Trends in hepatocellular carcinoma research from 2008 to 2017: a bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To comprehensively analyse the global scientific outputs of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) research.

Methods

Data of publications were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection. We used CiteSpace IV and Excel 2016 to analyse literature information, including journals, countries/regions, institutes, authors, citation reports and research frontiers.

Results

Until March 31, 2018, a total of 24,331 papers in HCC research were identified as published between 2008 and 2017. Oncotarget published the most papers. China contributed the most publications and the United States occupied leading positions in H-index value and the number of ESI top papers. Llovet JM owned the highest co-citations. The keyword "transarterial chemoembolization" ranked first

SUBMITTER: Miao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098682 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature