Qin Wenbao, He Mingwei, Qin Hongsheng, Wei Qingjun, Yan Haiwei
Department of Orthopaedics, Hechi Third People's Hospital, Hechi, Guangxi, China.
Department of Orthopaedic Trauma and Hand Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Front Pediatr. 2024 Mar 7;12:1335118. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1335118. eCollection 2024.
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (LCPD) is a form of idiopathic femoral head necrosis that can lead to permanent femoral head deformities and premature osteoarthritis in children under the age of 15. Its pathogenesis is utterly and remains to be clarified. Although many research publications on LCPD have emerged during the last few decades, few systematic bibliometric analyses of these articles have been reported.
A bibliometric analysis was performed to investigate the development processes and hotspots, as well as the collaboration and influence among countries, institutions, authors, journals, and keywords of papers relevant to LCPD from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) during the period from 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2023.
A total of 2,205 researchers from 916 institutions across 53 countries/regions have contributed to 673 papers published in 199 academic journals. The research on LCPD has shown significant fluctuations but a gradual increase in the number of articles published over the last two decades. The United States leads in the number of publications of LCPD, with the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children being the most productive institution. English, as the most widely used language in the world, was undoubtedly the most popular language. , who acted as both the corresponding and first author, has contributed to the most co-cited papers published. The most number of LCPD papers are published in the , whereas the garnered the highest total citations, indicating the great importance of these two journals in the field of orthopedics. The most frequently used keywords in published articles were related to the symptoms, mechanisms, and prognosis, revealing the research focus of most scholars.
Our research described the development trends and hotspots in the research field of LCPD and will help researchers make better decisions.
Legg-Calve-Perthes病（LCPD）是一种特发性股骨头坏死，可导致15岁以下儿童永久性股骨头畸形和过早发生骨关节炎。其发病机制完全不明，仍有待阐明。尽管在过去几十年中出现了许多关于LCPD的研究出版物，但很少有对这些文章进行系统的文献计量分析的报道。
进行文献计量分析，以调查2000年1月1日至2023年6月30日期间来自科学网核心合集（WoSCC）的与LCPD相关论文的发展过程和热点，以及国家、机构、作者、期刊和关键词之间的合作与影响。
来自53个国家/地区916个机构的2205名研究人员为199种学术期刊发表的673篇论文做出了贡献。对LCPD的研究呈现出显著波动，但在过去二十年中发表的文章数量逐渐增加。美国在LCPD出版物数量上领先，德克萨斯州苏格兰 rite儿童医院是产出最多的机构。英语作为世界上使用最广泛的语言，无疑是最受欢迎的语言。担任通讯作者和第一作者的[具体人名未给出]贡献的被共同引用论文最多。发表的LCPD论文数量最多的是[具体期刊名未给出]，而[具体期刊名未给出]获得的总引用次数最高，表明这两种期刊在骨科领域具有重要意义。已发表文章中最常用的关键词与症状、机制和预后相关，揭示了大多数学者的研究重点。
我们的研究描述了LCPD研究领域的发展趋势和热点，将有助于研究人员做出更好的决策。
