Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis on BPPV Research in China / 听力学及言语疾病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the development of research about benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BP-PV) in China and summarize certain characteristics and hot spots ,so as to provide a basis and direction for further relevant research .Methods CNKI ,CQVIP and wanfang database were used to search relevant literatures published before 2015 .The period sequence ,journal distribution ,productive authors ,research institutions ,high -frequent key words and hot spots were analyzed through bibliometric method and visualization method .Results There were 922 literatures about BPPV research from 1981 to 2015 in China ,involving 2021 authors and 309 research institu-tions ,published in 297 kinds of journal .The literature quantity showed a gradual upward trend on the whole and journals were widely distributed ;core journal group had not yet formed .Top 13 journals (4 .38% ,13/297) had published 292 relevant literatures (31 .67% ,292/922) ,major journals were relatively concentrated ;top 17 authors had published 222 relevant literatures (24 .08% ,222/922) ,top 12 research institutions had published 137 relevant literatures (14 .86% ,137/922);high productive authors mostly came from high productive authority .Through an analysis of keywords ,it is found that BPPV researches mainly focus on pathogenesis ,diagnostic method and treat-ment .New directions have emerged in recent years ,like comparative analysis of drug treatment and manual reduc-tion ,study on the secondary BPPV of sudden deafness and Meniere'sdisease .Conclusion The publishing of 2016 re-vised edition of the guidelines for BPPV diagnosis and treatment will further deepen relevant researches ;literature quantity is expected to continue to grow ;study on the secondary BPPV of sudden deafness and Meniere's disease will be a focus .