The global trend of intravenous anesthesia and tumors: a bibliometric and visualized study.

Background: Through bibliometric analysis, this paper summarizes the growing literature and analyses the development trends and hot spots in the research field of the association between intravenous anesthesia and tumors.

Methods: A literature overview was conducted using relevant articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection published between 1991 and 2024. Bibliometric websites and tools (VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and bibliometric R package) are used to analyze the co-occurrence of keywords and reference citations, detailing countries, institutions, authors, references, journals, and keywords.

Results: A total of 1198 relevant articles were included in the study. The USA, China, and Germany have the largest number of publications, with the USA and China having the most interagency cooperation and Germany relatively less cooperation. The institution that publishes the most articles is the University of National Defense Medical Center, and the journal that publishes the most articles is Anesthesiology. The five most productive authors are Li J., Liu J., Zhang B., Yu X.J., and Xu J. "Surgery", "anaesthesia", and "propofol" are the most common keywords. In recent years, research has focused mainly on intravenous anesthesia and tumor survival.

Conclusion: Both Western countries and China have made outstanding contributions to intravenous anesthesia and tumors. In recent years, the number of publications in China has steadily increased, and the quality and influence of these articles deserve recognition. Future research should focus on the key areas of intravenous anesthesia, tumor recurrence, and survival.