Global scientific trends on hepatocellular carcinoma research from 2004 to 2023: A bibliometric and visualized analysis

Table 1 Top 20 productive countries/regions on hepatocellular carcinoma from 2004 to 2013 and 2014 to 2023

Rank	Country/region, 2004-2013	Counts, 2004-2013	Citations, 2004-2013	Average Citation, 2004-2013	Country/region, 2014-2023	Counts, 2014-2023	Citations, 2014-2023	Average citation, 2014-2023
1	China	7560	355391	47.0	China	35342	771552	21.8
2	United States	6209	455449	73.4	United States	10639	429837	40.4
3	Japan	5159	220507	42.7	Japan	5703	154556	27.1
4	South Korea	2099	100453	47.9	South Korea	3821	109114	28.6
5	Taiwan	1961	104682	53.4	Taiwan	3008	93549	31.1
6	Germany	1713	112577	65.7	Germany	2794	105542	37.8
7	Italy	1671	117403	70.3	Italy	2712	112447	41.5
8	France	1130	90151	79.8	France	1890	114798	60.7
9	United Kingdom	800	66208	82.8	United Kingdom	1647	86530	52.5
10	Spain	623	60447	97.0	Egypt	1266	21957	17.3
11	Canada	605	47512	78.5	Spain	1156	75027	64.9
12	India	369	16565	44.9	Canada	1105	48454	43.8
13	Australia	365	29447	80.7	India	1028	25435	24.7
14	Singapore	322	23992	74.5	Australia	796	32681	41.1
15	Switzerland	316	32718	103.5	Switzerland	749	44638	59.6
16	Netherlands	285	21782	76.4	Singapore	687	30524	44.4
17	Egypt	278	7396	26.6	Turkey	662	15840	23.9
18	Turkey	248	5655	22.8	Netherlands	650	25842	39.8
19	Belgium	229	20888	91.2	Saudi Arabia	569	9031	15.9
20	Sweden	207	13899	67.1	Brazil	552	12688	23.0

Table 2 Top 20 productive Journals on hepatocellular carcinoma from 2004 to 2013 and 2014 to 2023

Rank	Journal, 2004-2013	Counts, 2004-2013	Citations, 2004-2013	Average citation, 2004-2013	Journal, 2014-2023	Counts, 2014-2023	Citations, 2014-2023	Average citation, 2014-2023
1	World Journal of Gastroenterology	1021	28851	28.3	Oncotarget	1503	48089	32.0
2	Hepatology	744	96533	129.7	PLOS One	1258	29416	23.4
3	PLOS One	703	33594	47.8	Scientific Reports	1188	27195	22.9
4	Hepato-Gastroenterology	569	6518	11.5	Frontiers in Oncology	1109	10136	9.1
5	Journal of Hepatology	508	47909	94.3	Oncology Letters	1002	13871	13.8
6	Oncology Reports	400	11305	28.3	Cancers	792	8688	11.0
7	Hepatology Research	363	9757	26.9	Hepatology	756	73071	96.7
8	Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	346	12074	34.9	World Journal of Gastroenterology	742	20879	28.1
9	Liver International	335	13490	40.3	BMC Cancer	680	14145	20.8
10	International Journal of Cancer	282	18689	66.3	Medicine	665	8256	12.4
11	International Journal of Oncology	278	9393	33.8	Oncology Reports	605	13853	22.9
12	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	277	10296	37.2	Hepatology Research	546	10326	18.9
13	Cancer Letters	273	12845	47.1	Tumor Biology	544	12421	22.8
14	Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology	264	12117	45.9	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	533	8025	15.1
15	American Journal of Roentgenology	259	12377	47.8	Molecular Medicine Reports	518	8555	16.5
16	Clinical Cancer Research	251	24477	97.5	Journal of Hepatology	510	63932	125.4
17	Cancer Research	242	33590	138.8	Oncotargets and Therapy	497	8634	17.4
18	Annals of Surgical Oncology	223	13574	60.9	Liver International	467	12675	27.1
19	Gastroenterology	218	44010	201.9	Cell Death & Disease	444	17814	40.1
20	Anticancer Research	212	5163	24.4	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	442	11284	25.5

Table 3 Top 20 productive institutions on hepatocellular carcinoma from 2004 to 2013 and 2014 to 2023

Rank	Institution, 2004-2013	Counts, 2004-2013	Citations, 2004-2013	Average citation, 2004-2013	Institution, 2014-2023	Counts, 2014-2023	Citations, 2014-2023	Average citation, 2014-2023
1	Fudan University	768	51212	66.7	Sun Yat-sen University	2637	65851	25.0
2	National Taiwan University	573	45852	80.0	Fudan University	2420	68376	28.3
3	Sun Yat-sen University	532	38484	72.3	Zhejiang University	1667	38404	23.0
4	University of Hong Kong	488	41159	84.3	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	1518	44882	29.6
5	Seoul National University	487	22224	45.6	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	1220	25413	20.8
6	The Second Military Medical University	482	26288	54.5	Nanjing Medical University	1203	31945	26.6
7	The University of Tokyo	431	38423	89.1	The Second Military Medical University	1129	38166	33.8
8	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	410	28461	69.4	Southern Medical University	1103	24952	22.6
9	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	358	17093	47.7	Guangxi Medical University	1081	17509	16.2
10	Yonsei University	355	20531	57.8	China Medical University	1036	21983	21.2
11	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	347	18708	53.9	Zhengzhou University	1015	20239	19.9
12	Chang Gung University	335	17672	52.8	Sichuan University	1008	19610	19.5
13	National Cancer Center	309	18556	60.1	Chinese Academy of Sciences	1007	32901	32.7
14	Chinese Academy of Sciences	301	16517	54.9	Shandong University	982	19957	20.3
15	National Cancer Institute	299	35623	119.1	Central South University	980	23574	24.1
16	Peking University	299	12927	43.2	Xi’an Jiaotong University	895	22981	25.7
17	Osaka University	296	16674	56.3	Capital Medical University	894	17993	20.1
18	Zhejiang University	296	16308	55.1	Seoul National University	862	30835	35.8
19	Sungkyunkwan University	287	15636	54.5	Peking University	821	20200	24.6
20	Johns Hopkins University	276	20132	72.9	Fujian Medical University	759	12370	16.3