A Bibliometric Analysis of Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Hepatobiliary Surgery from 2008 to 2021

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Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2024 Jul 2

PMID 38952371

Authors

Donglun Li

Yue Hu

Maoji Kang

Cheng Fang

Yu Gan

Xiaoli Yang

Fangyi Peng

Bo Li

Jiali Wu

Song Su

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Abstract

Hundreds of scientific documents have reported on the application of indocyanine green (ICG) in hepatobiliary surgery in the past 13 years, but few bibliometric studies have been conducted. This study aimed to identify the situations of authors, countries/regions, institutions, journals, and hot topics in this field. The overall status and prospects of the current research in this field can be elucidated by bibliometric analysis. Publications from 2008 to 2021 were retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. The search terms included "liver," "hepatic," "gallbladder," "bile duct," "surgery," "hepatectomy," "ICG," "indocyanine green," and related synonyms. The full records of the search results were exported in text, and the cooperation network and hot topics were evaluated and visualized using CiteSpace software. The number of publications increased between 2008 and 2021. A total of 1527 publications were included in the results, and the frequency of citations was 30,742. The largest proportion of the publications emanated from Japan, and the majority of the papers were published by Kokudo. Tian Jie contributed the largest number of papers in China. Research was relatively concentrated among one country/region. The latest hotspots, "preservation" and "resistance", frequently occurred. Cooperation between authors, countries, and institutions needs to be strengthened for high-quality research. Recent studies have focused on hepatectomy, bile duct resection, liver transplantation, and tumors in this field. Future research may focus on other aspects, such as liver preservation and resistance.

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