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Review
. 2023 Feb 7:13:1115852.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1115852. eCollection 2023.

The research landscape of the quality of life or psychological impact on gynecological cancer patients: A bibliometric analysis

Jiayuan Zhao  1 , Yujia Kong  1 , Yang Xiang  1 , Junjun Yang  1
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The research landscape of the quality of life or psychological impact on gynecological cancer patients: A bibliometric analysis

Jiayuan Zhao et al. Front Oncol. .

Abstract

Background: Gynecological cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. The quality of life (QoL) or psychological impact has emerged as an outcome indicator in many clinical trials of gynecological cancer and gained much concern in the clinical setting at the start of the 21st century. Our paper conducted a bibliometric analysis of QoL or psychological impact on gynecological cancer patients to show the status and hotspots.

Methods: Related publications from 2000 to 2022 were included by screening from the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) on 26 June 2022. The bibliometrics was analyzed and visualized by bibliometrix R-package, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace V.

Results: A total of 6,479 publications were included in our study. The publications in this field were increased annually. The United States (n = 2,075) was the country with the most published papers. Sydney University (n = 167) was the most productive affiliation. Gynecologic Oncology and Journal of Clinical Oncology were the most relevant and most cited sources, respectively. The article written by Bray F et al. has the highest citation. Kim J and Aaronson NK ranked first in most productive author and most co-cited author, respectively. The keywords "mortality", "fertility preservation", and "palliative care" have bursts till 2022, which represented the frontiers of this field.

Conclusion: Our study provides an overall analysis of QoL or psychological impact on gynecological cancer patients, which can serve as a reference in future research.

Keywords: CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometrics; female; genital neoplasms; psychologic; quality of life.

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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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The process of record selection.
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The number of published papers from 2000 to 2021.
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The geographic visualization analysis of country collaboration based on the co-authorship analysis of VOSviewer (Taiwan is annexed to the People’s Republic of China; England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales were incorporated into the United Kingdom).
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The co-authorship of the institution network.
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The dual-map overlay of journals that contributed to publications.
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The citation of document network.
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Top 20 references with the strongest citation bursts.
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The network of authors involved in quality of life (QoL) or mental health of gynecologic oncology patients.
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(A) The timeline view of the keywords (with citation bursts in red rings). (B) Top 20 keywords with the strongest citation bursts.
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