Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in atherosclerosis: A bibliometric and visual analysis

Figure 1 Flowchart of the screening process.

Figure 2 Visual analysis of global publishing characteristics. A: Number of articles published per year and average number of citations per year; B: Areas of research covered by the publications; C: The funding organization of the publications; D: Publishers of the articles.

Figure 3 Visual analysis of countries/regions and institutions. A: Network of countries/regions; B: Collaboration network of countries/regions; C: Corresponding authors’ nationality; D: Country production over time; E: Collaboration network of institutions. SCP: Single country publications; MCP: Multiple country publications.

Figure 4 Visual analysis of journals and co-cited journals. A and B: Network of article source journals; C: Core sources according to Bradford’s law; D: Network of co-cited journals; E: Dual-map overlay of journals.

Figure 5 Visual analysis of authors and co-cited authors. A: Collaboration network of authors; B: Collaboration network of co-cited authors.

Figure 6 Visual analysis of publications and co-cited references. A and B: Network of publications; C: Reference records for each year; D: Network and cluster analysis of co-cited references; E: Clustering timeline map of co-cited references.

Figure 7 Visual analysis of keywords. A: Network and cluster analysis of keywords; B: Top 8 keywords with the strongest citation bursts; C: Clustering timeline map of keywords; D: Thematic evolution of the field.