Global Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure Trends During 2012-2022: A Bibliometric Study

Overview

Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2024 Feb 15

PMID 38356534

Authors

Cheng-Zhi Bai

Juan Ren

Xue Zhang

Yi-Yang Hu

Xiao-Ping Wang

Xiao-Wei Tang

Shan-Hong Tang

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Abstract

Introduction: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a clinical syndrome with high short-term mortality. ACLF has been increasingly studied in recent years; however, a bibliometric analysis of the entire ACLF field has not been conducted. This study assesses current global trends and hotspots in ACLF research.

Materials And Methods: The core Web of Science database was searched for all ACLF-related publications conducted during 2012-2022. The data included information on the author, country, author keywords, publication year, citation frequency, and references. Microsoft Excel was used to collate the data and calculate percentages. VOSviewer software was used for citation and density visualization analysis. Histogram rendering was performed using GraphPad Prism Version 8.0 and R software was used to supplement the analysis.

Result: A total of 1609 ACLF-related articles from 67 different countries were identified. China contributed the most literature, followed by the United States. However, Chinese literature only had the 4th highest number of citations, indicating that cooperation with other countries needs to be strengthened. The Journal of Hepatology had the highest number of ACLF-related citations. Prognosis was one of the most common author keywords, which may highlight current research hotspots. Bacterial infection was a common keyword and was closely related to prognosis.

Conclusion: This bibliometric analysis suggests that future research hotspots will focus on the interplay among bacterial infection, organ failure, and prognosis.

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