Published online Mar 7, 2023. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i9.1523
Peer-review started: November 18, 2022
First decision: January 23, 2023
Revised: February 1, 2023
Accepted: February 24, 2023
Article in press: February 24, 2023
Published online: March 7, 2023
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The intestinal microcirculation plays an important role in food absorption and metabolic substance exchange. And it is beneficial to comprehensively describe the progress of intestinal microcirculation research and provide information that may guide future research efforts.
Few attempts have been made to systematically assess scientific findings and current networks in the field of intestinal microcirculation. It is difficult to identify potential research hotspots or emerging research frontiers.
To investigate the research status, development trend, and frontier dynamics of intestinal microcirculation in the past 22 years (2000-2021).
Based on the core literature published in the Web of Science database from 2000-2021, VOSviewer and CiteSpace 6.1.R2 were used to analyze and visualize the overall characteristics, source countries, institutions, journals, and citation frequencies of intestinal microcirculatory research.
A total of 1364 publications were included in the bibliometric analysis, showing an upward trend from 2000 to 2021. The United States and Dalhousie University ranked first among all countries and institutions. Most of the publications were released in Shock, and the most cited journal was Nature Reviews Microbiology Clinical. The topical hotspots and frontiers of intestinal microcirculation focused on the pathological processes of functional impairment on intestinal micro-vessels, diverse intestinal illnesses, and clinical treatment.
Our study reveals research trends in the field of intestinal microcirculation and offers serviceable guidance to researchers by providing the prolific areas for intestinal disease research to date.
Our analysis systematically assesses the scientific findings and current networks in this study of intestinal microcirculation from a worldwide perspective. Optimization of diagnosis, prognostic assessment, and clinical treatment are features and trends in this field. Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to facilitate intestinal microcirculation research.
