Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
J Clin Neurosci. 2023 Apr;110:63-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.01.004. Epub 2023 Feb 21.
Syringomyelia is a chronic, progressive disease of the spinal cord. Syringomyelia is an etiologically diverse affliction caused by disturbance of normal cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics. Lesions are characterized by the formation of tubular cavities in the gray matter of the spinal cord and gliosis; however, the etiology is unknown and treatment methods differ. Many existing studies have focused on the relationship between other diseases and syringomyelia. There is a lack of comprehensive and objective reports on the research status of syringomyelia. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct a bibliometric analysis to quantify studies on Syringomyelia and trending issues in the last 20 years.
Articles were acquired from the Web of Science Core Collection database. We used the Library Metrology online analysis platform, BICOMB, gCLUTO, CiteSpace bibliometrics tools for analysis, VOSviewer 1.6.16 (Nees Jan van Eck and Ludo Waltman, 2010), and Microsoft Excel 2019 to perform bibliometric analysis and visualization. Individual impact and collaborative information were quantified by analyzing annual publications, journals, co-cited journals, countries/regions, institutions, authors, and co-cited authors. We then identified the trending research areas of syringomyelia by analyzing the co-occurrence of keywords and co-cited references.
From January 2003 to August 2022, 9,556 authors from 66 countries published a total of 1,902 research articles on syringomyelia in 518 academic journals. Most publications come from the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Japan, with the United States dominating. Nanjing University and the University of Washington are the most active institutions, Dr. Claire Rusbridge has published the most papers, and Miholat has the most co-citations. The Journal of Neurosurgery has the highest number of co-cited articles, which are mainly in the fields of neurology, surgery, and biology. High-frequency keywords included syringomyelia, Chiari-I malformation, children, surgical treatment, and spinal cord.
The number of articles on syringomyelia has increased steadily over the past two decades. At present, research on syringomyelia is mainly focused on the age of onset, potential therapeutic interventions, surgical treatment, avoidance of recurrence, and delay of pain. The use of surgical treatment of the disease and the mechanism of further treatment are the current hot research topics. The correlation between trauma and congenital factors, translational application, the effect of surgical treatment, postoperative recurrence, and complications are further hot research areas. These may provide ideas for further research into a radical cure for syringomyelia.
脊髓空洞症是一种慢性、进行性脊髓疾病。脊髓空洞症是一种病因多样的疾病，由正常脑脊液流动动力学紊乱引起。病变的特征是脊髓灰质中形成管状腔和神经胶质增生；然而，病因不明，治疗方法也不同。许多现有的研究都集中在其他疾病与脊髓空洞症之间的关系上。缺乏对脊髓空洞症研究现状的全面和客观的报告。因此，本研究旨在进行文献计量分析，以量化过去 20 年中关于脊髓空洞症的研究状况和趋势问题。
文章从 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中获取。我们使用了在线分析平台 Library Metrology、BICOMB、gCLUTO、CiteSpace 文献计量学工具进行分析，使用了 VOSviewer 1.6.16（Nees Jan van Eck 和 Ludo Waltman，2010）和 Microsoft Excel 2019 进行了文献计量分析和可视化。通过分析年度出版物、期刊、共同引用期刊、国家/地区、机构、作者和共同引用作者，量化了个体影响和合作信息。然后，我们通过分析关键词和共同引用参考文献的共现，确定了脊髓空洞症的热门研究领域。
从 2003 年 1 月至 2022 年 8 月，来自 66 个国家的 9556 名作者在 518 种学术期刊上发表了总计 1902 篇关于脊髓空洞症的研究文章。大部分出版物来自美国、中国、英国和日本，其中美国占主导地位。南京大学和华盛顿大学是最活跃的机构，Claire Rusbridge 博士发表的论文最多，而 Miholat 的被引频次最高。《神经外科学杂志》拥有最多的共同引用文章，主要集中在神经学、外科学和生物学领域。高频关键词包括脊髓空洞症、Chiari-I 畸形、儿童、手术治疗和脊髓。
过去 20 年来，关于脊髓空洞症的文章数量稳步增加。目前，脊髓空洞症的研究主要集中在发病年龄、潜在治疗干预、手术治疗、避免复发和延迟疼痛上。疾病的手术治疗和进一步治疗的机制是当前的热门研究课题。创伤与先天因素的相关性、转化应用、手术治疗效果、术后复发和并发症是进一步的热门研究领域。这些可能为进一步研究脊髓空洞症的根治方法提供思路。
