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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
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
The intestinal microcirculation plays an important role in food absorption and metabolic substance exchange. And it is beneficial to comprehensively describe the progress of intestinal microcirculation research and provide information that may guide future research efforts.
Research motivation
Few attempts have been made to systematically assess scientific findings and current networks in the field of intestinal microcirculation. It is difficult to identify potential research hotspots or emerging research frontiers.
Research objectives
To investigate the research status, development trend, and frontier dynamics of intestinal microcirculation in the past 22 years (2000-2021).
Research methods
Based on the core literature published in the Web of Science database from 2000-2021, VOSviewer and CiteSpace 6.1.R2 were used to analyze and visualize the overall characteristics, source countries, institutions, journals, and citation frequencies of intestinal microcirculatory research.
Research results
A total of 1364 publications were included in the bibliometric analysis, showing an upward trend from 2000 to 2021. The United States and Dalhousie University ranked first among all countries and institutions. Most of the publications were released in Shock, and the most cited journal was Nature Reviews Microbiology Clinical. The topical hotspots and frontiers of intestinal microcirculation focused on the pathological processes of functional impairment on intestinal micro-vessels, diverse intestinal illnesses, and clinical treatment.
Research conclusions
Our study reveals research trends in the field of intestinal microcirculation and offers serviceable guidance to researchers by providing the prolific areas for intestinal disease research to date.
Research perspectives
Our analysis systematically assesses the scientific findings and current networks in this study of intestinal microcirculation from a worldwide perspective. Optimization of diagnosis, prognostic assessment, and clinical treatment are features and trends in this field. Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to facilitate intestinal microcirculation research.
