Publication characteristics and visualized analysis of research about liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

Through visual analysis of related literature, the main research direction and hot spots of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) in recent 24 years were explored.

This study used bibliometric analysis with CiteSpace, VOSviewer, Biblioshiny and online analytic tool bibliometric.com to provide a quantitative analysis, hot spot mining, and commentary of articles published in the field of LSECs research. The relevant literature in the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) was searched from 2000 to 2023. The publications with topics or titles or keywords containing LSECs were included into this study. The countries, organizations, journals, authors, and keywords of the publications were summarized and analyzed.

This study included 3,747 publications from 14,132 authors belonging to 389 institutions in 61 countries/regions and published in 150 journals, with 156,309 citations. The United States contributed most (1,150) to the publications. The most productive institution was the University of Sydney. Hepatology accounts for the most output (293, 7.8​%), European authors had a widespread cooperation. The most productive author was Adam DH with 68 papers. Immunological function of LSECs is research hot spot.

This study highlights key trends based on a large dataset of the most influential publications about LSECs research over a 24-year period. It provides important clues and ideas for researchers focusing in this area and facilitates future liver disease mechanism, understanding, and treatment.