[Current trends of dust exposure and autoimmune diseases: a bibliometric and visual analysis]

Objective: To analyze the distribution and key words of the literature about dust exposure related autoimmune diseases published in Chinese and foreign languages. Methods: In May 2021, Publications were retrieved from the PubMed、the Web of Science Core Collection database, SinoMed and CNKI Note Express and VOS viewer were used to evaluate and visualize the results. Results: 89 literatures were retrieved in Chinese from 1974 to 2020, and 545 literatures were retrieved in foreign languages from 1954 to 2020. The country with the most published literatures in foreign languages was the United States, total 132 litaratures were retrieved (24.86%) . A total of 366 journals at home and abroad have published research results on dust exposure and autoimmune diseases. Keyword analysis prompts this area of research focuses on silica exposure, silicosis, asbestosis, antinuclear antibodies, systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. Conclusion: The research on dust exposure and autoimmune diseases is on the rise at home and abroad, and the focus is the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and mechanism of occupational exposure, dust, silicosis and so on.