Background. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of death because of cancer globally in the past years. To inspire researcherswith new targets and path-breaking directions for lung cancer research, this study is aime...Background. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of death because of cancer globally in the past years. To inspire researcherswith new targets and path-breaking directions for lung cancer research, this study is aimed at exploring the research trends andemerging hotspots in the lung cancer surgery literature in the recent decade. Methods. This cross-sectional study combinedbibliometric and network analysis techniques to undertake a quantitative analysis of lung cancer surgery literature. Dimensionsdatabase was searched using keywords in a 10-year period (2012-2021). Publications were characterized by publication year,research countries, field citation ratio, cooperation status, research area, and emerging hotspots. Results. Overall, globalscholarly outputs of lung cancer surgery had almost doubled during the recent decade, with China, Japan, and the UnitedStates leading the way, while Denmark and Belgium predominated in terms of scientific influence. Network analysis showedthat international cooperation accounted for a relatively small portion in lung cancer surgery research, and the United States,China, and Europe were the prominent centers of international cooperation network. In the recent decade, research of lungcancer surgery majored in prevention, biomedical imaging, rehabilitation, and genetics, and the emerging research hotspotstransformed into immunotherapy. Research on immunotherapy showed a considerable increase in scientific influence in thelatest year. Conclusions. The study findings are expected to provide researchers and policymakers with interesting insights intothe changing trends of lung cancer surgery research and further generate evidence to support decision-making in improvingprognosis for patients with lung cancer.展开更多
文摘Background. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of death because of cancer globally in the past years. To inspire researcherswith new targets and path-breaking directions for lung cancer research, this study is aimed at exploring the research trends andemerging hotspots in the lung cancer surgery literature in the recent decade. Methods. This cross-sectional study combinedbibliometric and network analysis techniques to undertake a quantitative analysis of lung cancer surgery literature. Dimensionsdatabase was searched using keywords in a 10-year period (2012-2021). Publications were characterized by publication year,research countries, field citation ratio, cooperation status, research area, and emerging hotspots. Results. Overall, globalscholarly outputs of lung cancer surgery had almost doubled during the recent decade, with China, Japan, and the UnitedStates leading the way, while Denmark and Belgium predominated in terms of scientific influence. Network analysis showedthat international cooperation accounted for a relatively small portion in lung cancer surgery research, and the United States,China, and Europe were the prominent centers of international cooperation network. In the recent decade, research of lungcancer surgery majored in prevention, biomedical imaging, rehabilitation, and genetics, and the emerging research hotspotstransformed into immunotherapy. Research on immunotherapy showed a considerable increase in scientific influence in thelatest year. Conclusions. The study findings are expected to provide researchers and policymakers with interesting insights intothe changing trends of lung cancer surgery research and further generate evidence to support decision-making in improvingprognosis for patients with lung cancer.
