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Here, we assessed the status of scientific publications in prevention and management of PD-associated fibrosis in a scientometric study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We retrieved the bibliometric data by search terms \u201cencapsulating peritoneal fibrosis,\u201d \u201ctreatment or prevention,\u201d and their synonyms in the Scopus databases until December 2, 2017. Data were analyzed using Scopus analysis tools, SPSS version 15 and Visualizing Scientific Landscapes viewer version 1.6.5.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Number of publications showed a steady significant increase (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001) reaching to 390 documents. Japan had the highest share (21.3%) followed by United Kingdom. Coauthorship network assessment assigned \u201cIkeda M.\u201d from Japan as the top author. The top source of documents was \u201cPeritoneal Dialysis International.\u201d Most of documents were original articles focusing on prevention and management of malignant fibrosis of peritoneum (72.6%). The documents were cited totally 5636 times with average citations per article of 14.45, and relatively high\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">H<\/jats:italic>\n                      -index of 38.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Despite the global increasing trend in scientific output in this field, contribution of our country is very small. 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