Tendências na produção científica sobre reprodução humana assistida

Abstract

Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) was developed for the treatment of infertility. The main techniques used are in vitro fertilization (IVF), frozen embryo transfer (FET), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and artificial insemination (AI). The first scientifically based AHR procedure was performed in 1779, but there are reports that Arabs had already conducted artificial insemination in horses in 1332. Numerous studies on AHR are conducted annually, making it important to conduct a quantitative survey of scientific production on this topic. Therefore, the objective of this work was to quantify scientific papers related to Assisted Human Reproduction using the Scopus bibliographic database. The first step of the study was to gather data using the term "assisted human reproduction". Then, the titles and abstracts of the resulting publications were read, and the extracted data from the articles were selected, tabulated, and organized in Excel spreadsheets. Subsequently, these data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. A total of 205 articles were selected, with an increase in the number of publications over the years, but a decrease in the number of citations in more recent years. The year 2013 had the highest number of publications (n = 15), and the country with the highest prominence was Canada (n = 51). The University of Canterbury was the institution that conducted the most studies on AHR (n = 10). As for keywords, the most frequently used was "human" (n = 128). This work revealed a moderate quantity of published articles on Assisted Human Reproduction by different authors and countries. Therefore, this quantitative analysis on AHR provided valuable information for researchers, funders, and decisionmakers regarding trends, quality, collaborations, and the evolution of research in this field.