Visualizing the landscape of appendiceal tumor research after 2010: A bibliometric study

Table 1 Top 10 publications with the most citations in appendiceal tumor research

Title	Publication year	Total citations
The NANETS consensus guideline for the diagnosis and management of neuroendocrine tumors: well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the Jejunum, Ileum, Appendix, and Cecum	2010	352
ENETS Consensus Guidelines for the management of patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms from the jejuno-ileum and the appendix including goblet cell carcinomas	2012	298
Japanese Classification of Colorectal, Appendiceal, and Anal Carcinoma: the 3d English Edition	2019	276
ENETS Consensus Guidelines for Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Appendix (Excluding Goblet Cell Carcinomas)	2016	160
The histopathological classification, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of mucinous appendiceal neoplasms, appendiceal adenocarcinomas and pseudomyxoma peritonei	2017	138
ENETS Consensus Guidelines for the management of patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms from the jejuno-ileum and the appendix including goblet cell carcinomas	2012	132
Frequent GNAS mutations in low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms	2013	118
Clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of disseminated appendiceal mucinous neoplasms: identification of factors predicting survival and proposed criteria for a three-tiered assessment of tumor grade	2014	108
The rise in appendiceal cancer incidence: 2000-2009	2015	102
Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in 1000 patients with perforated appendiceal epithelial tumours	2016	100

Table 2 Top 10 countries on research of appendiceal tumors

Country	Articles	Total citations	Average article citations
United States	427	6975	16.3
China	98	460	4.7
Japan	84	556	6.6
United Kingdom	70	1497	21.4
Australia	48	455	9.5
Turkey	46	325	7.1
Italy	42	546	13
Canada	31	448	14.5
France	23	271	11.8
Germany	27	705	26.1

Table 3 Top 10 institutions for research of appendiceal tumors

Institution	Articles	Citations
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	24	925
University of Pittsburgh	23	667
University of California, San Diego	19	342
Ohio State University	18	184
Mercy Medical Center	17	347
University of New South Wales	16	118
Mayo Clinic	13	181
Vanderbilt University	13	158
Emory University	12	191
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	12	614

Table 4 Top 10 journals for research of appendiceal tumors

Journal	H-index	Articles	IF	Q
Annals of Surgical Oncology	22	67	3.7	2
European Journal of Surgical Oncology	13	28	3.8	2
Journal of Surgical Oncology	9	24	2.5	3
American Journal of Surgical Pathology	8	9	5.6	1
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	8	11	4.6	2
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	7	9	3.9	2
Neuroendocrinology	7	7	4.1	2
Histopathology	6	7	6.4	2
Journal of Pediatric Surgery	6	6	2.4	3
Journal of the American College of Surgeons	6	6	5.2	2

IF: Impact factor; Q: Quartile rankings by Journal Citation Reports.

Table 5 Top 10 most influential authors according to the H-index

Author	H-index	Articles
Edward A Levine	12	22
David L Bartlett	10	15
Haroon A Choudry	10	15
Vadim Gushchin	10	21
Reetesh K Pai	10	11
Armando Sardi	10	21
Perry Shen	10	19
C Nieroda	9	16
Konstantinos I Votanopoulos	9	18
Brendan John Moran	8	10

Table 6 Top 10 co-cited references in appendiceal tumor research

Co-cited reference	Citations
carr nj, 2016, am j surg pathol, v40, p14, doi 10.1097/pas.0000000000000535	188
mccusker me, 2002, cancer, v94, p3307, doi 10.1002/cncr.10589	163
connor sj, 1998, dis colon rectum, v41, p75, doi 10.1007/bf02236899	137
chua tc, 2012, j clin oncol, v30, p2449, doi 10.1200/jco.2011.39.7166	131
misdraji j, 2003, am j surg pathol, v27, p1089, doi 10.1097/00000478-200308000-00006	128
smeenk rm, 2008, ejso-eur j surg onc, v34, p196, doi 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.04.00	98
pai rk, 2009, am j surg pathol, v33, p1425, doi 10.1097/pas.0b013e3181af6067	97
ronnett bm, 1995, am j surg pathol, v19, p1390, doi 10.1097/00000478-199512000-00006	97
sugarbaker ph, 2006, lancet oncol, v7, p69, doi 10.1016/s1470-2045 (05)70539-8	77
carr nj, 2017, histopathology, v71, p847, doi 10.1111/his.13324	76

Table 7 Top 20 high-frequency keywords in appendiceal tumor research

Rank	Keyword	Counts
1	Pseudomyxoma peritonei	289
2	Appendix	192
3	Cytoreductive surgery	150
4	Neoplasms	149
5	Management	138
6	Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy	135
7	Tumor	118
8	Origin	117
9	Classification	106
10	Survival	97
11	Clinicopathological analysis	96
12	Diagnosis	90
13	Carcinomatosis	84
14	Cancer	79
15	Adenocarcinoma	74
16	Carcinoid-tumors	65
17	Prognosis	64
18	Appendectomy	61
19	Mucocele	53
20	Systemic chemotherapy	52