This article is a commentary on:
Mapping the landscape and exploring trends in macrophage-related research within non-small cell lung cancer: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis
Kun Xu
Hua Zhao
Ziqi Zhao
Yuejun ZhouBy Zhou Y, Wu T, Sun J, Bi H, Xiao Y and Wang H (2024) Front. Immunol. 15:1398166. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1398166
Introduction
A study titled “Mapping the landscape and exploring trends in macrophage-related research within non-small cell lung cancer: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis” was published in Frontiers in Immunology by Yinxue Zhou et al. (1). The authors utilized advanced bibliometric tools (CiteSpace and VOSviewer) for bibliometric and visualization analysis, which not only examined the research progress and hotspots in this research field, but also predicted future research trends. We highly support and appreciate the work of the researchers and thank them for the results they have achieved. Nevertheless, we have some concerns about their results and data.
Under the subheading of Analysis of cited reference and reference burst, we found three problems. First, the authors mentioned that “followed by the article published in Clinical Research, titled “Antibody-Fc/FcR Interaction on Macrophages as a Mechanism for Hyperprogressive Disease in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Subsequent to PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade”. However, according to Table 4 in the original article, we found that the article titled “Antibody-Fc/FcR Interaction on Macrophages as a Mechanism for Hyperprogressive Disease in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Subsequent to PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade” was published in Clinical Cancer Research. In short, “Clinical Research” should be modified to “Clinical Cancer Research”. Second, the authors mentioned that “These 25 papers experienced citation bursts between 2008 and 2023, with six of them continuing to show burst activity up until the end of the study period”. However, according to Figure 6 in the original article, we found that 8 of the 25 papers continued to show burst activity up until the end of the study period, namely “Siegel RL, 2017”, “Mantovani A, 2017”, “Rittmeyer A, 2017”, “Gordon SR, 2017”, “Rakaee M, 2019”, “Herbst RS, 2018”, “Gandhi L. 2018”, “Lambrechts D, 2018”. Third, we believed that the begin time and end time of the citation burst of the reference “Anderson JC, 2020” in Figure 6 of the original text are incorrect. Figure 6 showed that the begin time of the reference was 2020 and the end time was 2016. It can be seen that the begin time was later than the end time.
Finally, we reiterate our appreciation for the excellent work of Zhou et al., which not only helps researchers provide strategic insights, but also points the way for future NSCLC research. However, for the sake of the rigor and scientificity of the article, the author needs more rigorous expression.
Author contributions
KX: Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft. HZ: Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft. ZZ: Software, Writing – original draft. XX: Investigation, Writing – original draft. YZ: Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.
Funding
The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was funded by 2020 National Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No.2020ZG10).
Conflict of interest
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Reference
Keywords: macrophage, NSCLC, bibliometric, CiteSpace, VOSviewer, comment
Citation: Xu K, Zhao H, Zhao Z, Xu X and Zhou Y (2024) Commentary: Mapping the landscape and exploring trends in macrophage-related research within non-small cell lung cancer: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis. Front. Immunol. 15:1461066. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1461066
Received: 07 July 2024; Accepted: 17 September 2024;
Published: 02 October 2024.
Edited by:
Peter Kokol, University of Maribor, SloveniaReviewed by:
Andy Wai Kan Yeung, University of Hong Kong, ChinaCopyright © 2024 Xu, Zhao, Zhao, Xu and Zhou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Yuejun Zhou, emhvdXlqNjY2NkAxMjYuY29t
†These authors have contributed equally to this work