Background

Contact lenses can cause complications in 2/3 of the total population, but in most cases, they are mild and easy to manage. However, most of the studies are short-term. The aim of the study was to analyze the publications on the long-term effects of contact lens wear to understand the current research landscape through the analysis of dating networks as well as determining the different research areas and the most cited publications.

Methods

The Web of Science database was used to perform the publication search, looking for the terms “Long-term” AND “contact lens wear” within the period between 1977 and January 2021. The CitNetExplorer and CiteSpace software were then used to conduct the publication analysis. To obtain the graphics, the VOSviewer software was used.

Results

A total of 721 publications were found with 2999 citations generated within the network. The year 2010 was singled out as a “key year”, considering the number of publications that emerged in that year and increase in adaptations of contact lens worldwide. The most widely cited publication was “Effects of long-term extended contact lens wear on the human cornea”, an article by Holden et al., which was published in 1985. By using the clustering function, we were able to establish three clusters that encompassed the different research areas within this field: morphological changes, the loss of corneal sensitivity, tear film characteristics and longitudinal changes in ocular physiology.

Conclusions

The main research topic in this field focuses on the morphological changes that take place in the corneal endothelial cell layer.

中文翻译：

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戴隐形眼镜的长期影响：引文网络研究

背景

隐形眼镜可导致总人口中 2/3 的并发症，但在大多数情况下，它们是温和且易于管理的。然而，大多数研究都是短期的。该研究的目的是分析有关佩戴隐形眼镜的长期影响的出版物，以通过分析约会网络以及确定不同的研究领域和引用最多的出版物来了解当前的研究格局。

方法

Web of Science 数据库用于执行出版物搜索，查找 1977 年至 2021 年 1 月期间的术语“长期”和“隐形眼镜佩戴”。然后使用 CitNetExplorer 和 CiteSpace 软件进行出版物分析. 为了获得图形，使用了 VOSviewer 软件。

结果

共发现了 721 篇出版物，网络内产生了 2999 次引文。考虑到 2010 年出现的出版物数量和全球隐形眼镜适配的增加，2010 年被列为“关键年”。引用最多的出版物是 Holden 等人于 1985 年发表的文章“长期长期佩戴隐形眼镜对人类角膜的影响”。通过使用聚类函数，我们能够建立三个聚类，涵盖了该领域的不同研究领域：形态变化、角膜敏感性的丧失、泪膜特征和眼部生理学的纵向变化。

结论

该领域的主要研究课题集中在角膜内皮细胞层发生的形态变化。