Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends in Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Respiratory Tract Neoplasms

Pulmonary rehabilitation of respiratory tract neoplasms has attracted increasing attention from researchers in recent years. This study aims to identify current research hotspots and status in this field through bibliometric and visualization analysis. Literature on pulmonary rehabilitation of respiratory tract neoplasms, meeting the inclusion criteria, was collected from the Core Collection. Bibliometric analysis and visualization were performed using CiteSpace. Our study included 1,410 documents on pulmonary rehabilitation of respiratory tract neoplasms, authored by 7,595 researchers from 2,327 institutions across 79 countries/regions, and published in 636 journals. The USA emerged as the most productive and influential country in this field, with 355 publications and 16,748 citations. The University of California System and University of London were recognized as the most productive institution and the institution with the highest citation count, respectively. Medical Physics was the leading journal. Irene Julie Higginson and Sara Booth were identified as the most productive and most cited authors, respectively. Cluster analysis identified 17 key areas, focusing on the diseases, treatments, clinical trials and interventions. The relationship between rehabilitation of pulmonary neoplasms remains a contentious and frequently discussed topic. Our findings indicate that research primarily focuses on cancer, interventions, complications, exercises, outcomes.