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. 2023 Mar 27:10:1051429.
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1051429. eCollection 2023.

Global trends in research of achilles tendon injury/rupture: A bibliometric analysis, 2000-2021

Chenguang Wang  1 , Zhaohui Jiang  1 , Ran Pang  1 , Huafeng Zhang  1 , Hui Li  1   2 , Zhijun Li  1
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Global trends in research of achilles tendon injury/rupture: A bibliometric analysis, 2000-2021

Chenguang Wang et al. Front Surg. .

Abstract

Background: The Achilles tendon is the strongest and most susceptible tendon in humans. Achilles tendon injuries and ruptures have gradually attracted research attention. However, a bibliometric analysis of global research in this field is lacking. This study involved a bibliometric analysis of the developmental trends and research hotspots in Achilles tendon injuries/ruptures from 2000 to 2021.

Methods: Articles published between 2001 and 2021 were retrieved from an extended database of the Science Citation Index using Web of Science. VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to analyze the relationships between publications, countries, institutions, journals, authors, references, and keywords.

Results: This study included 3,505 studies of 73 countries, 3,274 institutions, and 12,298 authors and explored the cooperation between them and the relationships between citations. Over the past 22 years, the number of publications has significantly increased. Foot Ankle International has published the most papers on Achilles tendon injuries/ruptures, and British Journal of Sports Medicine is the most famous journal. Re-rupture, exosomes, acute Achilles tendon rupture, and tendon adhesions gradually become the research focus over the past few years.

Conclusion: Achilles tendon injury and rupture are important research topics. A vast number of newly published papers on this topic have demonstrated that clinicians and researchers are interested in their study. Over time, these recent studies will be widely cited; therefore, this bibliometric analysis should be constantly updated.

Keywords: achilles tendon injury; achilles tendon rupture; bibliometrics; biblioshiny; co-authorship analysis; visualized study.

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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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Flowchart of the screening process.
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(A) The number of annual publications from 2000 to 2021. (B)The number of citations from 2000 to 2021.
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(A) Collaboration network between countries/regions. (B) Collaboration network between affiliations.
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Mapping of co-cited references related to the field.
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The dual-map overlay of journals related to ATI or ATR.
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Figure 6
Author keyword co-occurrence visualization of ATI or ATR. (A) 85 keywords were divided into five clusters according to different colors: cluster 1: red, cluster 2: green, cluster 3: blue, cluster 4: yellow and cluster 5: purple. The size of the node indicates how often it occurs. (B) The distribution of keywords by average frequency of occurrence; Yellow keywords appear later than blue keywords.
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Figure 7
The keywords with the strongest citation bursts from 2000 to 2021.
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