Bibliometric profile of neurogenic bladder in the literature: a 20-year bibliometric analysis

• Main Authors: Yuan Gao, Bo Qu, Yan Shen, Xiao-jing Su, Xiao-yan Dong, Xue-mei Chen, Yu-hong Zhou, Hong-ying Pi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
• Series: Neural Regeneration Research
• Subjects: active zone stability; Drosophila; neuromuscular junction; dephosphorylation; Liprin-α; Syd-1; PP2A; GSK-3ß; living scaffolds; neural tissue engineering; cell transplant; biomaterials; regeneration; neurotrauma; neurodegeneration; axon pathfinding; cell migration; injury; plasticity; neurodegenerative disease; brain; therapy; neuron; microglia; neural progenitor; tissue engineering; neuroregeneration; repair; central nervous system; biomaterial; regenerative medicine; nanotechnology; spinal cord injury; axonal regeneration; exosome; extracellular vesicle; microRNA; microvesicle; nerve gap; neurite outgrowth; peripheral nerve injury; Schwann cell; stem cell; hemodynamic phases; cerebral subarachnoid hemorrhage; metabolic crises; nerve regeneration; hypoxic-ischemic brain damage; ginsenoside Rg1; neural stem cells; cell transplantation; cell differentiation; cognition; nerve reconstruction; neural regeneration; brain injury; neuroimaging; functional magnetic resonance imaging; regional homogeneity; apoplexy; subacute; ischemia; participants; healthy; volunteers; brain activity; NSFC grants; neuroprotection; cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury; lateral intracerebroventricular injection; Apelin-13; nerve apoptosis; Bcl-2; caspase-3; fractalkine; CX3 chemokine receptor 1; neuronal maturation; dendrites; doublecortin; synaptic maturation; newborn neurons; neurodegenerative diseases; Alzheimer′s disease; transgenic animal models; mice; epimedium herb; milkvetch root; kudzuvine root; divalent metal transporter 1; ferroportin 1; microRNA-124; neurogenesis; neuronal survival; Huntington′s disease; SRY-related HMG box transcription factor 9; brain-derived neurotrophic factor; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha; mutant huntingtin; Ras/Raf/Erk1/2 signaling pathway; apoptosis; regulation; inhibition; neurogenic bladder; bibliometric analysis; Web of Science database; visualization analysis; CiteSpace III; citation analysis
• Online Access: http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2015;volume=10;issue=5;spage=797;epage=803;aulast=Gao

Neurogenic bladder is a dysfunction of the lower urinary tract caused by nervous system disorder. We investigated the trends in publication of articles under the topic "neurogenic bladder" using bibliometric analysis. Articles on neurogenic bladder, published between 1995 and 2014, were retrieved from the ISI Web of Science citation database. We analyzed the search results for authors, countries, institutions, journals, and top-cited papers. A total of 1,904 articles were retrieved. There was a small increase in the number of articles on neurogenic bladder from 1995 (n = 43) to 2014 (n = 117). The USA was the leading country in the total number of articles (n = 598). However, the number of publications from China has rapidly increased, and China was ranked second in 2014. Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler (n = 65) was the most productive author, and University of Paris VI (Paris 6) (n = 61) was the most productive institution. The Journal of Urology published the greatest number of articles on this topic (n = 285). Articles on neurogenic bladder were often published in a professional journal under the category Urology & Nephrology, Neurosciences & Neurology, or Rehabilitation. Visualization analysis based on co-citation networks was conducted using CiteSpace III. Visualization analysis revealed that the hot spots in neurogenic bladder were botulinum toxin-A, prazosin, bethanechol, and afferent pathways. These findings provide new insight into the publication trends and hot spots in neurogenic bladder.