Bibliometric Study of Scientific Research on Scleral Lenses.

Purpose: To analyze the state of scientific publications in the field of scleral lenses applying a bibliometric study.

Methods: The database used in this bibliometric study was SCOPUS, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Using remote download techniques, articles published between 1962 (year of first registrations) and 2015 were selected by entering the main descriptors: "scleral contact lenses" and "scleral lenses," limiting the field for the article, keywords, and abstract, linked with the OR tab.