Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends and Novelties for Pneumonia in Children

Abstract

Pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children globally, with most cases occurring in low- and middle-income nations. Pneumonia in children has been thoroughly researched in numerous countries throughout the world. However, no research performed bibliometric analyses of pneumonia in children. This study aims to use a biometric analysis to determine trends in the number of publications, the number of citations, network visualization, overlay visualization, and density visualization concerning the issue of pneumonia in children. This research method employs a systematic review with stages adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flowchart. The highest publication increase occurred in 2020, with a rise of 2,739. The number of citations increases exponentially from year to year. The most cited article is "The Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak," with 3,680 citations. Keywords and interest trends in pneumonia in children focus on viral pneumonia. The endeavor to perform a bibliometric analysis of pneumonia in children may be revisited in the next few years. Notably, this article only extracts data from scientific articles within the app.dimension.ai database. Further research may be conducted to add other databases and ensure a more comprehensive understanding of pneumonia in children