Development of Rhinoplasty: Yesterday and Today

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyse the development of rhinoplasty studies between 1980 and 2017 through bibliometric analyses. Background: Rhinoplasty is one of the major operations in plastic surgery, it is popular, and the number of operations has been increasing every day. However, the literature has only one study which investigated the development of rhinoplasty. Therefore, the present study on rhinoplasty is believed to shed light to plastic surgery studies. Methods: Bibliometric analyses were performed by retrieving all the publications in Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics' WoS) database between 1980 and 2017 using the 'Rhinoplasty' keyword. Results: The number of publications found using the Rhinoplasty keyword was 2977. Of all these publications, 2261 (75.9%) were articles. The highest number of publications was in the year 2016 with 237 publications (10.5%). With 911 publications (40.3%), the USA was the most productive country. The top two active authors who produced most publications about rhinoplasty were Rohrich R.J. (64-2.8%) and Guyuron B. (45-1.2%). The journals which made the greatest contribution to the literature were Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with 426 publications (18.8%) and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery with 314 publications (13.9%). Conclusion: The number of studies on rhinoplasty has been increasing every day. Result of this first comprehensive bibliometric study showed that the USA was the most active country and it was followed by Turkey, which indicates the contribution of the developing countries to rhinoplasty.