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This study aims to conduct a comprehensive review of letter to editor. The methodology employs advanced bibliometric techniques such as co-citation analysis, keywords analysis, trend topics, most productive countries, authors, journal. A total of 9695 documents from the Web of Science, spanning the period between 1975 and Jan 15, 2025, were screened and analyzed using VOSviewer, R and MAXQDA programs. The findings; 81% of the letters to editor are in the field of medicine. Natural and social sciences follow with 14% and 5% respectively. The most cited authors are Ronald Ellis, Adam Weiss, and Deepak L. Bhatt. The findings indicate that the journals with the highest number of articles and citations in this field are “Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics”, “Nature” and “Neurology”. When considering the number of articles and citations by country, USA, England, Germany and China emerge as the leading contributors.

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The Dynamic Role of Letters to the Editor in Literature: An Analysis Based on a Bibliometric and Content Analysis Using VOSviewer, R & MAXQDA

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    2026年

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  • Hamide Özyürek,
  • Ufuk Türen,
  • Mustafa Polat

摘要

This study aims to conduct a comprehensive review of letter to editor. The methodology employs advanced bibliometric techniques such as co-citation analysis, keywords analysis, trend topics, most productive countries, authors, journal. A total of 9695 documents from the Web of Science, spanning the period between 1975 and Jan 15, 2025, were screened and analyzed using VOSviewer, R and MAXQDA programs. The findings; 81% of the letters to editor are in the field of medicine. Natural and social sciences follow with 14% and 5% respectively. The most cited authors are Ronald Ellis, Adam Weiss, and Deepak L. Bhatt. The findings indicate that the journals with the highest number of articles and citations in this field are “Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics”, “Nature” and “Neurology”. When considering the number of articles and citations by country, USA, England, Germany and China emerge as the leading contributors.