ObjectiveTo summarize the development status, hot spots, and trends of radical thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer in recent 10 years by analyzing the data and atlas of the literatures related to radical thyroidectomy.MethodsLiteratures statistics and analysis technique of CiteSpace5.1 software were used to analyze the literatures related to radical resection of thyroid cancer, which were collected in CNKI database from January 1, 2008 to December 30, 2017, in order to obtain the trend of annual publication volume change, author and keyword clustering, and co-occurrence.ResultsFor the annual volume of articles, 148 articles were published from 2014 to 2017, with the authors clustering to6 groups with frequent frequency. Most of the authors were independent authors. The study focused on differentiated thyroid carcinoma, lymph node dissection and endoscopic surgery, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, postoperative infection, decreased blood calcium, perioperative nursing, and preemptive analgesia. There were 35 keywords with order ≥ 6times, 8 keywords in cluster series, and 13 prominent words in the period from 2008 to 2017.ConclusionsThe literature of radical thyroidectomy developed rapidly from 2014 to 2017. Conducting horizontal joint research, cross-sectoral, cross-disciplinary research, and molecular diagnosis research are the deficiency of current research, and it should become the trend of research development.
Objective To review the research hotspots and cutting-edge dynamics in the field of hospital operations management, providing references for relevant research in our country. Methods Using CiteSpace 6.1.R6 software, we conducted a visual analysis of English literature in the field of hospital operations management collected from the Web of Science database Core Collection from the establishment of the database to December 31st 2022. Result A total of 808 articles were included, with the first article in the field of hospital operations management published in 1980 since the establishment of the Web of Science database. Over the 42-year period, annual publications had shown an increasing trend. Research outcomes were concentrated in institutions and researchers from Europe and the United States, but academic collaboration among institutions and authors was not particularly close. The hotspots in related fields mainly focused on aspects of care quality, management, and performance. Conclusions Studies on hospital operations management in China are in the early stage, and the international influence of research outcomes needs to be further strengthened. The research frontier has shifted from healthcare quality and safety to internal financial performance, human resource management, and resource allocation. Research on the application of technological methods in hospital operations management will continue to emerge.
Objective To examine the research status and predict trends in ME research findings from 1997-2023 on a global scale. Methods Web of Science Core Collection database was searched for original articles on ME published between 1997 and 2023, and then analyzed using CiteSpace, VOSviewer and the Online Analysis Platform of Literature Metrology to map scientific knowledge. Results A total of 748 articles were eventually included. The number of ME publications increased year by year, with the USA being the most productive country. Osteoarthritis, MRI, medial meniscus posterior root repair, biomechanical evaluation, lateral meniscus allograft transplantation, radiographic joint space narrowing are the high frequency keywords in co-occurrence cluster analysis and cocited reference cluster analysis. Medial meniscus posterior root tear and lateral meniscus allograft transplantation are current and evolving research hotspots in citation burst detection analysis. Conclusions The understanding of ME has been improved significantly during the past decades. Current research focuses on optimizing surgical repair methods and obtaining long-term follow-up outcomes for medial meniscal posterior root repair and developing methods to reduce ME after lateral meniscal allograft, as well as they are the highlights of future research on ME.
Objective To understand the research status of social network analysis methods in the medicine and health field, help medical scientific research managers quickly understand the publication situation and research hotspots of the methods, and provide references for them to use social network analysis methods to enter deeper research. Methods PubMed, Web of Science, Springer Link, ScienceDirect, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang and VIP databases were searched for related literature on social network analysis methods in the medical and health field from the establishment of databases to April 2022. Bibliometric analysis was used to analyze the included articles. Results A total of 432 articles were included, with 424 in Chinese and 8 in English. The included articles were published between 1993 and 2020, involving 154 journals and 913 key words. The number of documents increased rapidly at first, and then entered a stable stage. The hot research directions were the spread and prevention of diseases and the power of social support networks. Conclusions Although the number of applications of social network analysis methods in the medical and health field has increased year by year and the application flexibility has increased, the application depth is still lacking. Scientific researchers should dig deep into the research direction, combine theory with practice, and focus on innovation.
Objective To conduct a systematic and comprehensive bibliometric analysis related to medical imaging in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) published by Chinese authors, and indicate the current status and guidance for coping with the challenges brought by long COVID. Methods Literature records pertaining to COVID-19 imaging were retrieved from the Web of Science (WOS) and Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) with a date range of January 1st, 2020 to December 31st, 2022. CiteSpace was used to analyze the popular topics and generate a visual map to further refine research trends. Results The search enrolled 2229 publications (1771 publications from WOS and 458 from CSCD). The monthly volume of publications showed a significant increase followed by a gradual decline, and then maintained a stable level. Clustering analysis of keywords and co-citations revealed that the research hotspots in COVID-19 imaging were clinical features, imaging differential diagnosis, and the application of artificial intelligence. Keyword burst analysis showed that “deep learning” was the most intensive keyword, while “attention mechanism” had the longest burst duration. Conclusions In recent years, the research in the field of COVID-19 imaging has made steady progress. Artificial intelligence has received the most attention. Clinical features, imaging features and artificial intelligence assisted diagnosis are the top of most concerns. The future focus of COVID-19 imaging research may be on improving algorithm models to expand the application of artificial intelligence in disease diagnosis, treatment, and management.
Objective To provide some theoretical reference and practical guidance for the medical risk management and early warning of private medical institutions, and to improve the service level and social reputation of private medical institutions. Methods China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, VIP, and Web of Science database were searched for literature on medical risk management of private medical institutions published from the dates of establishment of databases to July 31, 2023. CiteSpace software was used for analysis. The aspects of literature number, literature source, author-institution cooperation, keyword co-occurrence, keyword clustering and burst were analyzed. Results A total of 2 635 literature were detected. Among them, there were 1446 articles in Chinese and 1189 articles in English. Although domestic research started late, it covered a wide range of disciplines and research fields. The Chinese literature showed a growth trend in the medium term, but the growth trend was slower than that of foreign literature. At the same time, the cooperation network of foreign authors and institutions was closer than that of domestic ones, and the overall development was relatively insufficient. There were differences between domestic and foreign research hotspots in terms of disciplines and research contents. Conclusions It is necessary to strengthen the theoretical and practical research on medical risk management of private medical institutions, and accelerate the construction of risk management and early warning models suitable for the characteristics of private medical institutions in China. In the future, the emerging research fields such as moral hazard, emergency and internal control need to be deepened and expanded.
ObjectiveTo investigate current status and hot issues of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (pNEN) imaging research.MethodsThe literatures focusing on pNEN and published from 1998 to 2018 were retrieved from the core database of Web of Science. The quantitative analysis of literatures was then conducted by using the CiteSpace software based on the bibliometrics method. The research trend was then summarized systematically and the potential research fronts and focuses were explored.ResultsA total of 190 articles in the field of pNEN imaging research were retrieved, and the top three countries in the literatures were the United States, Germany, and Italy. The clustering of co-citation of pNEN included the endoscopic ultrasound, current diagnosis, prospective evaluation, cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, hypervascular neuroendocrine tumor, nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, intravoxel incoherent motion, and metastastic lesion. The hot of keywords in the field of pNEN included the fine needle aspiration, CT, diagnosis, pancreas, cancer, neuroendocrine tumor, neoplasm, carcinoma, and management. The hot keywords clustering had the neuroendocrine tumor, pancreatic mass size, non-hyperfunctioning neuroendocrine tumor, CT appearance, metastatic lesion, ancillary studies, somatostatin analogues, somatostatinoma, intraoperative ultrasound, and multiple endcorine neoplasia 1.ConclusionAccurate imaging diagnosis of pNEN is still a hot issue in this field.
Objective To review the literature written in English on hospital performance research and provide theoretical and practical references for research in the field of hospital performance in China. Methods Literature related to hospital performance published from 1972 to 2022 in the Web of Science Core Collection was retrieved. Microsoft Excel 2021 was used to analyze the annual publication volume of English literature in the field of hospital performance. CiteSpace 6.1.R6 software was used for co-occurrence analysis of countries/regions, institutions and authors, research hotspots and frontiers. Results A total of 1447 articles were ultimately included. The analysis of annual publication volume showed that the overall publication volume in the field of hospital performance was on the rise. The co-occurrence analysis of countries/regions indicated that the United States had the highest output of academic papers (548), followed by the United Kingdom and China (120 and 89 respectively). The most productive institution was Harvard University in the United States, and the most productive scholar was Harlan M. Krumholz from the Yale University School of Medicine in the United States. The most frequently occurring keyword was “care”. The clustering analysis of keywords revealed that the keywords in the field of hospital performance research were clustered into 12 categories. The top 5 keywords with the highest burst intensity included “acute myocardial infarction” “indicator” “US hospital” “predictor” and “administrative data”. Keywords such as “public hospital” “financial performance” “performance measurement” “framework” and “organizational performance” began to emerge in 2020 and had continued to the present. Conclusions The research hotspot in the field of hospital performance has shifted from focusing on individual performance to organizational performance. There is still a lot of room for research in this field in China, and the exploration of hospital performance evaluation and management models may continue to be research hotspots in this field in the future.
ObjectiveTo analyze the current research status of radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in the past 10 years so as to understand the research hotspots and future development in this field through a bibliometric visualization analysis. MethodsThe literature relevant DTC RAI therapy published from 2014 to 2023 was screened using the Web of Science database. The publication time, country, institution, author, keywords, and other content of literature were analyzed, and the multidimensional scientific research network was constructed, and the visualization analysis was performed using RStudio and Flourish software. ResultsA total of 2 018 studies related to DTC RAI therapy were screened out from the publications from 2014 to 2023, with a fluctuating trend of increasing publication numbers. The publication numbers in China ranked first (422 articles), followed by the United States (374 articles) and Italy (182 articles). In terms of international cooperation, the United States ranked first with the most leading collaborations (289 times), and the top 3 countries in terms of cooperation with the United States were Italy (33 times), China (21 times), and France (21 times). China ranked fifth in leading cooperation, relatively less (52 times), with the main collaborators being Japan (7 times), South Korea (6 times), and Australia (5 times). Half of the top 6 institutions in terms of publication numbers were from the United States, with the top 3 being Unicancer from France (135 articles), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from the United States (134 articles), and the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center from the United States (89 articles). Beijing Union Medical College Hospital and Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked 19th and 23rd, respectively, with article counts of 46 and 44 articles. Tuttle RM, an author from the United States, ranked first in both publication numbers and contribution, with a total of 48 articles published from 2014 to 2023. There were two authors, Lin YS and Tan J, from China who had made it into the top 10 in terms of publication numbers, with 32 and 25 publications, respectively. The trend topics showed the evolution of hot topics, covering from the relation between urinary iodine and DTC, lymph node metastasis, to innovative research and prognosis assessment, as well as in-depth exploration of new therapies for iodine-refractory DTC. The co-occurrence and clustering of keywords included 4 aspects, namely, the standardized management of DTC, related contents during the peri-treatment period, papillary thyroid carcinoma, and the exploration of targeted therapy for iodine-refractory DTC. ConclusionsIn recent years, the research focus in the field of DTC RAI therapy has shifted from technical applications to management concepts, which has also promoted the improvement of treatment modes and made patients’ treatment plans increasingly personalized and precise. Future research will focus on precision medicine, individualized treatment, the combination of targeted therapy and immunotherapy, resistance mechanisms to treatment, and long-term management after treatment, aiming to improve patients’ treatment outcomes and quality of life and achieve a revolutionary breakthrough in treatment.
Objective To conduct a bibliometric analysis of research hotspots and development trends in the application of peripheral magnetic stimulation (PMS), systematically review the research evolution, and provide references for future studies. Methods We retrieved PMS-related literature from the Science Citation Index Expanded database in Web of Science Core Collection (January 1, 1989 - March 5, 2025). Using VOSviewer (v1.6.20) and CiteSpace (v6.1.R6), we performed annual publication volume analysis, country/institution/author collaboration network analysis, reference co-citation analysis, and keyword co-occurrence/clustering/burst analysis, with corresponding knowledge mapping visualizations. Results A total of 124 publications were included. Both publication counts and citation frequencies remained low in early years but showed steady annual growth after 2011. The publications originated from 21 countries/regions, with Germany being the most productive nation, Technical University of Munich the leading institution, and Schneider C (from the Research Center of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Sciences, Laval University, Canada) the most prolific author. Keyword analysis revealed three major research clusters: neuromodulation technologies, physiological mechanisms, and clinical rehabilitation applications. Future research priorities included expanded clinical applications integrating neuroelectrophysiological indicators with rehabilitation assessments, and interdisciplinary optimization of stimulation parameters through engineering approaches. Conclusions PMS has gained widespread clinical application with growing scientific interest. Future studies should focus on current hotspots to advance precision and intelligent development of this technology.