopause (aged 45–84 years)	USA	170	16.30	2012	University of Alabama System	MENOPAUSE	Observational study	[110]
Breast cancer	Premenopausal women	UK	161	37.75	2018	University of London	JAMA ONCOL	Observational study	[111]
HPV	Premenopausal women	South Korea	158	16.56	2013	Seoul National University	PLOS ONE	Observational study	[112]
The protection of primordial follicle oocyte		Australia	157	15.30	2012	Walter & Eliza Hall Institute	MOL CELL	In vivo study (animal)	[113]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women	ITALY	154	21.14	2015	Vita-Salute San Raffaele University	CLIMACTERIC	Experimental study	[14]
Age at natural menopause (ANM)		Netherlands	152	16.78	2013	Utrecht University	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[114]
AMH level	Premenopausal women	Netherlands	152	16.78	2013	Utrecht University	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[115]
Cardiovascular disease	Premenopausal, early perimenopausal, late perimenopausal, early or late postmenopausal	USA	151	13.80	2012	University of Colorado System	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[116]
Ovarian aging		CHINA	151	62.50	2020	Chinese Academy of Sciences	CELL	In vitro study(animal)	[117]
Stroke is associated with blood pressure	Postmenopausal women	USA	148	14.80	2012	Columbia University	HYPERTENSION	Observational study	[118]
Vaginal atrophy	Postmenopausal women	ITALY	148	20.57	2015	University of Insubria	LASER MED SCI	Experimental study	[119]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women	ITALY	146	20.29	2015	Vita-Salute San Raffaele University	MENOPAUSE	Experimental study	[16]
Breast cancer	Patients with breast cancer experiencing treatment-induced menopause	Netherlands	146	14.40	2012	Netherlands Cancer Institute	J CLIN ONCOL	Experimental study	[120]
Breast cancer/Ovarian Suppression	Premenopausal women with stage I to III hormone receptor-positive or hormone receptor-negative breast cancer	ITALY	144	20.29	2015	University of Genoa	JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC	Experimental study	[121]
Osteoporosis	Pre- or early perimenopausal	USA	142	13.60	2012	University of California System	J BONE MINER RES	Observational study	[122]
Cardiometabolic	Menopausal transition	Canada	141	13.80	2012	University of Ottawa	MENOPAUSE	Observational study	[123]
Working memory		USA	137	17.00	2014	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	P NATL ACAD SCI USA	In vivo study (animal)	[124]
Chronic inflammatory diseases	Postmenopausal women	ITALY	135	18.00	2015	University of Milan	SCI REP-UK	In vitro study	[125]
Estrogen therapy	Premenopausal women	ITALY	135	14.00	2013	University of Foggia	REDOX BIOL	Observational study	[126]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)	Age at natural menopause	Australia	135	39.67	2019	University of Queensland	LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH	Observational study	[127]
Vaginal atrophy	Postmenopausal women	Brazil	130	30.25	2018	ABC School of Medicine	MENOPAUSE	Experimental study	[128]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Menopause	Canada	130	21.50	2016	EndoCeutics Inc	MENOPAUSE	Experimental study	[129]
Breast cancer	Postmenopausal women	USA	130	14.00	2013	University of California System	JNCI-J NATL CANCER I	Observational study	[130]
Insulin resistance		USA	129	13.89	2013	Yale University	ENDOCRINOLOGY	In vivo study (animal)	[131]
Venous thromboembolism (VTE)	Postmenopausal women	USA	127	12.50	2012	University of Oxford	J THROMB HAEMOST	Observational study	[132]
Papillary thyroid cancer	Menopause	USA	127	12.20	2012	Georgetown University	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[133]
Depressive symptoms	Around natural menopause	USA	126	15.50	2014	University of Pennsylvania	JAMA PSYCHIAT	Observational study	[134]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women	ITALY	122	17.29	2015	University of Palermo	MATURITAS	Experimental study	[135]
Osteoporosis		JAPAN	120	13.00	2013	Keio University	Proc Natl Acad Sci USA	In vitro study(animal)	[136]
Hot flash	Premenopausal at baseline and reached natural menopause	USA	117	14.25	2014	University of Pennsylvania	MENOPAUSE	Observational study	[137]
Breast cancer		UK	117	14.13	2014	University of Sheffield	CLIN CANCER RES	In vivo study (animal)	[138]
Cognitive impairment	Pre-to postmenopause	USA	116	12.11	2013	University of Pennsylvania	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[139]
Genitourinary syndrome	Postmenopausal women	ITALY	114	16.14	2015	University of Pisa	CLIMACTERIC	Experimental study	[17]
Hot flash and night sweat	Menopause transition and postmenopause	UK	112	11.20	2012	King’s College London	MENOPAUSE	Experimental study	[140]
Vaginal atrophy	Postmenopausal women (aged 55–65 years)	USA	112	12.33	2013	George Washington University	MENOPAUSE	Observational study	[141]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)		USA	111	13.63	2014	University of New Mexico	SCI REP-UK	In vivo (animal) and in vitro study	[142]
Cognitive impairment	Postmenopausal women (within 6 years of menopause or 10 + years)	USA	110	17.17	2016	Stanford University	NEUROLOGY	Experimental study	[143]
Vasomotor symptoms	Perimenopausal and postmenopausal women	USA	109	13.25	2014	Harvard University	JAMA INTERN MED	Experimental study	[144]
Cognitive impairment	Postmenopausal women	USA	111	11.78	2013	Wake Forest University	JAMA INTERN MED	Experimental study	[145]
Cognitive impairment	Perimenopausal and postmenopausal women	USA	110	20.40	2017	Weill Cornell Medical College	NEUROLOGY	Observational study	[146]
Cardiovascular disease and cancer	Postmenopausal women	USA	109	26.25	2018	University of California	MENOPAUSE	Observational study	[147]
Obesity	Menopause transition (MT)(Mean baseline age was 47.1 years (SD, 2.6 years) and average age at FMP was 52.2 years (SD, 2.8 years))	USA	109	31.33	2019	University of California at Los Angeles	JCI INSIGHT	Observational study	[148]
Age at natural menopause (ANM)	Women (40–65 years)	CHINA	107	10.40	2012	Nanjing Medical University	MATURITAS	Observational study	[149]
Cardiovascular Disease、Glucose and lipid metabolism、Osteoporosis	Postmenopausal women	CHINA	106	11.22	2013	Wuyishan Municipal Hospital	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[150]
Glucose and lipid metabolism		JAPAN	106	9.09	2011	Osaka University	AM J PHYSIOL-GASTR L	In vivo study (animal)	[151]
Osteoporosis	Postmenopausal women	USA	104	13.00	2014	University of Virginia	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Experimental study	[152]
Depression	Postmenopausal women	USA	104	14.71	2015	National Institutes of Health	JAMA PSYCHIAT	Experimental study	[153]
Osteoporosis	Perimenopausal women	USA	106	10.20	2012	Duquesne University	J PINEAL RES	Experimental study	[154]
Breast cancer	Postmenopausal; premenopausal women; late menopause	Turkey	104	11.22	2013	Ankara Oncology Research and Training Hospital	BREAST	Observational study	[155]
Unilateral oophorectomy、Premature ovarian failure (POF)、Early menopause (EM)	Pre- and postmenopausal women	JAPAN	102	10.00	2012	Tokushima University	MATURITAS	Observational study	[156]
Anxiety	Early or late perimenopause; postmenopause; premenopause	USA	101	11.22	2013	University of Pittsburgh	MENOPAUSE	Observational study	[157]
Bone formation and bone resorption		USA	101	9.60	2012	Mount Sinai School of Medicine	PROC NATL ACAD SCI USA	In vivo study (animal)	[158]
Osteoporosis	Postmenopausal women	ITALY	101	10.56	2013	University of Rome Sapienza	BONE	Observational study	[159]
Premature and early natural menopause	Premature menopause (FMP < 40 years) and early menopause (FMP 40–44 years)	Australia	100	18.60	2017	University of Queensland	HUM REPROD	Observational study	[160]
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency	An Israeli Arab family with POI	Israel	100	12.38	2014	Tel Aviv University	J CLIN ENDOCR METAB	Observational study	[161]
Osteoporosis	Healthy postmenopausal women (aged 55–65 years)	Netherlands	100	11.00	2013	Maastricht University	OSTEOPOROS INT	Experimental study	[162]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Women presenting with GSM (mean age 58.6 ± 8.8 years)	USA	100	16.33	2016	Stanford University	MENOPAUSE	Experimental study	[163]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women (aged 45–75 years)	ITALY	99	16.33	2016	University of Pavia	CLIMACTERIC	Observational study	[164]
Hot flash		USA	99	9.80	2012	University of Arizona	PROC NATL ACAD SCI USA	In vivo study (animal)	[165]
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)	Menopause	Argentina	99	19.40	2017	Mendoza University	LASER SURG MED	Experimental study	[18]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)	Post-menopausal women( The mean age was 64.9 ± 8.9 years)	USA	99	22.50	2018	Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health	J AM COLL CARDIOL	Observational study	[166]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	A median age of 58 years (range 45–90 years)	USA	98	18.80	2017	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, MacDonald Women's Hospital	J SEX MED	Observational study	[11]
Age at menopause	Menopausal age was 50 years (range 30.1–58.2 years)	Iran	97	10.78	2013	Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences	J CLIN ENDOCRINOL METAB	Experimental study	[167]
Cognitive function	Premature menopause (aged 40 years)	France; Australia	97	11.88	2014	Université Montpellier 1; Murdoch Children's Research Institute; The University of Melbourne	BJOG-INT J OBSTET GY	Experimental study	[168]
Insomnia	Postmenopausal women(50–65 years old)	Brazil	94	9.10	2012	Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo	MENOPAUSE	Experimental study	[169]
Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)	Postmenopausal women; (mean age 53.3 years) + (mean time of menopause 6.6 years)	ITALY	94	15.17	2016	Careggi University Hospital	ARCH GYNECOL OBSTET	Experimental study	[170]
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)	Woman (aged 59.3 ± 7.4 years)	ITALY	93	15.17	2016	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	MATURITAS	Observational study	[12]
Osteoporosis	Early menopause(aged 48 years at the start of the study)	SWEDEN	93	9.10	2012	Lund University	BJOG-INT J OBSTET GY	Observational study	[171]
Menopausal transition	Menopausal transition(Women aged 42–52 years)	USA	91	8.70	2012	University of Pittsburgh	J CLIN ENDOCRINOL METAB	Observational study	[172]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)/Atherogenic profile	Premenopausal women and men, postmenopausal women and men	UK	90	12.57	2015	Imperial College London	MATURITAS	Observational study	[173]
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)	Premenopausal women	JAPAN	89	8.70	2012	Immunology Frontier Research Center at Osaka University	WORLD J GASTROENTEROL	Observational study	[174]
Vascular endothelial function	Postmenopausal women	JAPAN	89	8.60	2012	University of Tsukuba	NUTR RES	Experimental study	[175]
Hepatic fibrosis	Postmenopausal women	USA	89	10.00	2016	University of Arkansas	HEPATOLOGY	Observational study	[176]
Breast cancer	Menopausal women	France	87	9.67	2013	University Paris-Sud	PLOS ONE	Observational study	[177]
Age at natural menopause (ANM)	Age at Natural Menopause	USA	87	9.56	2013	University of California at San Francisco	CANCER	Observational study	[178]
Cognitive Performance, Mood and Cerebrovascular Function	Postmenopausal women	Australia	87	9.60	2017	University of Newcastle	Nutrients	Experimental study	[179]
Trabecular bone score (TBS)	Women(aged 45–85 years)	France	87	6.71	2015	University of Southern California	MENOPAUSE	Experimental study	[180]
Bone mineral density (BMD)	Breast cancer survivors(mean age, 46.5 years)	USA	87	5.00	2013	Oregon Health & Science University	Osteoporos Int	Experimental study	[181]
Sleep disorder	Women (aged 40–59 years)	Latin America	86	3.60	2012	Collaborative Group for Research of the Climacteric in Latin America	Maturitas	Observational study	[182]
Ovarian reserve	Women (aged 21–41 years)	Denmark	86	2.78	2013	Copenhagen University Hospital	J Clin Endocrinol Metab	Observational study	[183]
Ovarian reserve	Women (aged 18–45 years) with brca mutations	USA	85	5.11	2013	Rhône-Durance Clinic	Osteoporos Int	Observational study	[184]
Subclinical atherosclerosis across menopause strata	Postmenopausal women	USA	85	7.38	2014	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Fertil Steril	Experimental study	[185]
Gut associated inflammatory and autoimmune disorder	Women (aged 20–60 years)	USA	85	6.11	2013	University of CA Davis Health System	Biol Sex Differ	In vitro study	[186]
Breast cancer	Postmenopausal women	USA	84	9.00	2016	Channing Division of Network Medicine	AM J EPIDEMIOL	Observational study	[187]
Intima-media thickness (IMT) and adventitial diameter (AD)	Women (aged 42–57 years)	USA	84	5.44	2013	University of Pittsburgh	MENOPAUSE	Observational study	[188]
Menopausal transition's health symptoms	Women (aged 47-54 years) who experienced natural menopause	UK	84	3.33	2013	University College and Royal Free Medical School	BMJ	Observational study	[189]

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