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An overview of global research landscape in etiology of urolithiasis based on bibliometric analysis

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The high incidence, recurrence and treatment costs of urolithiasis have a serious impact on patients and society. For a long time, countless scholars have been working tirelessly on studies related to the etiology of urolithiasis. A comprehensive understanding of the current status will be beneficial to the development of this field. We collected all literature about the etiology of urolithiasis from 1990 to 2022 using the Web of Science (WoS) database. VOSviewer, Bibliometrix and CiteSpace software were used to quantitatively analyze and visualize the data as well. The query identified 3177 articles for final analysis, of which related to the etiology of urolithiasis. The annual number of publications related to urolithiasis research has steadily increased during the latest decade. United States (1106) and China (449) contributed the most publications. University of Chicago (92) and Indiana University (86) have the highest number of publications. Urolithiasis and Journal of Urology have published the most articles in the field. Coe FL is the most productive author (63 articles), whose articles have obtained the most citations in all (4141 times). The keyword, such as hypercalciuria, hyperoxaluria, citrate, oxidative stress, inflammation, Randall’s plaque, are the most attractive targets for the researchers. Our review provides a global landscape of studies related to the etiology of urolithiasis, which can serve as a reference for future studies in this field.

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The authors declare that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the paper and its Supplementary Information files. The source data that support the findings of this study are available from the Core Collection database in WoS (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/basic-search).

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The study was funded by three projects, including Natural Science Foundation of China (82270797), Natural Science Foundation of China (82070723), and Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China (2022CFC020).

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    Caitao Dong, Chao Song, Ziqi He, Wenbiao Liao, Qianlin Song, Yunhe Xiong, Lingchao Meng & Sixing Yang

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CD and SY conceived the manuscript; CS and QS carried out data collection; ZH and YX performed data analysis and visualization; CD wrote the manuscript; LM, CS and SY critically reviewed the manuscript; All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.

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Dong, C., Song, C., He, Z. et al. An overview of global research landscape in etiology of urolithiasis based on bibliometric analysis. Urolithiasis 51, 71 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-023-01447-1

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