Key points
- This study reports a data analysis of ORL-HNS research of the OECD
countries in the years of 1996-2019 and in comparison to economic
indicators, all from open resource databases
- The bibliometric data was compared among different global regions
innkeeping with SJR criteria and in reference to native
English-speaking countries
- The bibliometric data was also analyzed in relation to economic
indicators in search of correlations between said parameters.
- Different OECD regions vary in their scholar achievements; number of
publications, citations and H index in ORL-HNS. Differences were also
seen between native and non-native English-speaking countries
- Bibliometric analysis showed positive correlations between scholar and
economic indicators in various degrees, with a strong correlation
between H index and health expenditure in the field of ORL-HNS