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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Skin Cancer
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1439324

Knowledge graph and frontier trends in melanoma-associated ncRNAs: a bibliometric analysis from 2006 to 2023

Provisionally accepted
Ru Wang Ru Wang 1Xiao-yan Zhu Xiao-yan Zhu 2Yi Wang Yi Wang 3,4*
  • 1 Xinzhou People's Hospital, Wuhan, Hebei Province, China
  • 2 Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
  • 3 The Fifth People’s Hospital of Hainan Province, Haikou, Hainan Province, China
  • 4 Department of Dermatology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Anhui Province, China

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    Objectives: Malignant melanoma (MM) is a highly malignant skin tumor. Although research on non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) of MM has advanced swiftly in recent years, no specific bibliometric analyses have been conducted on this topic. The present study aims to summarize the knowledge graphs and frontier trends and to provide new perspectives and direction of collaboration for researchers. Method: Research data on melanoma and ncRNA published from January 1, 2006 to October 9, 2023 were retrieved and extracted from Web of Science. R Studio (Version 4.3.1), Scimago Graphica (Version 1.0.36), VOSviewer version (1.6.19), and Citespace (6.2.4R) were used to analyze the publications, countries, journals, institutions, authors, keywords, references, and other relevant data and to build collaboration network graphs and co-occurrence network graphs accordingly. Results: A total of 1,222 articles were retrieved, involving 4,894 authors, 385 journals, 43,220 references, 2413 keywords, and 1,651 institutions in 47 countries. The average annual growth rate in the number of articles was 25.02% from 2006 to 2023; among all the journals, Plos One had the highest number of publications and citations, which are 42 publications and 2,228 citations, respectively. Chinese researchers were the most prolific publishers in this field, having published a total of 657 articles, among which 42 were published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was the most productive institution. In recent years, the most explored keywords included long non-coding RNAs, immunotherapy, and exosm. According to the timeline chart of reference co-citation, “functional role” has been the most explored hotspot since 2015, and human cancer is a newly emerged hotspot after 2021. Conclusion: Through a bibliometric analysis, this study included all publications on ncRNAs and melanoma that were published in English from 2006 to 2023 in Web of Science to analyze the trends in the number of publications, international research focuses, and the direction of collaboration. The results of this study may provide information on knowledge graph, frontier trends and identify research topics in melanoma.

    Keywords: Melanoma, non-coding RNA, miRNA, lncRNA, bibliometric analysis

    Received: 27 May 2024; Accepted: 24 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Zhu and Wang. 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: Yi Wang, The Fifth People’s Hospital of Hainan Province, Haikou, Hainan Province, China

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