Immunological landscape of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: A bibliometric analysis

Table 1 Search query

Items	Search query	Database	Results
1	((TS = (Echinococcus multilocularis [Mesh])) OR (TS = (echinococcus AND multilocularis)) OR (TS = (E.multilocularis)) OR (TS = (alveolar echinococcosis)) OR (TS = (E.echinococcosis)) OR (TS = (alveolococcosis)) OR (TS = (echinococcus multilocularis infection)) OR (TS = (alveolar hydatid disease)) OR (TS = (multilocular echinococcosis)) OR (TS = (echinococc*)) OR (TS = (alveolar OR multilocularis OR canadensis) AND (TS = echinococc*)) OR (TS = (Echinococcus multiloculari*)) OR (TS = (multilocularis, Echinococcus)))	Web of Science Core Collection	10641
2	(TS = (Immun*))	Web of Science Core Collection	943566
3	1 and 2	Web of Science Core Collection	2067

Documents types: Articles. Language: English. Timespan: 1983-01-01 to 2023-12-31.

Table 2 Top 10 authors with the most publications

Rank	Authors	Articles	Total citation	H-index	G-index	PY-start
1	Gottstein B	72	2936	34	52	1988
2	Vuitton DA	44	1914	29	43	1984
3	Wen H	35	936	13	30	1994
4	Kern P	26	698	17	26	1993
5	Deplazes P	23	1025	15	23	1991
6	Ito A	20	560	13	20	1995
7	Lin RY	18	548	10	18	2011
8	Liance M	16	783	10	16	1988
9	Hemphill A	15	470	6	15	1995
10	Bressonhandi S	12	602	9	12	1988

Table 3 Top 10 journals with most publications

Rank	Sources	Article	Country	TC	IF	JCR
1	Parasite Immunology	25	England	374	1.4	Q3
2	Parasitology Research	21	Germany	362	1.8	Q2
3	Plos Neglected Tropical Disease	16	United States	349	3.4	Q1
4	Parasitology	14	England	285	2.1	Q2
5	Journal Of Clinical Microbiology	11	United States	270	6.1	Q1
6	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	11	United States	260	1.9	Q2
7	Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology	110	Netherlands	221	1.4	Q3
8	Clinical And Experimental Immunology	9	England	185	3.4	Q3
9	Experimental Parasitology	9	United States	183	1.4	Q3
10	Infection And Immunity	8	United States	153	2.9	Q2

TC: Total citations; IF: Impact factor; JCR: Journal Citation Reports.