Chen Mingyue, Yang Chunlan, Chen Yin, Nie Kailu, Wang Tingting, Qu Yun
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
College of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Front Neurol. 2024 Sep 19;15:1429506. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1429506. eCollection 2024.
Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) is an emerging neuromodulation technique in recent years, which plays a role in nervous system diseases, psychiatric diseases, and autoimmune diseases. However, there is currently no comprehensive analysis of all the literature published in this field. Therefore, in this article, a bibliometric analysis will be conducted on all the literature published in the field of nVNS in the past 20 years.
All articles and reviews published in this field from 2004 to 2023 were extracted from the WOS core database. VOSviewer 1.6.18.0, Scimago Graphica, CiteSpace 6.2.R2, and Excel 2021 were used to analyze the number of publications, participating countries, institutions, authors, references, and research hotspots in this field.
A total of 843 articles were included in the bibliometric analysis of nVNS. Over the past 20 years, the number of publications in this field has gradually increased, reaching a peak in 2023. The United States and China ranked top two in terms of publication volume, and institutions from these two countries also ranked high in terms of publication volume, citation count, and collaboration intensity. Rong Peijing is the author with the most publications, while Bashar W Badran is the most cited author. Articles in the field of nVNS were most frequently published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, while Brain Stimulation had the most citations. Currently, research hotspots in nVNS mainly focus on its application in diseases and related mechanisms.
We conducted a comprehensive analysis of the field of nVNS, clarifying the previous research directions, which is helpful to expand its indications and promote clinical application.
非侵入性迷走神经刺激（nVNS）是近年来新兴的神经调节技术，在神经系统疾病、精神疾病和自身免疫性疾病中发挥作用。然而，目前尚无对该领域已发表的所有文献的综合分析。因此，本文将对过去20年中nVNS领域发表的所有文献进行文献计量分析。
从WOS核心数据库中提取2004年至2023年该领域发表的所有文章和综述。使用VOSviewer 1.6.18.0、Scimago Graphica、CiteSpace 6.2.R2和Excel 2021分析该领域的出版物数量、参与国家、机构、作者、参考文献和研究热点。
nVNS的文献计量分析共纳入843篇文章。在过去20年中，该领域的出版物数量逐渐增加，在2023年达到峰值。美国和中国在出版物数量方面排名前两位，这两个国家的机构在出版物数量、被引次数和合作强度方面也排名靠前。荣培晶是发表文章最多的作者，而巴沙尔·W·巴德兰是被引次数最多的作者。nVNS领域的文章最常在《神经科学前沿》上发表，而《脑刺激》的被引次数最多。目前，nVNS的研究热点主要集中在其在疾病中的应用及相关机制。
我们对nVNS领域进行了全面分析，明确了以往的研究方向，有助于扩大其适应症并促进临床应用。
