Publications on ultrasound-guided thermal ablation for thyroid nodules from 2000 to 2022: a bibliometric analysis

Figures & data

Figure 1. The number of publications about thermal ablation for thyroid nodules per year and the accumulative number between 2000 and 2022.

Figure 2. An overview of the contributions of each country based on the number of published articles.

Figure 3. The top 10 institutions with the most published articles in the research field of thermal ablation for thyroid nodules.

Table 1. The top 10 journals with most publications in the field of thermal ablation for thyroid nodules.

Rank	Journals	Publications	Country	IF	JCR category
1	International Journal of Hyperthermia	106	England	3.753	Q2
2	Thyroid	40	USA	6.506	Q1
3	Frontiers in Endocrinology	38	Switzerland	6.055	Q1
4	European Radiology	27	Switzerland	7.034	Q1
5	Korean Journal of Radiology	22	South Korea	7.109	Q1
6	Endocrine	21	USA	3.925	Q1
7	Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism	17	USA	6.134	Q1
8	Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology	14	USA	3.682	Q2
9	Ultrasonography	14	South Korea	4.725	Q2
10	Radiology	12	USA	29.146	Q1

IF: impact factor; JCR category: Journal Citation Reports Category.

Table 2. The top 10 authors with the most publications in the field of thermal ablation for thyroid nodules.

Rank	Authors	Publications	H-index
1	Baek JH	102	39
2	Lee JH	58	32
3	Luo Y	38	11
4	Choi YJ	37	19
5	Papini E	29	22
6	Yan L	26	7
7	Zhang Y	26	12
8	Ha EJ	24	15
9	Lang BHH	24	11
10	Pacella CM	24	21

Figure 4. Analysis of the research hotspots in the field of thermal ablation for thyroid nodules. (a) Keyword co-occurrence of author keywords. (b) Time-overlapping co-occurrence analysis network of author keywords. (c) A list of the top 20 most frequently used keywords. (d) Visualization map of the top 20 keywords with the strongest citation bursts.

Data availability statement

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