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Global trend and future landscape of intestinal microcirculation research from 2000 to 2021: A scientometric study
Sun-Jing Fu, Meng-Ting Xu, Bing Wang, Bing-Wei Li, Hao Ling, Yuan Li, Qin Wang, Xue-Ting Liu, Xiao-Yan Zhang, Ai-Ling Li, Ming-Ming Liu
Sun-Jing Fu, Meng-Ting Xu, Bing Wang, Bing-Wei Li, Yuan Li, Qin Wang, Xue-Ting Liu, Xiao-Yan Zhang, Ai-Ling Li, Ming-Ming Liu, Institute of Microcirculation, Key Laboratory of Microcirculation, Ministry of Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China
Hao Ling, Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Changsha 410004, Hunan Province, China
Ming-Ming Liu, Diabetes Research Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China
Author contributions: Liu MM designed the scientometric analysis strategy; Fu SJ, Xu MT, Wang B, Li BW, Ling H, Wang Q, Liu XT, Zhang XY, and Li AL downloaded and analyzed the data; Fu SJ and Liu MM wrote the manuscript; Liu MM made critical revisions to the article for important intellectual content; All authors discussed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Supported by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation, No. 7212068; and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81900747.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Ming-Ming Liu, PhD, Research Scientist, Institute of Microcirculation, Key Laboratory of Microcirculation, Ministry of Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 5 Dong Dan Third Alley, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100005, China. mingmingliu@imc.pumc.edu.cn
Received: November 18, 2022
Peer-review started: November 18, 2022
First decision: January 23, 2023
Revised: February 1, 2023
Accepted: February 24, 2023
Article in press: February 24, 2023
Published online: March 7, 2023
BACKGROUND
The intestinal microcirculation functions in food absorption and metabolic substance exchanges. Accumulating evidence indicates that intestinal microcirculatory dysfunction is a significant source of multiple gastrointestinal diseases. To date, there has not been a scientometric analysis of intestinal microcirculatory research.
AIM
To investigate the current status, development trends, and frontiers of intestinal microcirculatory research based on bibliometric analysis.
METHODS
VOSviewer and CiteSpace 6.1.R2 were used to identify the overall characteristics and knowledge map of intestinal microcirculatory research based on the core literature published from 2000 to 2021 in the Web of Science database. The characteristics of each article, country of origin, institution, journal, cocitations, and other information were analyzed and visualized.
RESULTS
There were 1364 publications enrolled in the bibliometric analysis, exhibiting an upward trend from 2000 to 2021 with increased participation worldwide. The United States and Dalhousie University took the lead among countries and institutions, respectively. Shock was the most prolific journal, and Nature Reviews Microbiology Clinical had the most citations. The topical hotspots and frontiers in intestinal microcirculatory research were centered on the pathological processes of functional impairment of intestinal microvessels, diverse intestinal illnesses, and clinical treatment.
CONCLUSION
Our study highlights insights into trends of the published research on the intestinal microcirculation and offers serviceable guidance to researchers by summarizing the prolific areas in intestinal disease research to date.
Core Tip: This bibliometric analysis of the research directions and important literature related to the intestinal microcirculation over the last 22 years documents the current status, development trends, and frontiers of intestinal microcirculatory research and provides information that may guide future research efforts.
