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REVIEW article
Front. Med.
Sec. Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1523630
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancements and Optimization of Evidence-Based Approaches in Pain ManagementView all articles
Publications of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in the Indexed Anesthesia Journals: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis Authors
Provisionally accepted- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Fuwai Yunnan Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Kunming, China
- 2Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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BACKGROUND: Anesthesiology research is growing at a rapid pace. It is essential to understand the scope and trends over time to identify gaps and future areas for growth. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMA) are summaries of the best available evidence to address a specific research question via a comprehensive literature search, in-depth analyses, and synthesis of results. High-quality SRMA are increasingly used and play an essential role in medical research.We aimed to explore the trends of SRMA in indexed anesthesia journals METHODS: SRMA published in indexed anesthesia journals from 2013 to 2023 were retrieved from the Web of Science database. Data were presented via descriptive statistics. We used CiteSpace 6.1.R6 to analyze countries, institutions, journals, authors, and keywords through visual maps to explore the research hotspots and trends. The journal's Journal Citation Reports partition, impact factor, annual publications, journals H-index, and a number of highly-cited papers were calculated in the WoS database.A total of 34 indexed anesthesia journals and 3,004 SRMA were included. The year 2021 was the year with the most SRMA (385/3,004). Out of the 3,004 SRMAs, 36 (0.03%) were highly cited papers, and 22 of the 36 highly cited
Keywords: Anesthesia Journal, Systematic review, Meta-analysis, Bibliometrics, citation
Received: 06 Nov 2024; Accepted: 11 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zou, Huang, Song and Yao. 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: Yun-tai Yao, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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