Global trends and performances in diabetic retinopathy studies: A bibliometric analysis

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Feng Zhang¹  Jinfan Tang²  Junguo Duan³  Xiaoxiao Wu³  Luping Liu³  Huan Xiao³  Mengyue Li³  Jing Zhou³  Meiqi Chen³  Yingying Nie³ 

[1] School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China;School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China;School of Ophthalmology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China;

关键词: diabetic retinopathy;    CiteSpace;    VOSviewer;    public health;    bibliometric analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1128008

 received in 2022-12-20, accepted in 2023-03-09,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to identify and evaluate global trends in diabetic retinopathy (DR) research and visualize the focus and frontiers of this field.MethodsDiabetic retinopathy-related publications from the establishment of the Web of Science (WOS) through 1 November 2022 were retrieved for qualitative and quantitative analyses. This study analyzed annual publication counts, prolific countries, institutions, journals, and the top 10 most cited literature. The findings were presented through descriptive statistics. VOSviewer 1.6.17 was used to exhibit keywords with high frequency and national cooperation networks, while CiteSpace 5.5.R2 displayed the timeline and burst keywords for each term.ResultsA total of 10,709 references were analyzed, and the number of publications continuously increased over the investigated period. America had the highest h-index and citation frequency, contributing to the most influence. China was the most prolific country, producing 3,168 articles. The University of London had the highest productivity. The top three productive journals were from America, and Investigative Ophthalmology Visual Science had the highest number of publications. The article from Gulshan et al. (2016; co-citation counts, 2,897) served as the representative and symbolic reference. The main research topics in this area were incidence, pathogenesis, treatment, and artificial intelligence (AI). Deep learning, models, biomarkers, and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) of DR were frontier hotspots.ConclusionBibliometric analysis in this study provided valuable insights into global trends in DR research frontiers. Four key study directions and three research frontiers were extracted from the extensive DR-related literature. As the incidence of DR continues to increase, DR prevention and treatment have become a pressing public health concern and a significant area of research interest. In addition, the development of AI technologies and telemedicine has emerged as promising research frontiers for balancing the number of doctors and patients.

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