Purpose or Case Report: Pediatric radiology education research plays a vital role in developing the next generation of competent pediatric radiologists by identifying learning barriers and developing innovative teaching approaches. Despite the growing volume of publications in this field, no comprehensive bibliometric analysis has been conducted to date. This study examines publications in four radiology journals publishing radiology education research papers to identify the current trends and leading institutions and emerging trends.
Methods & Materials: This cross-sectional study is based on publications in the following journals: Academic Radiology, Journal of the American College of Radiology, American Journal of Roentgenology, and Pediatric Radiology. We extracted the data from all the published papers available in the Scopus database. For each publication, we recorded the title, author affiliations, abstract, and keywords. To identify papers specifically related to pediatric radiology education, we used ChatGPT (version 4o) with a custom prompt. After obtaining the final dataset, we extracted the affiliations and countries of origin for all authors. Descriptive statistics were used to report publication patterns, geographical distribution, and institutional contributions.
Results: Of the 48284 papers published in these journals, only 86 (0.17%) were categorized as pediatric radiology education research. The median number of citations of these papers is 8 (IQR: 3-18). Most of the papers were categorized as articles (72, 83.7%), followed by reviews (6, 7%). The first papers in this field were published in 1988. Evaluation of the authors' countries of origin showed 211 (74%) from the United States, followed by Canada (24, 8.4%), the United Kingdom (84, 2.19%), and France (10, 3.5%), Evaluation of the authors’ university affiliations showed University of Cincinnati, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University had the most contributions in this field.
Conclusions: This bibliometric analysis reveals that there is only a limited body of research in pediatric radiology education, with U.S. institutions at the forefront of existing publications. The scarcity of studies underscores the pressing need to expand research efforts in pediatric radiology training.