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. 2023 Jan 12:15:1087550.
doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1087550. eCollection 2022.

A bibliometric analysis: Current status and frontier trends of Schwann cells in neurosciences

Yan Wang  1 , Shiwen Zhang  2 , Jincao Zhi  2 , Meiling Huang  2 , Fei Pei  2
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A bibliometric analysis: Current status and frontier trends of Schwann cells in neurosciences

Yan Wang et al. Front Mol Neurosci. .

Abstract

Background: This review aims to present a comprehensive bibliometric analysis related to Schwann cells (SCs) in neurosciences from 2012 to 2021.

Methods: We used the Web of Science core collection database to obtain publications on SCs in the field of neurosciences from 2012 to 2021. The obtained data were further visually analyzed by using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and an online bibliometric platform.

Results: We retrieved a total of 1,923 publications related to SCs in neurosciences. The number of publications in this field fluctuates steadily each year, and the number of citations is increasing year by year. The United States is leading the field, with LERU and the University OF London as influential institutions, Jessen KR and Feltri ML as the most representative authors, and GLIA and JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE as authoritative journals in the field. Meanwhile, we predict that a more in-depth study of autophagy and phagocytosis functions of SCs and the key regulator c-Jun will probably be a hot spot for future research.

Conclusion: This study summarizes the current research results and predicts research trends for further research, which will facilitate researchers in quickly understanding the current state of research in the field while referring to new research directions.

Keywords: CiteSpace; Schwann cells; VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; neurosciences.

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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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Flowchart steps of the search strategy.
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The annual publications and citations.
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(A) Visualization map of countries co-occurrence. (B) Collaboration analysis among different countries.
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(A) The publications, H-indexes, and ACIs of the top 10 most prolific institutions. (B)The publications of the top 10 most prolific institutions each year.
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(A) The publications, H-index, and ACI of the top 5 most prolific authors. (B) Network visualization map of authors co-citation analysis. (C) Coverage visualization map of authors co-authorship analysis.
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Top 25 references with the strongest citation bursts.
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(A) Visualization map of keywords cluster analysis. (B) Visualization map of the timeline view. (C) Coverage visualization map of keywords co-occurrence analysis.
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