Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus trends and hotspots in clinical research: A bibliometric analysis of global research

Zhengyu Zhang; Juntao Tan; Wen Jin; Hong Qian; Loulei Wang; Hu Zhou; Yuan Yuan; Xiaoxin Wu

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1120462

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus trends and hotspots in clinical research: A bibliometric analysis of global research

Front Public Health. 2023 Feb 2:11:1120462. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1120462. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zhengyu Zhang¹, Juntao Tan², Wen Jin¹, Hong Qian³, Loulei Wang¹, Hu Zhou⁴, Yuan Yuan⁵, Xiaoxin Wu⁶

Affiliations

¹ Medical Records Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
² Operation Management Office, Affiliated Banan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
³ Medical Records Department, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
⁴ General Committee Office, The People's Hospital of Yubei District of Chongqing City, Chongqing, China.
⁵ Medical Department, Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
⁶ State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Abstract

Background: Since severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) was first reported in 2009, a large number of relevant studies have been published. However, no bibliometrics analysis has been conducted on the literature focusing on SFTSV. This study aims to evaluate the research hotspots and future development trends of SFTSV research through bibliometric analysis, and to provide a new perspective and reference for future SFTSV research and the prevention of SFTSV.

Methods: We retrieved global publications on SFTSV from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) and Scopus databases from inception of the database until 2022 using VOSviewer software and CiteSpace was used for bibliometric analysis.

Results: The number of SFTSV-related publications has increased rapidly since 2011, peaking in 2021. A total of 45 countries/regions have published relevant publications, with China topping the list with 359. The Viruses-Basel has published the most papers on SFTSV. In addition, Yu et al. have made the greatest contribution to SFTSV research, with their published paper being the most frequently cited. The most popular SFTSV study topics included: (1) pathogenesis and symptoms, (2) characteristics of the virus and infected patients, and (3) transmission mechanism and risk factors for SFTSV.

Conclusions: In this study, we provide a detailed description of the research developments in SFTSV since its discovery and summarize the SFTSV research trends. SFTSV research is in a phase of explosive development, and a large number of publications have been published in the past decade. There is a lack of collaboration between countries and institutions, and international collaboration and exchanges should be strengthened in the future. The current research hotpots of SFTSV is antiviral therapy, immunotherapy, virus transmission mechanism and immune response.

Keywords: CiteSpace; SFTSV; VOSviewer; bibliometric; data visualization.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics
China
Databases, Factual
Humans
Immunotherapy
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome*

Grants and funding

This study was funded by Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (grant number LQ21H190004).