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Research Hotspots and Emerging Trends of Facial Rejuvenation: A Bibliometric Analysis

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Background

In recent years, the demand for facial rejuvenation is increasing year by year. This study aims to use bibliometric analysis to construct a visualization map of the facial rejuvenation research and provide the research hotspots and trend frontiers in the field.

Methods

Publications on facial rejuvenation research were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection database. VOSviewer 1.6.18 was used to analyze the co-authorship, the citations of countries, institutions, and authors, the co-occurrence of keywords, and the journals in which the studies were published.

Results

In total, 6,196 records of facial rejuvenation research published between 2000 and 2021 were collected. The USA had published the most publications in this field (2,647), and its main partners were Canada, Germany, and China. University of California, Los Angeles, was the institution with the greatest contribution (127 publications). Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (623 publications) published the most research in this field and was also the most frequently co-cited journal (17,349 citations, total link strength: 586,955). Rohrich RJ (70 publications) was the most prolific and most frequently co-cited author (1,230 citations, TLS: 26,603). Among the 100 most cited articles, 57 articles are amenable to grading level of evidence, and most papers presented their findings utilizing level IV evidence.

Conclusions

At present, the research hotspots in this field included the following six aspects: facial photoelectric therapy, aging manifestation and treatment in the middle of the face, the application of autologous fat transfer in facial rejuvenation, facial plastic surgery, facial injection cosmetology, and rhytidectomy and related anatomy. According to the analysis of the timing diagram, the research trends were esthetic medicine, mesenchymal stem cells, laser therapy, the application of platelet-rich plasma, and platelet-rich fibrin.

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Conceptualization was done by JM and CR; investigation was carried out by JM; data curation was done by XZ and BL; the original draft preparation was written by JM; writing, reviewing, and editing were done by CR; and supervision and project administration were done by MZ. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Mao, J., Ri, C., Li, B. et al. Research Hotspots and Emerging Trends of Facial Rejuvenation: A Bibliometric Analysis. Aesth Plast Surg 47, 1039–1058 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-022-03099-9

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