{"PubmedArticle":{"MedlineCitation":{"@attributes":{"Status":"MEDLINE","Owner":"NLM","IndexingMethod":"Automated"},"PMID":{"@attributes":{"Version":"1"},"@text":"41979267"},"DateCompleted":{"Year":"2026","Month":"04","Day":"14"},"DateRevised":{"Year":"2026","Month":"04","Day":"14"},"Article":{"@attributes":{"PubModel":"Print"},"Journal":{"ISSN":{"@attributes":{"IssnType":"Print"},"@text":"1118-4841"},"JournalIssue":{"@attributes":{"CitedMedium":"Internet"},"Volume":"30","Issue":"7","PubDate":{"Year":"2026","Month":"Apr","Day":"14"}},"Title":"African journal of reproductive health","ISOAbbreviation":"Afr J Reprod Health"},"ArticleTitle":"Mapping research fronts of reproductive medicine using the NHANES database: A bibliometric and thematic analysis.","Pagination":{"StartPage":"66","EndPage":"79","MedlinePgn":"66-79"},"ELocationID":[{"@attributes":{"EIdType":"doi","ValidYN":"Y"},"@text":"10.29063\/ajrh2026\/v30i6.7"}],"Abstract":{"AbstractText":["Reproductive health, infertility, and perinatal diseases significantly challenge human health development and continuity, requiring multidisciplinary approaches for enhanced academic understanding and practical solutions. This study used bibliometric analysis to examine related articles in the web of science (WoS) database, employing tools including bibliometrix and VOSviewer for systematic literature analysis. To capture the broader context of high-impact research, we first analyzed 1,026 highly-cited and hot papers in reproductive medicine, which revealed evolving thematic trends and global collaboration patterns. Then we examined 232 literatures using NHANES datasets for reproductive health research to identify research gaps and opportunities for further research in this field. The analysis revealed key trends, areas of concentration, and potential knowledge gaps in the literature, while the thematic analysis of reproductive health studies utilizing the NHANES database further underscored the wealth of data amenable to multidisciplinary investigation. Future research directions to explore new dimensions of reproductive health, improving health policies and clinical practices in this field using NHANES database are also suggested. The study concludes that multidisciplinary research using comprehensive datasets like NHANES is crucial for advancing understanding of reproductive health, infertility, and perinatal outcomes."],"CopyrightInformation":"African Journal of Reproductive Health \u00a9 2026."},"AuthorList":{"@attributes":{"CompleteYN":"Y"},"Author":[{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Yang","ForeName":"Jie","Initials":"J","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]},{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Liao","ForeName":"Jun","Initials":"J","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]},{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Gao","ForeName":"Yan","Initials":"Y","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]},{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Gu","ForeName":"Yue","Initials":"Y","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]},{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Chen","ForeName":"Yun-Xiang","Initials":"YX","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]},{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Zhao","ForeName":"Ling-Yun","Initials":"LY","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]},{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Yan","ForeName":"Qiu-Yi","Initials":"QY","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]},{"@attributes":{"ValidYN":"Y"},"LastName":"Li","ForeName":"Hui-Min","Initials":"HM","AffiliationInfo":[{"Affiliation":"Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541000, P. R. China."}]}]},"Language":["eng"],"PublicationTypeList":{"PublicationType":[{"@attributes":{"UI":"D016428"},"@text":"Journal Article"}]}},"MedlineJournalInfo":{"Country":"Nigeria","MedlineTA":"Afr J Reprod Health","NlmUniqueID":"9712263","ISSNLinking":"1118-4841"},"CitationSubset":["IM"],"MeshHeadingList":{"MeshHeading":[{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D006801","MajorTopicYN":"N"},"@text":"Humans"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D015706","MajorTopicYN":"Y"},"@text":"Bibliometrics"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D018456","MajorTopicYN":"Y"},"@text":"Reproductive Medicine"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D016208","MajorTopicYN":"N"},"@text":"Databases, Factual"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D060728","MajorTopicYN":"Y"},"@text":"Reproductive Health"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D005260","MajorTopicYN":"N"},"@text":"Female"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D035843","MajorTopicYN":"Y"},"@text":"Biomedical Research"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D009749","MajorTopicYN":"N"},"@text":"Nutrition Surveys"}},{"DescriptorName":{"@attributes":{"UI":"D011247","MajorTopicYN":"N"},"@text":"Pregnancy"}}]},"OtherAbstract":[{"@attributes":{"Type":"Publisher","Language":"fre"},"AbstractText":["La sant\u00e9 reproductive, l'infertilit\u00e9 et les maladies p\u00e9rinatales constituent un d\u00e9fi majeur pour le d\u00e9veloppement et la continuit\u00e9 de la sant\u00e9 humaine, n\u00e9cessitant des approches multidisciplinaires afin d'am\u00e9liorer la compr\u00e9hension acad\u00e9mique et de proposer des solutions pratiques. Cette \u00e9tude a utilis\u00e9 une analyse bibliom\u00e9trique pour examiner les articles pertinents dans la base de donn\u00e9es WoS, en employant des outils tels que Bibliometrix et VOSviewer pour une analyse syst\u00e9matique de la litt\u00e9rature. Afin de saisir le contexte plus large de la recherche \u00e0 fort impact, nous avons d'abord analys\u00e9 1 026 articles hautement cit\u00e9s et \u00e0 tendance chaude en m\u00e9decine reproductive, ce qui a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 les tendances th\u00e9matiques \u00e9volutives et les mod\u00e8les de collaboration internationale. Nous avons ensuite examin\u00e9 232 publications utilisant les jeux de donn\u00e9es NHANES pour la recherche sur la sant\u00e9 reproductive, afin d'identifier les lacunes de recherche et les opportunit\u00e9s pour de futures \u00e9tudes dans ce domaine. L'analyse a mis en \u00e9vidence les tendances cl\u00e9s, les domaines de concentration et les lacunes de connaissances potentielles dans la litt\u00e9rature, tandis que l'analyse th\u00e9matique des \u00e9tudes sur la sant\u00e9 reproductive utilisant les jeux de donn\u00e9es NHANES a en outre soulign\u00e9 la richesse des donn\u00e9es susceptibles d'\u00eatre \u00e9tudi\u00e9es de mani\u00e8re multidisciplinaire. Les orientations futures de la recherche visant \u00e0 explorer de nouvelles dimensions de la sant\u00e9 reproductive, \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer les politiques sanitaires et les pratiques cliniques dans ce domaine \u00e0 l'aide des jeux de donn\u00e9es NHANES sont \u00e9galement propos\u00e9es. L'\u00e9tude conclut que la recherche multidisciplinaire utilisant des jeux de donn\u00e9es complets tels que NHANES est cruciale pour faire progresser la compr\u00e9hension de la sant\u00e9 reproductive, de l'infertilit\u00e9 et des issues p\u00e9rinatales."],"CopyrightInformation":"African Journal of Reproductive Health \u00a9 2026."}],"CoiStatement":"The Authors declared no conflict of interest"},"PubmedData":{"History":{"PubMedPubDate":[{"@attributes":{"PubStatus":"medline"},"Year":"2026","Month":"4","Day":"14","Hour":"12","Minute":"36"},{"@attributes":{"PubStatus":"pubmed"},"Year":"2026","Month":"4","Day":"14","Hour":"12","Minute":"35"},{"@attributes":{"PubStatus":"entrez"},"Year":"2026","Month":"4","Day":"14","Hour":"8","Minute":"44"}]},"PublicationStatus":"ppublish","ArticleIdList":{"ArticleId":[{"@attributes":{"IdType":"pubmed"},"@text":"41979267"},{"@attributes":{"IdType":"doi"},"@text":"10.29063\/ajrh2026\/v30i6.7"},{"@attributes":{"IdType":"pii"},"@text":"(Afr J Reprod Health 2026; 30 [7]: 66-79)."}]}}}}