Research Trends and Hotspots on Herpes Zoster: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis (2012-2021).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Herpes zoster infection, with its considerable burden to individuals and society, remains a challenge around the world. However, to the knowledge of the authors, little bibliometric quantitative or qualitative analysis has been carried out to evaluate herpes zoster research. This study aimed to use a bibliometric analysis to evaluate current publication trends and hotspots on herpes zoster research worldwide, in order to advance research in this field.

Methods

Relevant publications from January 2012 to December 2021 were collected from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Citespace (V5.8.R3) was used to analyze the research points, including publication countries, institutions and authors, cited author, cited reference and their clustering, and keyword co-occ

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9089455 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature