Trends in worldwide research on cardiac fibrosis over the period 1989-2022: a bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac fibrosis is a hallmark of various end-stage cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and a potent contributor to adverse cardiovascular events. During the past decades, extensive publications on this topic have emerged worldwide, while a bibliometric analysis of the current status and research trends is still lacking.

Methods

We retrieved relevant 13,446 articles on cardiac fibrosis published between 1989 and 2022 from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). Bibliometrix was used for science mapping of the literature, while VOSviewer and CiteSpace were applied to visualize co-authorship, co-citation, co-occurrence, and bibliographic coupling networks.

Results

We identified four major research trends: (1) pathophysiological mechanisms; (2) treatment strate

SUBMITTER: Mao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277498 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature