Bibliometric and visual analysis of cerebral revascularization from 1999 to 2022

Ding Zhang; Xiaoqian Li; Ni Jia; Wei Chen; Yueqiang Hu

doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.1088448

Bibliometric and visual analysis of cerebral revascularization from 1999 to 2022

Front Neurosci. 2023 Jan 9:16:1088448. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1088448. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Ding Zhang¹, Xiaoqian Li², Ni Jia³, Wei Chen⁴, Yueqiang Hu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China.
² Weinan Vocational and Technical College Nursing College, Weinan, China.
³ Department of Encephalopathy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China.
⁴ Department of Encephalopathy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China.

Abstract

Background: Cerebral revascularization is a neurosurgical procedure used to restore the cerebral collateral circulation channel. This study examines the countries, institutions, authors, journals, keywords, and references related to the disease in the field of cerebral revascularization from 1999 to 2022 from a bibliometrics perspective, evaluates the changes of knowledge structure clustering and identifies the new hot spots and new research directions in this field.

Methods: The Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) database and the PICOS retrieval method were used to conduct a comprehensive search for articles and reviews pertaining to cerebral revascularization. The final filtered data were bibliometrically and visually drawn using Microsoft office 365, CiteSpace (v.6.1.R2), and VOSviewer (v.1.6.18).

Results: From 1999 to 2022, a total of 854 articles pertaining to cerebral revascularization, which originated from 46 nations, 482 institutions, and 686 researchers, were extracted from the WOSCC database, and the number of publications in this field of study was rising. The United States held the highest proportion in the ranking analysis of countries, institutions, authors, and journals. By analyzing co-citations, the scientific organization of this field and the development status of frontier fields were realized. Cerebral revascularization, moyamoya disease, extracranial intracranial bypass, and occlusion are the current research focal points in the field of cerebral revascularization. Hyperperfusion and vascular disorder may also become a new study focus in this discipline in the near future.

Conclusion: Using the method of bibliometrics, this study analyzed and reviewed the articles in the field of cerebral revascularization, which enabled scholars to better comprehend the dynamic process in this field and provided a foundation for future in-depth research.

Keywords: CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometric; cerebral revascularization; visualization.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number: 8197150549), Guangxi TCM Brain Disease Clinical Research Center Project (No. AD20238028), Guangxi Higher Education High Level Innovation Team and Excellence Scholar Program [No. (2020) 06], the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Academic Team Construction Project [No. (2018) 146], and the Project of Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No. 2020MS007).