14 June 2026 : Clinical Research
Mapping Two Decades of Research on Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in Esophageal Cancer: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis
Changxiong Wang AE 1, Jianye Wu CEF 1, Leyi Zhang CEF 1, Xinrong Fan BE 1*, Zhaohuan Lou BE 2, Xianbao Lu CEF 1DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951916
Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951916
Table 1 Publication and citation profiles of the top 10 leading countries/regions.
| Rank | Country | Articles | Freq | SCP | MCP | MCP_ratio | TC | TC_rank | Average citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 251 | 0.490 | 239 | 12 | 0.048 | 7309 | 1 | 29.1 |
| 2 | China | 172 | 0.336 | 165 | 7 | 0.041 | 1931 | 2 | 11.2 |
| 3 | USA | 27 | 0.053 | 21 | 6 | 0.222 | 506 | 4 | 18.7 |
| 4 | Korea | 22 | 0.043 | 20 | 2 | 0.091 | 303 | 5 | 13.8 |
| 5 | France | 11 | 0.021 | 7 | 4 | 0.364 | 154 | 7 | 14.0 |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0.010 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 70 | 8 | 14.0 |
| 7 | Germany | 4 | 0.008 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | 176 | 6 | 44.0 |
| 8 | Australia | 2 | 0.004 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 27 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 9 | Austria | 2 | 0.004 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 32 | 10 | 16.0 |
| 10 | Belgium | 2 | 0.004 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 20 | 13 | 10.0 |
| Articles: publications of corresponding authors only. Freq – frequency of total publications; SCP – single country publications; MCP – multiple country publications; MCP_ratio – proportion of multiple country publications; TC – total citations; TC_rank – rank of total citations; average citations: average number of citations per publication. | |||||||||