[Visual bibliometric analysis of the research status and hotspots of endophthalmitis in the past decade]

Objective: To explore the research status and hotspots in the field of endophthalmitis based on bibliometrics. Methods: A bibliometric study was conducted. In May 2024, the Web of Science Core Collection database was searched for relevant English-language literature on endophthalmitis published from 2014 to 2023. Endnote X9 was used to manage and check the included literature; Excel software was employed for data management and statistics, and graphs were created for frequency data. CiteSpace and VOSviewer software systems were utilized to construct visual maps of literature authors, institutions, countries, journals, and keywords and conduct analyses. Results: A total of 1 466 articles were finally included. The number of literature in the field of endophthalmitis showed a fluctuating trend in the past decade. The journal with the most published articles was Retina. Among the top 10 authors with the highest number of publications, 5 were from the LV Prasad Eye Institute in India, and 2 were from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in the United States. The top 10 institutions with the largest number of literature were the LV Prasad Eye Institute in India, the University of Miami in the United States, Wayne State University in the United States, Aravind Eye Hospital in India, the University of Oklahoma in the United States, Fudan University in China, Manipal International University in Malaysia, Thomas Jefferson University in the United States, Duke University in the United States, and Sun Yat-sen University in China. The United States, India, and China were countries with relatively high productivity in publishing articles on endophthalmitis. Research related to endophthalmitis was dominated by the United States, and the intensity of its international exchanges and cooperation was significantly higher than that of Asian countries, suggesting that other countries, including China, need to strengthen international exchanges. The results of keyword and burst term studies showed that current research on endophthalmitis mainly focused on etiological investigations, risk management, prevention, control, treatment, and prognosis evaluation. Conclusions: In the past decade, the number of literature in the field of endophthalmitis showed a fluctuating trend. Etiological investigations, incidence rates, and classification management of endophthalmitis were hot research areas, and research reports on prevention, control, diagnosis, treatment, and complex cases were the focus of current and future research.