Epilepsy-related researches in Web of Science from 2011 to 2020: a bibliometric analysis

Abstract

Background and objective: Epilepsy is a refractory disease of the nervous system. This article aimed to analyze the global trend of epilepsy research and the contribution of China to this research. Methods: This paper used “epilepsy, seizure, status epilepticus, SUDEP” to retrieve epilepsy-related articles indexed in the Web of Science from 2011 to 2020, classified and analyzed the global epilepsy-related articles. Results: This paper analyzed 65,270 articles on epilepsy research, showing that Epilepsy Behavior and Epilepsy Research were journals with the largest number of articles concerning epilepsy research in the world and China, respectively. The number of published epilepsy-related articles accounts for 5.43% of the global published articles and 3.29% of the published articles in China. The United States Department of Health Human Services and the National Institutes of Health jointly sponsored 15,713 of these articles, ranking first worldwide in the published epilepsy-related articles. Among 5206 articles published in China, 2696 articles (46.42%) were supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Conclusion: This study has reference significance for researchers in this field to understand the 10-year overview of epilepsy researches and formulate future research directions.