Zhang Tai, Zhang Beihua, Tian Wende, Ma Xiangxue, Wang Fengyun, Wang Ping, Wei Yuchen, Liu Lin, Tang Xudong
Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Department of Gastroenterology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Feb 17;9:843395. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.843395. eCollection 2022.
Atrophic gastritis (AG), which is characterized by a decreased number or disappearance of the glandular structures and secretory dysfunction, is linked to chronically inflamed stomach. It has been estimated that the annual incidence of gastric cancer (GC) is 0.1% for patients with AG. Early eradication of () can reduce the risk of GC development. Additionally, the follow-up and management of AG are necessary to prevent GC. Exploring novel methods of the automatized analysis of data for apprehending knowledge in any medical field is encouraged, especially when a body of literature suggests the necessity of doing so. Accordingly, herein, we aim to systematically review the current foci and status of AG research using bibliometric analysis.
Articles and reviews related to AG published from 2011 to 2021 in the Web of Science Core Collection were retrieved. Microsoft Office Excel 2019 and GraphPad Prism were used to show the annual number of publications and scientific productivity of authors through time. CiteSpace and VOSviewer were used to generate network maps about the collaborations among countries, institutions, and authors as well as reveal hotspots of AG research. The relationships among the author's keywords, cited references, and the top authors were summarized by a Sankey plot (three-fields plot).
A total of 1,432 publications were included in the present study. China remained the most productive country, with the highest number of publications (377, 26.32%). Vanderbilt University contributed the most publications of any single institution (56, 3.91%). James R Goldenring was the most active and influential scholar, with the highest number of publications and greatest centrality. The most prolific journal in this field was (62, 4.32%). (997, 69.62%) was the most co-cited journal. Exploring the origin of gastric metaplasia, especially spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM) was a major topic in AG research.
This bibliometric study provides a comprehensive analysis of the scientific progress of AG over the past decade. Metaplasia is a hot topic and could be a promising area of research in the coming years.
萎缩性胃炎（AG）以腺体结构数量减少或消失以及分泌功能障碍为特征，与慢性胃炎症有关。据估计，AG患者的胃癌（GC）年发病率为0.1%。早期根除（）可降低GC发生风险。此外，对AG进行随访和管理对于预防GC是必要的。鼓励探索在任何医学领域自动分析数据以获取知识的新方法，特别是当大量文献表明有必要这样做时。因此，在此我们旨在使用文献计量分析系统地回顾AG研究的当前重点和现状。
检索2011年至2021年在科学网核心合集中发表的与AG相关的文章和综述。使用Microsoft Office Excel 2019和GraphPad Prism展示年度出版物数量以及作者随时间的科研生产力。使用CiteSpace和VOSviewer生成关于国家、机构和作者之间合作的网络图，并揭示AG研究的热点。通过桑基图（三字段图）总结作者关键词、被引参考文献和顶级作者之间的关系。
本研究共纳入1432篇出版物。中国仍然是产出最多的国家，出版物数量最多（377篇，占26.32%）。范德堡大学在所有单一机构中贡献的出版物最多（56篇，占3.91%）。詹姆斯·R·戈尔丁林是最活跃且最具影响力的学者，出版物数量最多且中心性最高。该领域发文量最多的期刊是（62篇，占4.32%）。（997篇，占69.62%）是被引频次最高的期刊。探索胃化生的起源，尤其是表达解痉多肽的化生（SPEM）是AG研究的一个主要主题。
这项文献计量研究对过去十年AG的科学进展进行了全面分析。化生是一个热门话题，可能是未来几年有前景的研究领域。
