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A Bibliometric Analysis of Cardioembolic Stroke From 2012 to 2022
Liuding Wang1, Yifan Chen2, Wei Shen1
1Department of Neurology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Insights
Cardioembolic stroke research is growing, facing clinical challenges. Key focus areas include prevention, identifying cardioembolism in cryptogenic stroke, and anticoagulation for specific patient groups.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Cardiology
- Public Health
Background:
- Cardioembolic stroke, a severe ischemic stroke subtype, poses a significant public health threat.
- Research trends and hotspots in cardioembolic stroke require visualization to guide future studies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To visualize the research development trends and identify hotspots in cardioembolic stroke from 2012 to 2022.
- To map the collaborative landscape and intellectual structure of cardioembolic stroke research.
Main Methods:
- Bibliometric analysis of 2886 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (2012-2022).
- Construction of knowledge maps including countries, institutions, authors, journals, and references.
- Co-citation analysis and keyword cluster analysis were performed.
Main Results:
- Identified key research collaborations and influential contributors in the field.
- Highlighted current research spotlights including prevention strategies, cardioembolism identification in cryptogenic stroke, and anticoagulation for embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) or left ventricle (LV) thrombus.
- Revealed clinical challenges within cardioembolic stroke research.
Conclusions:
- The study provides a comprehensive overview of the cardioembolic stroke research landscape.
- Emerging research frontiers focus on practical clinical applications and high-risk patient management.
Abstract:
Cardioembolic stroke, a subtype of ischemic stroke with the worst prognosis, is quietly threatening public health. We aimed to visualize the development trend and hotspots of research on cardioembolic stroke. A total of 2886 papers about cardioembolic stroke published from 2012 to 2022 were retrieved in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. Further, we performed a bibliometric analysis of these publications, such as generating cooperation maps, co-citation analysis of journals and references, and cluster analysis of keywords. According to the results, cardioembolic stroke research faces many clinical challenges. We obtained the knowledge maps of countries/institutions, authors, journals with high publications and citations, and representative references in this field. Studies about optimal prevention strategies for cardioembolic stroke, identification of cardioembolism in cryptogenic stroke, and prophylactic anticoagulation for patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) or at high risk of left ventricle (LV) thrombus are in the spotlight.
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