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REVIEW article

Front. Stroke
Sec. Acute Stroke and Interventional Therapies
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fstro.2024.1447369
This article is part of the Research Topic Reviews in Acute Stroke and Interventional Therapies 2023 View all 4 articles

Researching Trends on Stroke: Bibliometric Analysis of the Highly Cited Papers

Provisionally accepted
Fan Li Fan Li 1,2,3Suzhen Wang Suzhen Wang 1,2*
  • 1 Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, China
  • 2 School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
  • 3 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Region, China

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    This study assessed the progression of stroke using bibliometric methods. By March 31, 2024, highly cited papers on stroke were collected from the Web of Science Core Collection. Collaboration and keyword conjunction analyses, along with their visual representations, were conducted using VOSviewer.CiteSpace was employed to identify keywords and reference sources. A comprehensive review of 2,509 highly cited studies on stroke was conducted. Notably, the United States, China, and the United Kingdom have emerged as leading contributors to this research domain, with the New England Journal of Medicine having the highest number of publications. YUSUF S had the highest H-index among all authors. The key terms frequently encountered were'stroke,' 'atrial fibrillation,'and'cardiovascular disease.' This study performed a detailed bibliometric review of stroke research over the past decade, shedding light on the participation of various countries, organizations, authors, journals, and articles in the field. These insights offer a broad snapshot of the global stroke research trends.

    Keywords: Stroke, Highly Cited, Bibliometrics, Citespace, VOSviewer

    Received: 11 Jun 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li 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: Suzhen Wang, School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China

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