Stem cell transplantation in cerebrovascular accidents: A global bibliometric analysis (2000-2023)

Table 1 Top 20 performing countries with research articles on stem cell transplantation in patients with cerebrovascular accident between 2000 and 2023

Rank	Country	Number of articles on SCT in CVA	Percentage among total articles on SCT in CVA	Total number of articles	Percentage of articles on SCT in CVA among total articles	Number of articles per GDP (100 billion USD)	Number of articles per million population
1	United States	1681	24.28%	4522491	0.037%	10.30	6.53
2	China	1476	21.32%	2710209	0.054%	18.72	1.34
3	Japan	543	7.84%	1146807	0.047%	10.90	4.59
4	Germany	387	5.59%	1140393	0.034%	11.62	4.85
5	Canada	239	3.45%	804341	0.030%	16.20	8.52
6	Italy	163	2.35%	875969	0.019%	8.48	2.88
7	Taiwan	154	2.22%	261548	0.059%	32.63	6.66
8	Spain	151	2.18%	588135	0.026%	12.17	3.81
9	France	150	2.17%	780901	0.019%	6.13	2.57
10	Sweden	142	2.05%	325489	0.044%	29.79	16.27
11	Iran	136	1.96%	248208	0.055%	38.90	2.51
12	Australia	119	1.72%	682640	0.017%	10.97	6.80
13	Netherlands	113	1.63%	512315	0.022%	14.33	7.56
14	India	99	1.43%	654887	0.015%	5.79	0.11
15	Georgia	86	1.24%	137776	0.062%	692.04	20.68
16	Poland	83	1.20%	234641	0.035%	18.60	2.29
17	South Korea	83	1.20%	104065	0.080%	6.81	1.99
18	Brazil	82	1.18%	424567	0.019%	5.18	0.55
19	United Kingdom	79	1.14%	343056	0.023%	3.03	1.34
20	Belgium	64	0.92%	247924	0.026%	14.07	6.27

CVA: Cerebrovascular accident; GDP: Gross domestic product; SCT: Stem cell transplantation; USD: United States dollar.

Table 2 Distribution of articles published on stem cell transplantation in patients with cerebrovascular accident by journal between 2000 and 2023

Ranking	Journal	Number of articles
1	The Lancet Neurology	9
2	JAMA Neurology	1
3	Nature Reviews Neurology	3
4	Molecular Neurodegeneration	2
5	Acta Neuropathologica	4
6	Neuro-Oncology	3
7	Brain	22
8	Annals of Neurology	27
9	Alzheimer’s and Dementia	0
10	Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	4
11	Autism in Adulthood	0
12	Sleep Medicine Reviews	0
13	Stroke	165
14	European Stroke Journal	0
15	Annual Review of Vision Science	0
16	Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy	1
17	Movement Disorders	1
18	Translational Neurodegeneration	0
19	Neurology	20