Bibliometric Analysis of Research on the Comorbidity of Cancer and Pain

• Main Authors: Wu CC, Wang YZ, Hu HY, Wang XQ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2021-01-01
• Series: Journal of Pain Research
• Subjects: global trend; pain; citespace; cancer
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/bibliometric-analysis-of-research-on-the-comorbidity-of-cancer-and-pai-peer-reviewed-article-JPR

Cheng-Cheng Wu,1,* Yi-Zu Wang,1,* Hao-Yu Hu,1 Xue-Qiang Wang1,2 1Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, 200438, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Shangti Orthopaedic Hospital, Shanghai, 200438, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xue-Qiang WangDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai 200438, People’s Republic of ChinaTel [phone]Email [e-mail]-Yu HuDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai 200438, People’s Republic of ChinaTel [phone]Email [e-mail]: Pain is the most common symptom in patients with neoplasm. It is a distressing experience that seriously destructs the quality-of-life of patients, with a high prevalence in clinical observations. However, only a few studies have applied bibliometric methods to analyze systematic works on the comorbidity of cancer and pain.Purpose: The aim of this work was to conduct a systematic analysis of the scientific studies worldwide on the comorbidity of cancer and pain in 2010– 2019.Methods: The Web of Science databases were searched for publications related to the comorbidity of cancer and pain from 2010 to 2019.Results: A total of 3,423 papers met the inclusion criteria in this research. The increase in the quantity of papers presented a significant growth from 2010 to 2019 (P< 0.001) by linear regression analysis. The research subject categories of the 3,423 papers mainly concentrated on oncology (28.57%), clinical neurology (25.62%), and healthcare science services (15.89%). The US had the highest number of published papers, followed by the People’s Republic of China, and England. According to scientific statistics, breast cancer (20.36%) was by far the most predominant topic in the papers related to the comorbidity of cancer and pain.Conclusion: This bibliometric research provided a framework for visual and quantitative research to management scholars in favor of exploring a potential field related to hot issue and research frontiers.Keywords: global trend, pain, CiteSpace, cancer