Huang Jinhua, Chen Yu, Li Ziyin, Chen Mimi, Huang Dingwen, Zhu Peixin, Han Xintong, Zheng Yi, Chen Xiaochun, Yu Zhiying
Department of Gynecology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital/The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
College of Medicine, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Front Oncol. 2024 Feb 12;14:1343533. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1343533. eCollection 2024.
Uterine leiomyosarcoma(uLMS) is a rare malignant tumor with low clinical specificity and poor prognosis.There are many studies related to uLMS, however, there is still a lack of metrological analyses with generalization. This study provides a bibliometric study of uLMS.
We chose the Web of Science (WoS) as our main database due to its extensive interdisciplinary coverage. We specifically focused on the literature from the last 20 years to ensure relevance and practicality. By utilizing the WOS core dataset and leveraging the R package "bibliometric version 4.1.0" and Citespace, we performed a comprehensive bibliometric analysis. This allowed us to pinpoint research hotspots and create visual representations, resulting in the retrieval of 2489 pertinent articles.
This literature review covers 2489 articles on uterine leiomyosarcoma (uLMS) from the past 20 years. Key findings include an average annual publication rate of 8.75, with a 6.07% yearly growth rate and an average citation count of 17.22. Core+Zone 2 sources contributed 1079 articles and 207 reviews, displaying a 4.98% annual growth rate. The analysis identified top journals, influential authors, and core sources, such as the prevalence of publications from the United States and the dominance of and . Bradford's Law and Lotka's Law highlighted core sources and author productivity, respectively. Thematic mapping and factorial analysis revealed research clusters, including etiology, diagnosis, treatment advancements, and surgical approaches, with prominent themes such as gemcitabine and docetaxel. Overall, this comprehensive analysis provides insights into uLMS literature trends and influential factors.
This thorough bibliometric analysis, in its whole, illuminates the field's guiding principles while also revealing the subtle patterns within the uLMS literature. The knowledge gained here contributes to the current discussion in uLMS and related scientific fields and provides a solid basis for future research paths.
子宫平滑肌肉瘤（uLMS）是一种罕见的恶性肿瘤，临床特异性低，预后差。关于uLMS有很多研究，然而，仍缺乏具有普遍性的计量分析。本研究提供了一项关于uLMS的文献计量学研究。
由于其广泛的跨学科覆盖范围，我们选择Web of Science（WoS）作为主要数据库。我们特别关注过去20年的文献，以确保相关性和实用性。通过利用WOS核心数据集并借助R包“bibliometric version 4.1.0”和Citespace，我们进行了全面的文献计量分析。这使我们能够确定研究热点并创建可视化表示，从而检索到2489篇相关文章。
这篇文献综述涵盖了过去20年中关于子宫平滑肌肉瘤（uLMS）的2489篇文章。主要发现包括平均年发表率为8.75，年增长率为6.07%，平均被引次数为17.22。核心+2区来源贡献了1079篇文章和207篇综述，年增长率为4.98%。分析确定了顶级期刊、有影响力的作者和核心来源，例如美国出版物的盛行以及[此处原文缺失具体期刊名称]和[此处原文缺失具体期刊名称]的主导地位。布拉德福定律和洛特卡定律分别突出了核心来源和作者生产力。主题映射和因子分析揭示了研究集群，包括病因学、诊断、治疗进展和手术方法，突出主题如吉西他滨和多西他赛。总体而言，这一全面分析提供了对uLMS文献趋势和影响因素的见解。
这项全面的文献计量分析整体上阐明了该领域的指导原则，同时也揭示了uLMS文献中的细微模式。在此获得的知识有助于当前uLMS及相关科学领域的讨论，并为未来的研究路径提供坚实基础。
