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. 2024 Oct 25;103(43):e40256.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000040256.

Nursing bibliometric analysis of wound infections

Mengdi Liu  1 , Cuifang Ma  2 , Xiaowei Dong  3 , Mengyi Gu  2 , Zheng Wang  4 , Qian Gao  1 , Xiaoyu Guo  1
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Nursing bibliometric analysis of wound infections

Mengdi Liu et al. Medicine (Baltimore). .

Abstract

Background: This paper aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of research pertaining to the nursing care of infected wounds. It also aims to examine the current focal points and trends in research development. The paper offers research references that may be useful for practitioners interested in related areas.

Methods: The Web of Science Core Collection database was queried for publications pertaining to infected wound care. Publication trends and proportions were analyzed using Graphpad Prism v8.0.2. CiteSpace (6.2.4R [64-bit]) and VOSviewer (version 1.6.18) were employed to assess the literature and conduct mapping.

Results: The Web of Science Core Collection database contains 3868 literature related to wound infection care, including 3327 articles and 541 reviews. The literature concerned 117 countries and territories, 4673 institutions, and 20,161 authors. The growth rate of literature was relatively slow before 2015 and markedly accelerated after 2016. Among them, the United States occupies the absolute dominance in research in this field, publishing 37.25% of the papers, and the United States occupies 8 of the top 10 scientific institutions that publish papers. The University of Harvard has published the largest number of papers. Keyword analysis shows a total of 1125 keywords, and through reference literature and time clustering analysis shows that wound healing, sepsis, spine surgery, postoperative infection, nanocrystalline silver, beta lactamase are the current research hotspots.

Conclusion: The escalating rate of literary expansion since 2016 suggests that this domain is garnering an increasingly significant amount of interest. Minimizing the risk of patient wound infection is crucial in reducing patients' discomfort and facilitating their prompt recovery. The literature analysis presented in this study serves as a valuable resource for comprehending the current state of the subject and identifying the current areas of focus.

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The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Annual volume of publications.
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Line graph of national publications.
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Heat map of national publications.
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Networks of country cooperation.
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Networks of institutional co-operation.
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Density map of journal publications.
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Co-citation network map of journals.
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Dual map of journals.
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Cooperation network of authors.
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Co-citation network of authors.
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Co-cited network of literature.
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Clustering of co-cited literature.
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Peak map of co-cited literature.
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Network map of high-frequency keywords.
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Density map of keywords.
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Peak map of keyword clustering.
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Clustering map of keywords.
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Bursting map of cited literature.
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Bursting map of keywords.
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