Class information for:
Level 2: VARICOCELE//VARICOCELECTOMY//PATERNAL AGE

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
1947 5732 35.2 67%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
17 4 REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY//OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY//VETERINARY SCIENCES 563730
167 3       REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY//THERIOGENOLOGY//ANDROLOGY 59913
1947 2             VARICOCELE//VARICOCELECTOMY//PATERNAL AGE 5732
4139 1                   VARICOCELE//VARICOCELECTOMY//ANTEGRADE SCLEROTHERAPY 1839
10479 1                   TIME TO PREGNANCY//COSMETOLOGISTS//FECUNDABILITY 1059
13898 1                   SEMEN QUALITY//SCROTAL TEMPERATURE//SCROTAL HYPERTHERMIA 806
14428 1                   OVOTOXICITY//4 VINYLCYCLOHEXENE DIEPOXIDE//4 VINYLCYCLOHEXENE 770
17625 1                   MALE OBESITY//FEMALE OBESITY//OBESITY 589
19321 1                   PATERNAL AGE//ADVANCED PATERNAL AGE//MALE AGE 511
31131 1                   BELOW SEA LEVEL//RAMAS FERTIL//HUMAN GENOME GENET DISORDERS 158

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 VARICOCELE authKW 3916251 16% 83% 890
2 VARICOCELECTOMY authKW 634300 2% 88% 135
3 PATERNAL AGE authKW 348547 2% 57% 115
4 SEMEN QUALITY authKW 203818 3% 22% 171
5 MALE INFERTILITY authKW 180916 5% 11% 301
6 ANDROLOGY WoSSC 166690 11% 5% 622
7 TIME TO PREGNANCY authKW 139182 1% 42% 62
8 INFERTILITY authKW 122127 7% 6% 398
9 OVOTOXICITY authKW 95452 0% 81% 22
10 SEMEN ANALYSIS authKW 85478 2% 18% 91

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Andrology 166690 11% 5% 622
2 Reproductive Biology 63131 21% 1% 1186
3 Obstetrics & Gynecology 29432 22% 0% 1265
4 Urology & Nephrology 17439 17% 0% 950
5 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 8720 17% 0% 969
6 Toxicology 2027 6% 0% 364
7 Developmental Biology 292 2% 0% 104
8 Medicine, General & Internal 249 5% 0% 277
9 Endocrinology & Metabolism 223 4% 0% 213
10 Pediatrics 158 3% 0% 165

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 ANDROL SEXOL 45635 0% 32% 27
2 UNIV GROWTH REPROD 34060 1% 19% 33
3 INTERVENT VASC UNIT 27385 0% 86% 6
4 UROL 26704 13% 1% 755
5 MALE REPROD 19711 0% 37% 10
6 DERMATOL ANDROL 18966 1% 12% 30
7 REPROD TOXICOL UNIT 17961 0% 38% 9
8 ANDROL 17104 1% 5% 65
9 GROWTH REPROD 16497 1% 7% 43
10 DANISH EPIDEMIOL SCI 15752 1% 6% 49

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 ANDROLOGIA 77904 4% 7% 204
2 FERTILITY AND STERILITY 48981 7% 2% 382
3 HUMAN REPRODUCTION 27606 4% 2% 257
4 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY 25000 2% 5% 100
5 ARCHIVES OF ANDROLOGY 22189 2% 5% 86
6 ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY 20912 1% 5% 80
7 REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY 15917 2% 3% 87
8 ANDROLOGY 15309 1% 8% 38
9 JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY 14725 2% 3% 86
10 SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH 14284 1% 3% 85

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 VARICOCELE 3916251 16% 83% 890 Search VARICOCELE Search VARICOCELE
2 VARICOCELECTOMY 634300 2% 88% 135 Search VARICOCELECTOMY Search VARICOCELECTOMY
3 PATERNAL AGE 348547 2% 57% 115 Search PATERNAL+AGE Search PATERNAL+AGE
4 SEMEN QUALITY 203818 3% 22% 171 Search SEMEN+QUALITY Search SEMEN+QUALITY
5 MALE INFERTILITY 180916 5% 11% 301 Search MALE+INFERTILITY Search MALE+INFERTILITY
6 TIME TO PREGNANCY 139182 1% 42% 62 Search TIME+TO+PREGNANCY Search TIME+TO+PREGNANCY
7 INFERTILITY 122127 7% 6% 398 Search INFERTILITY Search INFERTILITY
8 OVOTOXICITY 95452 0% 81% 22 Search OVOTOXICITY Search OVOTOXICITY
9 SEMEN ANALYSIS 85478 2% 18% 91 Search SEMEN+ANALYSIS Search SEMEN+ANALYSIS
10 ANTEGRADE SCLEROTHERAPY 79879 0% 100% 15 Search ANTEGRADE+SCLEROTHERAPY Search ANTEGRADE+SCLEROTHERAPY

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 BENOFF, S , MARMAR, JL , HURLEY, IR , (2009) MOLECULAR AND OTHER PREDICTORS FOR INFERTILITY IN PATIENTS WITH VARICOCELES.FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE-LANDMARK. VOL. 14. ISSUE . P. 3641 -3672 198 63% 12
2 PASTUSZAK, AW , WANG, R , (2015) VARICOCELE AND TESTICULAR FUNCTION.ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY. VOL. 17. ISSUE 4. P. 659 -667 112 85% 5
3 WILL, MA , SWAIN, J , FODE, M , SONKSEN, J , CHRISTMAN, GM , OHL, D , (2011) THE GREAT DEBATE: VARICOCELE TREATMENT AND IMPACT ON FERTILITY.FERTILITY AND STERILITY. VOL. 95. ISSUE 3. P. 841-852 108 92% 34
4 SOFIKITIS, N , STAVROU, S , SKOUROS, S , DIMITRIADIS, F , TSOUNAPI, P , TAKENAKA, A , (2014) MYSTERIES, FACTS, AND FICTION IN VARICOCELE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT.EUROPEAN UROLOGY SUPPLEMENTS. VOL. 13. ISSUE 4. P. 89 -99 99 92% 2
5 NISTAL, M , PANIAGUA, R , GONZALEZ-PERAMATO, P , REYES-MUGICA, M , (2016) PERSPECTIVES IN PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY, CHAPTER 20. ADOLESCENT VARICOCELE.PEDIATRIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATHOLOGY. VOL. 19. ISSUE 5. P. 360 -370 96 91% 0
6 MASSON, P , BRANNIGAN, RE , (2014) THE VARICOCELE.UROLOGIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA. VOL. 41. ISSUE 1. P. 129-+ 77 95% 15
7 CHIBA, K , RAMASAMY, R , LAMB, DJ , LIPSHULTZ, LI , (2016) THE VARICOCELE: DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMAS, THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES.ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY. VOL. 18. ISSUE 2. P. 276 -281 71 96% 2
8 VANLANGENHOVE, P , DHONDT, E , EVERAERT, K , DEFREYNE, L , (2014) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF VARICOCELES: A REVIEW.MINERVA UROLOGICA E NEFROLOGICA. VOL. 66. ISSUE 4. P. 257 -282 94 85% 3
9 IACCARINO, V , VENETUCCI, P , (2012) INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY OF MALE VARICOCELE: CURRENT STATUS.CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. VOL. 35. ISSUE 6. P. 1263-1280 92 81% 12
10 SEREFOGLU, EC , SAITZ, TR , LA NASA, JA , HELLSTROM, WJ , (2013) ADOLESCENT VARICOCOELE MANAGEMENT CONTROVERSIES.ANDROLOGY. VOL. 1. ISSUE 1. P. 109-115 71 97% 8

Classes with closest relation at Level 2


Rank Class id link
1 174 ANDROLOGY//SPERMATOZOA//REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
2 1096 SERTOLI CELLS//TESTIS//SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELLS
3 3608 LUNAR PHASE//HUMAN BIRTHS//FULL MOON
4 2407 CRYPTORCHIDISM//ORCHIDOPEXY//UNDESCENDED TESTIS
5 452 FERTILITY AND STERILITY//REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY//OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
6 940 PRENATAL CARE//STILLBIRTH//OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
7 3152 SEX SELECTION//SEXED SEMEN//SPERM SORTING
8 2640 EMBRYONIC STEM CELL TEST//GLYCOL ETHERS//2 BUTOXYETHANOL
9 1608 POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME//PCOS//HYPERANDROGENISM
10 3560 DIETHYLSTILBESTROL//VAGINAL ADENOSIS//VAGINAL ADENOCARCINOMA

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