Depicting Developing Trend and Core Knowledge of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis

Liting Zhao; Jinfei Li; Lemeng Feng; Cheng Zhang; Wulong Zhang; Chao Wang; Ye He; Dan Wen; Weitao Song

doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.922527

Depicting Developing Trend and Core Knowledge of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis

Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jul 5:9:922527. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.922527. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Liting Zhao^{1

2

3

4}, Jinfei Li^{1

2}, Lemeng Feng^{1

3

4}, Cheng Zhang^{1

3

4}, Wulong Zhang^{1

3

4}, Chao Wang^{1

3

4}, Ye He^{1

3

4}, Dan Wen^{1

3

4}, Weitao Song^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
² Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China.
³ Eye Center of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
⁴ Hunan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Changsha, China.

Abstract

Objective: The prevalence of glaucoma is rising due to an increasing aging population. Because of its insidious and irreversible nature, glaucoma has gradually become the focus of attention. We assessed primary open angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma, to study its present status, global trend, and state of clinical research.

Methods: Publications from 2000 to 2021 in Web of Science database were retrieved and analyzed by bibliometrics. VOSviewer and Citespace were used for analysis.

Results: A total of 6,401 publications were included in this review, and we found that the number of publications increased from 139 in 2000 to 563 in 2021. American researchers have published the most papers and had the highest h-index and the most citations, while the Journal of Glaucoma has published the most papers on this topic. Some key researchers, contributing institutions, their partnerships, and scientific masterpieces were identified. The publications we reviewed fall into seven categories: publications on intraocular pressure, normal tension glaucoma, risk factors, the trabecular meshwork, optical coherence tomography, surgery, and mutation. Clear study hotspots were described, which began with epidemiology and transitioned to pathogenesis and diagnosis and then to treatment.

Conclusion: Studies on primary open angle glaucoma extend well beyond ophthalmology to biochemistry molecular biology, general internal medicine, pharmacology, pharmacy, science technology, and other areas. Interest, research and publications on primary open angle glaucoma are on the rise.

Keywords: VOSviewer; bibliometrics analysis; citespace; intraocular pressure; primary open angle glaucoma.

Publication types

Review