The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Acupuncture, Moxibustion, and Rehabilitation Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Mar 2;10:746591. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.746591. eCollection 2022.
Although there is a growing research base on low back pain, the bibliometric literature related to it is deficient. The aim of this study was to conduct a bibliometric and visualization analysis of low back pain and to provide a broad view of the current trends in LBP research and a potential guide in this discipline.
The authors searched the Web of Science to extract publications regarding low back pain, and found a total of 12,249 publications during a period of 22 years, among which 12,242 were eligible. We classified and analyzed publications such as total citations, average citations per item, H-index, research types, countries/regions, institutions, and journals using standard bibliometric indicators. Bibliometric approaches (VOSviewer1.6.13 and CiteSpace 5.8.3) were also available for gathering information and explore the trends of research.
Conspicuously, over the past 22 years, an increasing number of scholars have specialized in the research of LBP, exerting the boom in articles. The largest number of document type was that of articles. Under modern conditions, regional distinction existed in the research of low back pain and developed countries preceded others. Research individuals and institutions were preoccupied by respective aspects. Visualization analysis provided objective information for potential collaborators and cooperative institutions. Furthermore, most burst keywords varied during different periods.
The map of research on LBP obtained by our analysis is expected to help researchers to efficiently and effectively explore LBP.
尽管针对下背痛的研究不断增加,但相关的文献计量学研究仍然不足。本研究旨在对下背痛进行文献计量学和可视化分析,为 LBP 研究的当前趋势提供广泛的视角,并为该领域提供潜在的指导。
作者通过 Web of Science 搜索有关下背痛的出版物,在 22 年的时间里共检索到 12,249 篇出版物,其中有 12,242 篇符合条件。我们使用标准的文献计量指标对出版物进行分类和分析,例如总引文数、篇均引文数、H 指数、研究类型、国家/地区、机构和期刊。文献计量学方法(VOSviewer1.6.13 和 CiteSpace 5.8.3)也可用于收集信息并探索研究趋势。
值得注意的是,在过去的 22 年中,越来越多的学者专门研究下背痛,导致文章数量激增。文献类型最多的是文章。在现代条件下,下背痛的研究存在地区差异,发达国家领先于其他国家。研究个人和机构专注于各自的方面。可视化分析为潜在的合作者和合作机构提供了客观的信息。此外,大多数爆发的关键词在不同时期有所变化。
我们的分析得到的下背痛研究图谱有望帮助研究人员高效、有效地探索下背痛。