Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 6, 2026
Comparing Bibliometric Analysis Using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Databases
Published on: October 24, 2019
Trends in hepatocellular carcinoma research from 2008 to 2017: a bibliometric analysis
Yan Miao1, Ying Zhang1, Lihong Yin1
1Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Objectives:
To comprehensively analyse the global scientific outputs of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) research.
Methods:
Data of publications were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection. We used CiteSpace IV and Excel 2016 to analyse literature information, including journals, countries/regions, institutes, authors, citation reports and research frontiers.
Results:
Until March 31, 2018, a total of 24,331 papers in HCC research were identified as published between 2008 and 2017. Oncotarget published the most papers. China contributed the most publications and the United States occupied leading positions in H-index value and the number of ESI top papers. Llovet JM owned the highest co-citations. The keyword "transarterial chemoembolization" ranked first in the research front-line.
Conclusions:
The amount of papers published in HCC research has kept increasing since 2008. China showed vast progress in HCC research, but the United States was still the dominant country. Transarterial chemoembolization, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and cancer stem cell were the latest research frontiers and should be paid more attention.
Related Concept Videos
01:28Current Trends in Nursing I
01:30Current Trends in Nursing II
01:29Issues And Trends In Healthcare Delivery System
Cost Containment
Payment for healthcare services has historically promoted adoption of costly and often unnecessary or inefficient...
02:54Trends in Lattice Energy: Ion Size and Charge
03:46Qualitative Analysis
For instance, group IV...
03:40Dimensional Analysis
Conversion Factors and Dimensional Analysis
The unit...