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. 2022 May 20:13:872261.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.872261. eCollection 2022.

Research Hotspots and Trends of Peripheral Nerve Injuries Based on Web of Science From 2017 to 2021: A Bibliometric Analysis

Shiwen Zhang  1 , Meiling Huang  1 , Jincao Zhi  1 , Shanhong Wu  1 , Yan Wang  2 , Fei Pei  2
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Research Hotspots and Trends of Peripheral Nerve Injuries Based on Web of Science From 2017 to 2021: A Bibliometric Analysis

Shiwen Zhang et al. Front Neurol. .

Abstract

Background: Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is very common in clinical practice, which often reduces the quality of life of patients and imposes a serious medical burden on society. However, to date, there have been no bibliometric analyses of the PNI field from 2017 to 2021. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of research and frontier trends in the field of PNI research from a bibliometric perspective.

Methods: Articles and reviews on PNI from 2017 to 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science database. An online bibliometric platform, CiteSpace, and VOSviewer software were used to generate viewable views and perform co-occurrence analysis, co-citation analysis, and burst analysis. The quantitative indicators such as the number of publications, citation frequency, h-index, and impact factor of journals were analyzed by using the functions of "Create Citation Report" and "Journal Citation Reports" in Web of Science Database and Excel software.

Results: A total of 4,993 papers was identified. The number of annual publications in the field remained high, with an average of more than 998 publications per year. The number of citations increased year by year, with a high number of 22,272 citations in 2021. The United States and China had significant influence in the field. Johns Hopkins University, USA had a leading position in this field. JESSEN KR and JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE were the most influential authors and journals in the field, respectively. Meanwhile, we found that hot topics in the field of PNI focused on dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and satellite glial cells (SGCs) for neuropathic pain relief and on combining tissue engineering techniques and controlling the repair Schwann cell phenotype to promote nerve regeneration, which are not only the focus of research now but is also forecast to be of continued focus in the future.

Conclusion: This is the first study to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of publications related to PNI from 2017 to 2021, whose bibliometric results can provide a reliable source for researchers to quickly understand key information in this field and identify potential research frontiers and hot directions.

Keywords: CiteSpace; VOSviewer; Web of Science; bibliometric analysis; peripheral nerve injuries.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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(A) The number of annual publications. (B) The annual times cited.
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(A) The annual publication counts of the top 10 countries from 2017 to 2021. (B) Collaboration analysis among different countries.
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(A) The publication counts, h-index, and ACI of the top 10 most prolific institutions. (B) Visualization map of institutions' cooperative relationship by using CiteSpace software. (C) Coverage visualization map of institutions co-authorship analysis by using VOSviewer software.
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(A) Visualization map of author co-citation analysis by using CiteSpace software. (B) Coverage visualization map of author co-authorship analysis by using VOSviewer software.
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Figure 5
Visualization map of journal co-citation analysis by using CiteSpace software.
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(A) The top 10 high-frequency keywords. (B) The top 10 high BC value keywords. (C) The cluster view map by using CiteSpace software. (D) The timeline view map by using CiteSpace software. (E) Top 6 Keywords with the Strongest Citation Bursts.
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Figure 7
TOP 25 References with the strongest citation bursts.
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