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Emerging trends in silicosis research: a scientometric review

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Silicosis is a global disease whose prevention efforts cannot be ignored today. Although numerous silicosis-related data have been published recently, emphasizing the characteristics and nature of silicosis, a summary of the developmental laws of research is lacking, especially in the visual analysis of the literature. We aim to address this issue through a scientometric review. The Web of Science Core Collection and the All Databases were searched with “silicosis” as the topic, excluding unrelated publications, and obtained data from 9802 and 1613 publications, respectively. The data was then analyzed using the Web of Science’s online scientometric analysis function and CiteSpace’s visual analysis functionality, including publication volume analysis, co-occurrence analysis, co-citation analysis, cluster analysis, and explosive detection. The results identify the “respiratory system” as the most influential area over a century. Furthermore, the publication’s number was correlated with the gross domestic product. We ranked countries and institutions based on the frequency of publications and discovered that Europe, the USA, and China are the leading regions for silicosis research, with the USA and Europe having a stronger influence. Many reports related to artificial stone and denim jean production have been studied through citation analysis, indicating new epidemic trends in silicosis. Besides, silicosis-related diseases and the pathogenesis of silicosis were the research hotspots of silicosis through co-occurrence keyword analysis and outbreak detection. Furthermore, related diseases include coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis, while the mechanism of silicosis includes studies on inflammation and fibrosis, oxidative stress, alveolar macrophages, apoptosis, and pathways.

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Abbreviations

ASIR:

Age-standardized incidence rate

ASMs:

Artisanal manual and small-scale miners

AIDs:

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

CDC:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — USA

CWP:

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

CC16:

Clara cell secretory protein-16

CS:

Crystalline silica

EBC:

Exhaled breath condensate

FCS:

Free crystalline silica

GBD:

Global Burden of Disease Study

GDP:

Gross domestic product

IMP:

Imipramine

IF:

Impact factor

IPF:

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

IL-1β:

Interleukin-1β

JCR:

Journal Citation Reports

MARCO:

Macrophage receptor with collagenous structure

NIOSH:

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health

NFS:

Nearly free silanols

NALP3:

NAcht leucine-rich repeat protein 3

OS:

Oxidative stress

PMF:

Progressive massive fibrosis

PF:

Pulmonary fibrosis

RCS:

Respirable crystalline silica

ROS:

Generation of reactive oxygen species

SRMs:

Standard reference materials

TUDCA:

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid

TS:

Topic Search

TB:

Tuberculosis

TGF-β:

Transforming growth factor beta

TNF-α:

Tumor necrosis factor-α

UK:

United Kingdom

USA:

The United States of America

WoSCC:

Web of Science Core Collection

WOS:

Web of Science

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We would like to thank the Department of Medical Frontier Experimental Center, Anhui University of Science and Technology.

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Xiaotian RenChen: conceptualization, investigation, visualization, writing — original draft, writing — review and editing; Wenyang Wang: conceptualization, supervision, funding acquisition, writing — review and editing; Yuting Lu: conceptualization, investigation.

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RenChen, X., Wang, W. & Lu, Y. Emerging trends in silicosis research: a scientometric review. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 113280–113296 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30418-7

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