Global research trends of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head: A 30-year bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the global research trends and hotspots of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (SONFH) through qualitative and quantitative analysis of bibliometrics.

Methods

All publications on SONFH published from 1992 to 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection database. CiteSpace was used for the visualization analysis of major countries, active institutions, productive authors, and the burst of keywords. VOSviewer was used for coupling analysis of countries/regions, institutions, and authors. Microsoft Excel 2017 was used for statistical analysis, drawing bar charts, pie charts, and cumulative area charts. The software of MapInfo was used to draw the distribution map of the publications.

Results

A total of 780 publications we

SUBMITTER: Lu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618610 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature