An academic achievements visualization research since the 21st century: research on salvage surgery for head and neck cancer

Bo Zhou; Jingyi Cheng; Kexin Deng

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2024.1378529

An academic achievements visualization research since the 21st century: research on salvage surgery for head and neck cancer

Front Surg. 2024 Apr 8:11:1378529. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1378529. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Bo Zhou^#¹, Jingyi Cheng^#^{2

3}, Kexin Deng⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
² Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
³ Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-Maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
⁴ Department of Plastic and Reconstruction, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Background: Head and neck cancer is the 6th most common malignancy worldwide, and its incidence is still on the rise. The salvage surgery has been considered as an important treatment strategy for persistent or recurrent head and neck cancer. Therefore, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of salvage surgery for head and neck cancer since the 21st century.

Methods: The literature about salvage surgery of head and neck cancer in Web of Science was searched. CiteSpace and VOSviewer were used to analyze main countries, institutions, authors, journals, subject hotspots, trends, frontiers, etc.

Results: A total of 987 papers have been published since the 21st century. These publications were written by 705 authors from 425 institutions in 54 countries. The United States published 311 papers in this field and ranked first. Head & Neck was the most widely published journal. The main keyword clustering included terms such as #0 stereotactic radiotherapy (2012); #1 randomized multicenter (2007); #2 salvage surgery (2004); #3 functional outcomes (2014); #4 transoral robotic surgery (2013); #5 neck high-resolution computed tomography (2010); #6 complications (2008); #7 image guidance (2019). The current research frontiers that have been sustained are "recurrent", "risk factors", and "reirradiation".

Conclusion: The current situation of the salvage surgery for head and neck cancer in clinical treatments and basic scientific research were summarized, providing new perspectives for the development of salvage surgery for head and neck cancer in the future.

Keywords: CiteSpace; academic visualization; bibliometrics; head and neck cancer; salvage surgery.

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