Bibliometrics of artificial intelligence applications in hepatobiliary surgery from 2014 to 2024

Table 1 Major countries/regions of origin for the artificial intelligence in hepatobiliary surgery

Rank	Country	Articles	Total citations	Average citation	H-index
1	China	891	11 648	14.18	50
2	America	702	15 043	22.54	64
3	Germany	193	3505	18.95	33
4	India	192	2983	16.31	30
5	Japan	180	2394	14.16	21
6	South Korea	175	2136	12.82	22
7	Italy	164	3055	19.35	29
8	England	144	3498	24.78	33
9	France	115	2567	22.92	28
10	Canada	86	2213	26.1	25
11	Switzerland	70	1161	16.77	18
12	Netherlands	66	1269	19.52	21
13	Spain	62	1267	20.77	19
14	Saudi Arabia	54	778	14.59	15

Table 2 Top 10 funding sources in terms of number of supports

Rank	Source of fundings	No. of grants	Percent of total funding
1	National Natural Science Foundation of China	406	15.909%
2	United States Department of Health Human Services	256	10.031%
3	National Institutes of Health	254	9.953%
4	National Research Foundation of Korea	60	2.351%
5	National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute	60	2.351%
6	Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology Japan MEXT	54	2.116%
7	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	51	1.998%
8	Grants in Aid for Scientific Research Kakenhi	48	1.881%
9	National Key Research and Development Program of China	41	1.607%
10	National Key RD Program of China	34	1.332%

Table 3 Top 15 authors in terms of number of publications

Rank	Authors	No. of publications	Affiliated organization	Citation counts
1	Wang Y	28	College of Information and Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China	275
2	Liu Y	22	Calico Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, United States	191
3	Wang K	22	Guangdong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, Department of Medical Ultrasound, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China	502
4	Wang J	21	Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China	129
5	Zhang L	20	School of Computer Science, and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, China	175
6	Zhang Y	20	Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, United States; Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, United States; California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, United States	466
7	Lee JM	19	Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, South Korea	58
8	Lee S	19	Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea	137
9	Liu Z	19	School of Computer Science and Telecommunication, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China	242
10	Pickhardt PJ	19	Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, United States	864
11	Liu J	18	Department of Gastroenterology, Wuhan Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China	65
12	Chen Y	17	School of Software, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, China	94
13	Saba L	17	Department of Radiology, Policlinico Universitario, Cagliari, Italy	745
14	Summers RM	17	Imaging Biomarkers and Computer-Aided Diagnosis Laboratory, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, United States	1103
15	Yoon JH	17	Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea	126

Table 4 Top publishing institutions

Rank	Institution	Articles	Country	Total citations	Average citation	H-index
1	Seoul National University	97	South Korea	807	8.77	15
2	Chinese Academy of Sciences	84	China	1976	23.87	22
3	University of California System	74	America	2074	28.2	23
4	Zhejiang University	68	China	1573	23.54	18
5	Sun Yat-sen University	66	China	1048	16.23	17
6	Harvard University	62	America	1444	23.42	20
7	University of Texas System	62	America	865	14.39	15
8	Mayo Clinic	58	America	951	16.72	17
9	Fudan University	57	China	653	11.54	14
10	Institut National De La Sante et de la Recherche Medicale Inserm	47	France	1370	29.55	17
11	Harvard Medical School	44	America	685	15.7	14
12	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	43	China	302	7.14	10
13	University of London	42	England	1294	30.88	15
14	Assistance Publique Hopitaux Paris APHP	40	France	891	22.95	13

Table 5 Journal distribution of the artificial intelligence in hepatobiliary surgery

Rank	Journal	Articles	IF as of 2023	Total citations	Average citations/article	JCR	H-index
1	Medical Physics	75	3.2	925	12.56	Q1	18
2	European Radiology	70	4.7	1595	23.91	Q1	19
3	Scientific Reports	61	3.8	1213	20.1	Q1	15
4	Frontiers in Oncology	56	3.5	454	8.25	Q2	11
5	Diagnostics	54	3.0	358	6.76	Q1	12
6	IEEE Access	45	3.4	819	18.36	Q2	15
7	Cancers	39	4.5	362	9.38	Q1	12
8	Computers in Biology and Medicine	39	7.0	754	19.64	Q1	15
9	Abdominal Radiology	35	2.3	455	13.17	Q2	11
10	International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery	35	2.3	837	24.14	Q2	13