50 years of methylprednisolone application in spinal cord injury: a bibliometric analysis

IF 1.9 3区医学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Acta Neurochirurgica Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI:10.1007/s00701-025-06443-5

Mi Zhou, Zhengyu Xu, Lei Feng, Hao Zhong, Hongjiang Yang, Guangzhi Ning, Shiqing Feng

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Abstract

Purpose

Methylprednisolone (MP) is a synthetic glucocorticoid known for its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects, yet its application in global spinal cord injury (SCI) research has not been thoroughly summarized. This study aims to assess the current status and trends of methylprednisolone research in SCI, providing insights for future scholarly work.

Methods

Articles on methylprednisolone in SCI published from 1975 to 2023 were retrieved from the Web of Science database. Metrics such as publication counts, H-index values, and data on countries, institutions, authors, and journals were analyzed. Co-citation, collaboration, and co-occurrence analyses of keywords were performed using CiteSpace.

Results

A total of 1,651 articles were identified, and publication numbers showed a consistent annual increase. The United States and Canada led in publication counts, H-index values, and citations, with the University of Toronto and the Veterans Health Administration being significant contributors. Bracken M.B. was the leading author. The most frequent keywords included ‘trauma,’ ‘lipid peroxidation,’ ‘dose response,’ ‘ischemia,’ and ‘methylprednisolone.’ A co-occurrence analysis classified 225 keywords into three clusters, highlighting key research areas in SCI.

Conclusions

These findings offer valuable insights into authors, countries, institutions, keywords, and research hotspots in SCI over the past 50 years, guiding future research directions in this field.

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Acta Neurochirurgica 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

4.20%

发文量

342

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： The journal "Acta Neurochirurgica" publishes only original papers useful both to research and clinical work. Papers should deal with clinical neurosurgery - diagnosis and diagnostic techniques, operative surgery and results, postoperative treatment - or with research work in neuroscience if the underlying questions or the results are of neurosurgical interest. Reports on congresses are given in brief accounts. As official organ of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies the journal publishes all announcements of the E.A.N.S. and reports on the activities of its member societies. Only contributions written in English will be accepted.