Research hotspots in pediatrics: co-word clustering analysis based on readership in PubMed Central

Fangming Deng; Wen Sun; Jiangwei Guo; Yujia Yang

doi:10.3389/fped.2024.1460954

Research hotspots in pediatrics: co-word clustering analysis based on readership in PubMed Central

Front Pediatr. 2024 Oct 16:12:1460954. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1460954. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Fangming Deng¹, Wen Sun², Jiangwei Guo³, Yujia Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, Xiangya Medical Academic Promotion Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
² IDMED Research Lab, Beijing Intelligent Decision Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.
³ Xiangya Medical Academic Promotion Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

Abstract

Objective: By analyzing high readership articles from the Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics (CJCP) in the PubMed Central (PMC) database, this study aims to identify research hotspots and trends in the field of pediatrics.

Methods: Articles from the CJCP ranked by annual readership in PMC from 2021 to 2023 were collected. Using word frequency analysis and co-word analysis, the thematic characteristics of these articles were explored.

Results: The word frequency analysis and co-word analysis revealed four thematic directions that were of significant interest to researchers: (1) current public health or medical events such as COVID-19 and influenza; (2) mental health issues in children and adolescents; (3) pediatric neurological diseases and neurodevelopment; (4) diseases in preterm infants and newborns.

Conclusions: This study provides pediatric researchers with a valuable perspective to understand and grasp the development dynamics and future directions in the field of pediatrics.

Keywords: PubMed Central; co-word analysis; pediatrics; research hotspots; word frequency analysis.

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study is supported by Hunan Province Project for Cultivating World-Class Hunan Edition Scientific Journals (2023ZL6-11).