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. 2024 Aug 20;10(16):e36591.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36591. eCollection 2024 Aug 30.

Global tendency and research trends of minimally invasive surgery for glaucoma from 1992 to 2023: A visual bibliometric analysis

Ruyue Li  1 , Hanruo Liu  1   2   3 , Kaiwen Zhang  1 , Zhecheng Lu  1 , Ningli Wang  1   2   3   4
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Global tendency and research trends of minimally invasive surgery for glaucoma from 1992 to 2023: A visual bibliometric analysis

Ruyue Li et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Background: Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery has become a popular research topic over the past decade. However, no published studies have provided a systematic overview for this field. A bibliometric analysis is urgently required to characterise current international trends and provide an intuitive description of past and emerging trends.

Methods: This study analysed minimally invasive glaucoma surgery-related studies by searching the Web of Science for relevant articles published between 1992 and 2023. All the retrieved titles and abstracts were screened for eligibility, and only articles and reviews written in English were included in the analysis. CiteSpace (version 6.1.6), VOSviewer (version 1.6.19), and the bibliometric package in RStudio were used to construct and visualise the results.

Results: A total of 1533 publications were included in the analysis with 26072 citations. A total of 4482 authors from 1191 organizations in 57 countries and regions published papers in 139 journals. After 2010, the number of publications increased significantly, with the highest annual productivity occurring in 2022 (n = 229, 15 %). Most of these studies were published in ophthalmology journals. The journal "Ophthalmology" ranked first with 30 papers and 5275 citations. Among the 10 most productive countries, the United States had the largest share of publications (n = 423, 36 %) and Switzerland had the highest proportion of multiple-country publications (70 %). Neodymium was the first keyword discovered, appearing in 1992 and continuing for 21 years. Kahook dual-blade, progression, gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy, efficacy, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, cataract extraction, and primary open-angle glaucoma were the most recent keywords since 2020.

Conclusions: This was the first bibliometric analysis of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and provides an overview of the developments in this field. Our results identified outstanding studies, countries, institutions, journals, and authors in the field to point the way forward for scientific research and clinical applications of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Evolution; Glaucoma; Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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The data collection and retrieval strategy.
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Trends of annual and total publications from 1992 to 2023.
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The top 10 most productive countries. Abbreviations: MCP: multiple country publication.
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The cooperation relationships between countries or regions.
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The top 10 authors' annual production from 2004 to 2023. Abbreviations: TC: total citations.
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The cooperation relationships of authors or institutions. (a-b) Cooperation relationships between authors. (c-d) Cooperation relationships between institutions. (a and c) Clusters between authors or institutions. (b and d) Time-related clusters.
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The co-occurrence and co-citation networks. (a-b) Co-occurrence analyses of “Keywords”. (c-d) Co-citation analyses of publications. (a and c) Cluster-related networks. (b and d) Time-related networks.
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The development of minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries.
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