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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Ophthalmology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1468402

Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of Diabetic Keratopathy Research: Trends, Collaborations, and Future Directions

Provisionally accepted
Zhenyu Wang Zhenyu Wang *Jing Gao Jing Gao Tianhong Wu Tianhong Wu
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China

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    Purpose: Diabetic keratopathy has gained increasing attention due to advancements in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques a. This article presents a visual and bibliometric analysis to illustrate the knowledge network, research hotspots, trends, and potential future directions in this field. Methods: We retrieved articles published since 2000 from the Web of Science and analyzed the authors, institutions, countries, keywords, citations, and co-citations of these articles with VOSviewer and CiteSpace. Results: A total of 706 highly relevant articles were identified, with the United States, China and England as major contributors; the University of Manchester, Queensland University of Technology and Weill Cornell Medical - Qatar as key institutions; and Malik Rayaz, Efron Nathan and Ferdousi Maryam as prominent authors. High-citation articles have focused mainly on corneal confocal microscopy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Keywords form two clusters: one around complications, diabetes and cornea sensitivity, and another around corneal confocal microscopy and peripheral neuropathy. Conclusion: The identification of diabetic peripheral neuropathy via corneal confocal microscopy has been a major focus of research in this field, but the mechanisms underlying diabetic corneal neuropathy still require further investigation and breakthroughs.

    Keywords: diabetes, Cornea, Ocular surface, confocal microscopy, peripheral neuropathy, Bibliometrics

    Received: 21 Aug 2024; Accepted: 17 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Gao and Wu. 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) or licensor 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: Zhenyu Wang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China

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