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. 2024 Sep 27;16(9):3008-3019.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i9.3008.

Trend of robot-assisted surgery system in gastrointestinal and liver surgery: A bibliometric analysis

Ze-Chuan Jin  1 , Zi-Qiang Wang  2
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Trend of robot-assisted surgery system in gastrointestinal and liver surgery: A bibliometric analysis

Ze-Chuan Jin et al. World J Gastrointest Surg. .

Abstract

Background: Robot-assisted gastrointestinal and liver surgery has been an important development direction in the field of surgery in recent years and it is also one of the fastest developing and most concerning fields in surgical operations.

Aim: To illustrate the major areas of research and forward-looking directions over the past twenty-six years.

Methods: Using the Web of Science Core Collection database, a comprehensive review of scholarly articles pertaining to robot-assisted gastrointestinal and liver surgery was researched out between 2000 and 2023. We used Citespace (Version 6.2.4) and Bibliometrix package (Version 4.3.0) to visualize the analysis of all publications including country, institutional affiliations, authors, and keywords.

Results: In total, 346 articles were retrieved. Surgical Endoscopy had with the largest number of publications and was cited in this field. The United States was a core research country in this field. Yonsei University was the most productive institution. The current focus of this field is on rectal surgery, long-term prognosis, perioperative management, previous surgical experience, and the learning curve.

Conclusion: The scientific interest in robot-assisted gastrointestinal and liver surgery has experienced a significant rise since 1997. This study provides new perspectives and ideas for future research in this field.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Citespace; Gastrointestinal surgery; Liver surgery; Robot-assisted surgery system.

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Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
The trend number of articles from 1997 to 2023 in robot-assisted surgery in gastrointestinal and liver surgery.
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Figure 2
The journals with the most published and more than 6 articles.
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Figure 3
The top 10 most cited journals.
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Figure 4
National cooperation network. Each node represents a country, the ring represents the year in which the article was published, and the lighter the color, the closer it is to 2023. The purple ring represents a centrality greater than 0.1.
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Figure 5
Total number and centrality of publications per country.
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Figure 6
Author collaboration network. Each node represents an author, and the connection represents a co-occurrence relationship between two authors.
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Figure 7
The prominent words from 2007 to 2023. The red line on the right indicates the main occurrence time.
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Figure 8
The clustering time view.
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