Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2024, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (35): 5681-5687.doi: 10.12307/2024.803

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Bibliometric and visual analysis of postmenopausal osteoporosis based on highly cited SCI papers

Li Yan1, Liu Ning1, Wang Xiaoyang1, Xiao Xiangyu1, 2, Liu Ping1, 3, Zhang Yili4, Jiang Hongjiang5, Zhu Liguo1, Wei Xu1   

  1. 1Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100102, China; 2Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250013, Shandong Province, China; 3Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; 4College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China; 5Wendeng Orthopedic Hospital of Shandong Province, Weihai 264400, Shandong Province, China
  • Received:2023-11-18 Accepted:2023-12-14 Online:2024-12-18 Published:2024-03-15
  • Contact: Wei Xu, MD, Researcher, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100102, China
  • About author:Li Yan, MD candidate, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100102, China
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Progrm), Nos. 82374497 and 82174416 (both to WX); Capital Clinical Characteristic Diagnosis and Treatment Technology Research and Translational Application Project of Beijing Scientific and Technological Program, No. Z221100007422074 (to WX); Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Project (Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation), No. BK20220468 (to ZYL); Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Programs, Nos. 2019-0798(to JHJ) and Q-2022030 (to LY)

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Bibliometrics and visual analyses based on thematic literature are particularly important for understanding the foundation and frontiers of postmenopausal osteoporosis research.
OBJECTIVE: To perform bibliometric, citation, and visualization analyses of highly cited SCI papers in postmenopausal osteoporosis research over the last 20 years. 
METHODS: The top 100 highly cited papers on postmenopausal osteoporosis published between 2003 and 2022 included in SCI-EXPANDED catalog of the Web of Science database were obtained for bibliometric measure and visual analysis using CiteSpace software. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The top 100 highly cited papers have a total of 67 377 citations in the Web of Science Core Collection, with an annual average of 49.17 citations per paper. Postmenopausal osteoporosis research primarily involves medical, engineering, biological, and multidisciplinary fields. The subcategories are dominated by endocrinology and metabolism, and medicine: internal medicine. Stable and close cooperative network relationships have been formed globally. United States, University of California System, Cummings, and Steven R are the country, research institution, and author, respectively, with the most highly-cited publications. The frontiers of postmenopausal osteoporosis research mainly include calcium and vitamin D supplementation and fracture risk, clinical studies of bisphosphonates in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, atypical femur fracture, clinical studies of new drugs and sequential treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, predictors of fracture risk, mid- and long-term follow-up of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, genetic polymorphisms and hereditary factors, formulation and updating of clinical practice guidelines for postmenopausal osteoporosis. Large cohort studies, high-quality randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical practice guidelines are the great engines that drive the development of clinical research in postmenopausal osteoporosis. We should make efforts in the above areas to improve China’s international influence in the field of osteoporosis.  

Key words: postmenopausal osteoporosis, highly cited paper, Web of Science, WoS, bibliometrics, CiteSpace, visualization, knowledge mapping, sequential therapy, osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture

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