Global research status of pathological scar reported over the period 2001-2021: A 20-year bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT: Pathological scar is a classic problem in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Although the researches on pathological scar have been conducted for decades, the way to go to address this thorny problem still remains challenging. To the best of our knowledge, few bibliometric analysis concerning pathological scar have been reported. In this study, we set out to employ bibliometric and visual analysis to offer research status and trends of pathological scar over the period 2001-2021. All publications covering pathological scar during 2001-2021 were retrieved and extracted from the Web of Science database. We applied VOSviewer software to evaluate the keywords and research hotpots, and the online tool (http://bibliometric.com/) was used to carried out the publication trends analysis. A total o

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10088839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature