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. 2021 Aug;9(16):1337.
doi: 10.21037/atm-21-3924.

A bibliometric analysis of the research on hematological tumor microenvironment

Peng Chen  1   2 , Zhenlan Du  3   4   5 , Jianfei Wang  6 , Yi Liu  1 , Juan Zhang  1 , Daihong Liu  1
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A bibliometric analysis of the research on hematological tumor microenvironment

Peng Chen et al. Ann Transl Med. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Background: In recent years, the incidence of hematological tumors has increased. The tumor microenvironment (TME) is the local biological environment in the process of tumor occurrence and development and is closely related to hematological malignancies, including lymphoma and leukemia. This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the research on the hematological TME, reflect the general situation of the research in this field, and remind the focus of future research.

Methods: Search the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) database on the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC). Use subject terms to search tumor microenvironment; the limited search subject is Hematology, and the time range is from 1990 to July 18, 2021. Use CiteSpace software to analyze the number of annual papers published, the number of citations, the distribution of disciplines, the distribution of countries/institutions, the distribution of authors, the distribution of journals, and the frequency of use of keywords and its trend of change.

Results: There were 1,992 related research articles cited 77,213 times. The top 5 countries with the number of published papers in this field are: the United States, Italy, China, Germany, and the United Kingdom; the top 5 centrally ranked countries are the United States, Italy, Spain, France, and Japan. Literature and cooperation are mainly from the United States. The top three researchers with several published papers are Anderson KC, Ansell SM, and Gascoyne RD. Their centrality scores are all low, with only 5 researchers reaching above 0.01, and there is less collaboration between the authors. High-quality papers are from Blood, Cancer Res, P Natl Acad Sci USA, and Nature. Keyword analysis shows that immunotherapy is the current focus of research in this field.

Conclusions: The research on the microenvironment of hematological malignancies is rapidly developing. At present, the main research focus is on targeted immunotherapy.

Keywords: Hematological malignancies; bibliometrics; immunotherapy; tumor microenvironment (TME).

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm-21-3924). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

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Annual changes in the number of papers published.
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Annual changes of the citation frequency.
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A visual map of countries.
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Visualization map of institutions.
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The author’s co-authored visualization map.
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The author’s co-cited visualization map.
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Figure 7
Keyword co-occurrence map. Identified in the figure are keywords that often appear together.
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Figure 8
Top 25 keywords with the strongest citation bursts.
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