Data_Sheet_1_Global Tendency and Frontiers of Research on Myopia From 1900 to 2020: A Bibliometrics Analysis.PDF

Background:Myopia is one of the most common causes of vision impairment in children and adults and has become a public health priority with its growing prevalence worldwide. This study aims to identify and evaluate the global trends in myopia research of the past century and visualize the frontiers using bibliometric analysis.
MethodsThe literature search was conducted on the Web of Science for myopia studies published between 1900 and 2020. Retrieved publications were analyzed in-depth by the annual publication number, prolific countries and institutions, core author and journal, and the number of citations through descriptive statistics. Collaboration networks and keywords burst were visualized by VOSviewer and CiteSpace. Myopia citation network was visualized using CitNetExplorer.
ResultsIn total, 11,172 publications on myopia were retrieved from 1900 to 2020, with most published by the United States. Saw SM, from the National University of Singapore, contributed the most publications and citations. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science was the journal with highest number of citations. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery with the maximum number of publications. The top 10 cited papers mainly focused on the epidemiology of myopia. Previous research emphasized myopia-associated experimental animal models, while recent keywords include “SMILE” and “myopia control” with the stronger burst, indicating a shift of concern from etiology to therapy and coincided with the global increment of incidence. Document citation network was clustered into six groups: “prevalence and risk factors of myopia,” “surgical control of myopia,” “pathogenesis of myopia,” “optical interventions of myopia,” “myopia and glaucoma,” and “pathological myopia.”
ConclusionsBibliometrics analysis in this study could help scholars comprehend global trends of myopia research frontiers better. Hundred years of myopia research were clustered into six groups, among which “prevalence and risk factors of myopia” and “surgical control of myopia” were the largest groups. With the increasing prevalence of myopia, interventions of myopia control are a potential research hotspot and pressing public health issue.

背景：近视是儿童与成人视力受损的最常见诱因之一，随着全球患病率持续攀升，已成为公共卫生领域的重点关注议题。本研究旨在通过文献计量分析（bibliometric analysis），梳理并评估近一个世纪以来近视研究的全球发展趋势，并可视化呈现该领域的研究前沿。
方法：本研究以Web of Science为检索平台，检索1900年至2020年发表的近视相关研究文献。采用描述性统计方法，从年度发文量、高产国家与机构、核心作者与期刊、总被引频次等维度对检索得到的文献进行深入分析。借助VOSviewer与CiteSpace可视化合作网络与关键词突现情况，使用CitNetExplorer绘制近视领域文献引用网络。
结果：1900年至2020年，本研究共检索得到11172篇近视相关文献，其中美国的发文量位居首位。新加坡国立大学的Saw SM教授是发文量与总被引频次均最高的作者。《Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science》（《眼科研究与视觉科学》）的总被引频次最高，而《Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery》（《白内障与屈光手术杂志》）的发文量最多。被引频次Top10的文献主要聚焦于近视流行病学研究。既往研究多关注近视相关实验动物模型，而近期关键词中"SMILE"与"近视控制"的突现强度较高，反映出研究热点从病因学向治疗学的转变，这也与全球近视发病率的上升趋势相契合。文献引用网络被划分为6个聚类："近视患病率与危险因素"、"近视手术矫正"、"近视发病机制"、"近视光学干预"、"近视与青光眼"以及"病理性近视"。
结论：本研究的文献计量分析可帮助学者更清晰地理解近视研究领域的全球发展趋势与前沿动态。近百年的近视研究可划分为6个聚类，其中"近视患病率与危险因素"与"近视手术矫正"为规模最大的两个聚类。随着近视患病率的持续上升，近视控制干预措施已成为极具潜力的研究热点，同时也是亟待解决的公共卫生议题。