Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (23): 3711-3717.doi: 10.12307/2021.044

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Development of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in recent 10 years: a visual analysis using CiteSpace

Fan Jin1, Zeng Luyao2, Zhong Dongling1, Li Yuxi1, Tian Yanping1, Huang Yijie1, Jin Rongjiang1   

  1. 1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, Sichuan Province, China; 2Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou  350108, Fujian Province, China
  • Received:2020-03-23 Revised:2020-03-28 Accepted:2020-08-15 Online:2021-08-18 Published:2021-02-24
  • Contact: Jin Rongjiang, MD, Professor, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, Sichuan Province, China
  • About author:Fan Jin, Master candidate, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, Sichuan Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the Science and Technology Research Plan of Sichuan Province, No. 2019YFS0019 (to JRJ)

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a new non-invasive monitoring method for brain activities. fNIRS shows unique advantages for brain imaging and belongs to a new research hotspot in the field of brain science.
OBJECTIVE: Based on CiteSpace knowledge map, to conduct metrology, co-occurrence analysis, co-citation analysis, cluster analysis of related international research, in order to explore the progress and hotspots of fNIRS research in the past 10 years, hoping to provide some guidance for future research.
METHOD: The Web of Science was searched for relevant literature included in the Science Citation Index Expanded from 2010 to 2020. Authors, countries, institutions and keywords were taken as nodes for co-occurrence analysis using CiteSpace software. Cited journals and references were used for co-citation analysis, and keywords were clustered and burst-analyzed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 1 734 papers were included. Fallgatter AJ was the representative of the high yield authors. The high yield countries were the United States, Japan and China. The high yield institutions were Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Drexel University and University College London. From the perspective of psychology and cognitive neuroscience, it is predicted that fNIRS research on the various mechanisms of different brain regions, especially the frontal cortex, fNIRS research on the detection of individual differences in infants and children, and research on fNIRS combined with other brain functional imaging techniques are still hot topics in the future. CiteSpace-based visual analysis of fNIRS literature included in the Web of Science in the past 10 years indicates a rapid development of fNIRS technique. This study directly reveals the authors and institutions that can cooperate, and predicts the research focus of fNIRS, which provide references for future topic selection and research direction of fNIRS research.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

Key words: functional near-infrared spectroscopy, cognition, frontal cortex, activation, CiteSpace, visual analysis, bibliometrics, mapping knowledge domain

CLC Number: