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Research trends and hotspots of sleep disorder and cancer: a bibliometric analysis via VOSviewer and CiteSpace

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this research is to further understand the research status and summarize the research hotspots of sleep disorder and cancer, so as to provide insights into future researches.

Methods

In this research, the publications pertaining to sleep disorders and cancer from 1992 to 2022 was retrieved from SCIE and SSCI databases in the Web of Science Core Collection. The subject, journal, country/regions, institutions, author, and citations of publications were descriptively analyzed and visual analysis.

Results

From 1992 to December 2022, a total of 732 relevant literatures were retrieved from WOS SCIE and SSCI databases, the number of publications showed an increasing trend year by year. These articles were published in 252 journals, and the three most productive journals included Supportive Care in Cancer (80 publications), Psycho-oncology (32 publications), and Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (32 publications). The three most productive countries included the USA (367 publications, 50.1%), China (133 publications, 18.2%), and Canada (97 publications, 13.25%), with total citations of 12,684, 1866, and 5263. The three latest hot keywords in this field were sleep duration, validity, and inflammation.

Conclusion

The USA, China, and Canada produced a lot of literature in the research field of sleep disorders and cancer, and had relatively great academic influence from 1992 to 2022. Researchers could pay more attention to the published in journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Sleep, and Supportive Care in Cancer to timely grasp the latest progress and expand the breadth and depth in this area. Looking at the history of tumor and sleep disorder research in the past 20 years, the clinical treatment of sleep disorder caused by tumor and the direct bidirectional mechanism of the two may be a new focus of future research.

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The datasets used or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (grant number 23JRRA1317).

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  1. The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Chenglou Zhu, Qiong Wu & Mingxu Da

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Yaoqi Li & Mingxu Da

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ZCL WQ collected all the data. ZCL WQ were the major contributors in writing the manuscript. LYQ and DMX performed the critical revision for this manuscript. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.

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Zhu, C., Wu, Q., Li, Y. et al. Research trends and hotspots of sleep disorder and cancer: a bibliometric analysis via VOSviewer and CiteSpace. Support Care Cancer 32, 223 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08425-2

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