Mapping two decades of research in rheumatology-specific journals: a topic modeling analysis with BERTopic.

Journal: Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Rheumatology has experienced notable changes in the last decades. New drugs, including biologic agents and Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, have blossomed. Concepts such as window of opportunity, arthralgia suspicious for progression, or difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have appeared; and new management approaches and strategies such as treat-to-target have become popular. Statistical learning methods, gene therapy, telemedicine, or precision medicine are other advancements that have gained relevance in the field. To better characterize the research landscape and advances in rheumatology, automatic and efficient approaches based on natural language processing (NLP) should be used.

Authors

  • Alfredo Madrid-García
    Grupo de Patología Musculoesquelética, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Prof. Martin Lagos s/n, Madrid 28040, Spain.
  • Dalifer Freites-Núñez
    Grupo de Patología Musculoesquelética, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
  • Beatriz Merino-Barbancho
    Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
  • Inés Pérez Sancristobal
    Grupo de Patología Musculoesquelética, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
  • Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez
    Grupo de Patología Musculoesquelética, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

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