Trends in Research Related to Ophthalmic OCT Imaging From 2011 to 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis

Ziyan Yu; Jie Ye; Fan Lu; Meixiao Shen

doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.820706

Trends in Research Related to Ophthalmic OCT Imaging From 2011 to 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis

Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Apr 27:9:820706. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.820706. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Ziyan Yu^{1

2}, Jie Ye^{1

3}, Fan Lu^{1

3}, Meixiao Shen^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
² Department of Ophthalmology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Optometry, Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Wenzhou, China.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore hotspots and global research trends on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the ophthalmic imaging field using the bibliometric technique.

Methods: Documents related to OCT in the ophthalmic imaging field between 2011 and 2020 were extracted from the Science Citation Index (SCI) Expanded database. Downloaded raw data were analyzed using the VOSviewer and CiteSpace software. Bibliometric networks, including publication number per year, countries, authors, journals, international collaborations, and keywords were constructed.

Results: A total of 4,270 peer-reviewed documents were retrieved, and annual research output in the past 10 years has increased significantly. The largest publishing country was the United States, and the most productive journal was Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS). The most active academic institution was the University of California, Los Angeles, and the top rank publishing author was Duker JS. The most co-cited references mainly focused on new emerging OCT techniques such as spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Conclusion: The bibliometric analysis of development trends on OCT in the ophthalmic imaging field on various aspects could provide developers or researchers with valuable information to propose future research directions and to pursue further cooperation.

Keywords: OCTA; VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; ophthalmology (MeSH); optical coherence tomography (OCT).