Analysis of research development of endemic fluorosis in China based on bibliometrics and mapping knowledge domains / 中华地方病学杂志

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Objective:To review the research progress of endemic fluorosis in China in the past decade, and to provide references for prevention and control of endemic fluorosis.Methods:Using Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform as the information source, research papers in the field of endemic fluorosis from 2008 to 2017 were retrieved, and the publication status, core authors, cooperation status, and research hotspots were analyzed.Results:A total of 2 068 papers were retrieved, with 297 and 298 articles published in 2009 and 2010, while 94 and 103 articles were published in 2016 and 2017, respectively. There were 8 420 authors in 2 068 articles, with an average of 4 authors per article. According to the statistics of the first authors, the number of papers published by the most productive authors was 21. There were 59 first authors who had published more than 4 papers, they had published 371 papers, accounting for 17.94% of the total number of papers. Analysis of the author's cooperation showed that the research teams with larger scale and closer cooperation were from Harbin Medical University, Guizhou Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guizhou Medical University, Shandong Institute for Prevention and Control of Endemic Disease, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hulunbuir City Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control. The hotspots and themes of the study focused on epidemiological investigation of endemic fluorosis, health education, pathogenesis and other related research of endemic fluorosis.Conclusion:In Chinese periodicals, the number of papers published on endemic fluorosis has been reduced, the construction of talent team needs to be strengthened, and the research hotspots and themes are changing steadily.