Productivity Index in Clinical Andrology: Research Directions on High-Impact Topics and in Particular on Male Infertility
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Ranking Position | Topic | Number of Results |
---|---|---|
1 | Prostate cancer | 255,390 |
2 | Male infertility | 78,868 |
3 | Erectile dysfunction | 35,890 |
4 | Prostatic hyperplasia | 32,917 |
5 | Testicular tumors | 30,791 |
6 | Male hypogonadism | 17,782 |
7 | Prostatitis | 13,042 |
8 | Prostate inflammation | 9390 |
9 | Varicocele | 8796 |
10 | Premature ejaculation | 3678 |
11 | Male accessory gland infection | 315 |
Ranking Position | Topic | Number of Results |
---|---|---|
1 | Male infertility and genetics | 10,030 |
2 | Male infertility and varicocele | 3966 |
3 | Male infertility and male hypogonadism | 2527 |
4 | Male infertility and sperm DNA fragmentation | 2284 |
5 | Male infertility and testicular cancer | 1899 |
6 | Male infertility and diabetes | 1893 |
7 | Male infertility and obesity | 1884 |
8 | Male infertility and FSH treatment | 1358 |
9 | Male infertility and prostatitis | 628 |
10 | Male infertility and male accessory gland infections | 157 |
11 | Male infertility and prostate inflammation | 146 |
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Crafa, A.; Calogero, A.E.; Cannarella, R.; Condorelli, R.A.; Aversa, A.; La Vignera, S. Productivity Index in Clinical Andrology: Research Directions on High-Impact Topics and in Particular on Male Infertility. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093152
Crafa A, Calogero AE, Cannarella R, Condorelli RA, Aversa A, La Vignera S. Productivity Index in Clinical Andrology: Research Directions on High-Impact Topics and in Particular on Male Infertility. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(9):3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093152
Chicago/Turabian StyleCrafa, Andrea, Aldo Eugenio Calogero, Rossella Cannarella, Rosita Angela Condorelli, Antonio Aversa, and Sandro La Vignera. 2023. "Productivity Index in Clinical Andrology: Research Directions on High-Impact Topics and in Particular on Male Infertility" Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, no. 9: 3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093152
APA StyleCrafa, A., Calogero, A. E., Cannarella, R., Condorelli, R. A., Aversa, A., & La Vignera, S. (2023). Productivity Index in Clinical Andrology: Research Directions on High-Impact Topics and in Particular on Male Infertility. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(9), 3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093152