Bibliometric Analysis of Research on the Comorbidity of Cancer and Pain

Figures & data

Figure 1 Number of publications and citations. (A) The number of annual publications on cancer and pain research from 2010–2019; (B) the number of annual citations on cancer and pain research from 2010–2019.

Figure 2 Number of papers, citations, citations per paper, open access paper, H-index, and citations in 2019 for each year time period.

Table 1 The Top 20 Journals of Origin of Papers in the Cancer and Pain Research

Journals	Papers	Citations (WoS)	Citations per Paper	Open Access	WoS Categories	IF 2018	Quantile	H-Index
Supportive Care in Cancer	139	1,382	9.94	29	Health Care Science & Services; Oncology; Rehabilitation	2.754	Q2; Q3; Q1	20
Journal of Pain and Symptom management	134	2,791	20.83	60	Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences	3.378	Q1; Q1; Q1	29
Pain	93	2,944	31.66	37	Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology; Neuroscience	6.029	Q1; Q1; Q1	33
Pain Medicine	82	1,203	14.67	79	Medicine, General & Internal	2.764	Q2	22
Pain Physician	52	1,425	27.40	–	Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology	2.942	Q2; Q2	20
Journal of Pain Research	49	244	4.98	49	Clinical Neurology	2.236	Q3	9
Pain Practice	46	588	12.78	5	Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology	2.486	Q3; Q3	13
American Journal of Hospice Palliative Medicine	44	403	9.16	5	Health Care Science & Services	1.655	Q3	27
Journal of Pain	44	1,399	31.80	18	Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences	5.424	Q1; Q1	20
Journal of Palliative Medicine	42	366	8.71	2	Health Care Science & Services	2.477	Q2	11
Molecular Pain	42	471	11.21	42	Neurosciences	2.756	Q3	11
European Journal of Pain	41	554	13.27	8	Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences	3.188	Q2; Q2; Q2	13
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	39	703	18.03	35	Medicine, General & Internal	7.755	Q1	18
Journal of Clinical Oncology	37	2,126	57.46	18	Oncology	28.349	Q1	25
Clinical Journal of Pain	36	512	14.22	10	Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology	2.893	Q2; Q2	13
Palliative Medicine	36	1,014	28.17	7	Health Care Science & Services; Medicine, General & Internal; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health	4.956	Q1; Q1; Q1	19
PLoS One	35	364	10.40	35	Multidisciplinary Sciences	2.776	Q2	9
Current Pain and Headache Reports	32	455	14.22	5	Clinical Neurology	2.767	Q2	14
Medicine	30	48	1.60	30	Medicine, General & Internal	1.870	Q2	4
Pain Management Nursing	29	132	4.55	7	Nursing; Nursing	1.455	Q2; Q2	27

Abbreviations: WoS, Web of Science; IF, impact factor.

Figure 3 The dual-map overlay of journals related to cancer and pain research.

Figure 4 The number of papers, citations, citations per paper, open access papers, and H-index of the top 20 subject categories of Web of Science.

Figure 5 The number of papers, citations, citations per paper, open access papers, and value of H-index of the top 10 types of cancer.

Figure 6 The number of papers, citations, citations per paper, open access papers and H-index of the top 10 countries.

Figure 7 The analysis of countries and institutions. (A) Network map of countries/territories engaged in cancer and pain research. (B) Network map of institutions engaged in cancer and pain research.

Figure 8 World map of total country output based on cancer and pain research.

Table 2 The Top 10 Authors, Co-Cited Authors, and Co-Cited References in the Anxiety and Pain Research

Author	Published Articles	Co-Cited Author	Cited Times	Co-Cited Reference	Cited Times
Mercadante S	69	Mercadante S	717	Caraceni A, 2012 Lancet Oncol, V13, P0	220
Bruera E	45	Portenoy RK	547	Everdingen M, 2007, Ann Oncol, V18, P1437	210
Kaasa S	45	Caraceni A	492	Deandrea S, 2008, Ann Oncol, V19, P1985	169
Bennett Mi	43	Cleeland CS	484	Breivik H, 2009, Ann Oncol, V20, P1420	143
Klepstad P	37	Everdingen M	425	Van Den B, 2016, J Pain Symptom Manag, V51, P1070	119
Caraceni A	36	Anonymous	379	Davies An, 2009,Eur J Pain, V13, P331	109
Miaskowski C	33	Deandrea	291	Portenoy RK, 2011, Lancet, V377, P2236	94
Radbruch L	24	Breivik H	281	Andersen KG, 2011, J Pain, V12, P725	91
Schmidt BL	24	Bruera E	244	Ripamonti CI, 2012, Ann Oncol, V23, P139	84
Zhang J	23	World Health Organization	229	Greco MT, 2014, J Clin Oncol, V32, P4149	72

Figure 9 The analysis of authors. Network map of active authors that contributed to cancer and pain research.

Figure 10 Trends in the percentage of single- vs multiple-authored articles per years.

Figure 11 The analysis of references. Co-citation map (timeline view) of references from publications on to cancer and pain research.

Figure 12 The keywords with the strongest citation bursts of publications on cancer and pain research.

Table 3 The Top 10 Papers with the Largest Citation Frequency in the Cancer and Pain Research

Title	First Author	Journal	Impact Factor	Year	Citations (WoS)	WoS Categories	Category Ranking
Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC.^Citation28	Caraceni, A	Lancet Oncology	35.386	2012	585	Oncology	3/230
Treatment of chronic non-cancer pain.^Citation33	Turk, DC	Lancet	59.102	2011	280	Medicine, General & Internal	2/160
Management of cancer pain: ESMO clinical practice guidelines.^Citation32	Ripamonti, C. I.	Annals of Oncology	14.196	2012	247	Oncology	9/230
Treatment of cancer pain.^Citation31	Portenoy, Russell K.	Lancet	59.102	2011	228	Medicine, General & Internal	2/160
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: part 2-guidance.^Citation36	Manchikanti, Laxmaiah	Pain Physician	2.942	2012	227	Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology	12/31; 79/199
Update on prevalence of pain in patients with cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.^Citation35	van den Beuken-van Everdingen, Marieke H. J.	Journal of Pain and symptom Management	3.378	2016	215	Health Care Sciences & Services; Medicine, General & Internal; Clinical Neurology	63/199; 19/98; 31/160
Balloon kyphoplasty versus non-surgical fracture management for treatment of painful vertebral body compression fractures in patients with cancer: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.^Citation30	Berenson, James	Lancet Oncology	35.386	2011	207	Oncology	3/230
Multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of THC:CBD extract and THC extract in patients with intractable cancer-related pain.^Citation34	Johnson, Jeremy R.	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	3.378	2010	206	Health Care Sciences & Services; Medicine, General & Internal; Clinical Neurology	63/199; 19/98; 31/160
Postoperative pain and quality of life after lobectomy via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or anterolateral thoracotomy for early stage lung cancer: a randomized controlled trial.^Citation29	Bendixen, Morten	Lancet Oncology	35.386	2016	200	Oncology	3/230
Epidemiology of chronic non-cancer pain in Europe: narrative review of prevalence, pain treatments and pain impact.^Citation37	Reid, Kim J.	Current Medical Research and Opinion	2.345	2011	199	Medicine, General & Internal; Medicine, Research & Experimental	51/160; 77/136

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Johnson JR, Burnell-Nugent M, Lossignol D, et al. Multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of THC:CBD extract and THC extract in patients with intractable cancer-related pain. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010;39(2):167–179.

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