AUTHOR=Huang Fan , Zheng Beisi , Wu Cunshu , Zhao Siyi , Xu Yuanyue , Li Ziyuan , Huang Chuyu , Fan Zhiyong , Wu Shan 

TITLE=International Publication Trends in Low Back Pain Research: A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.746591

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.746591

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Background: Although there is a growing research base on low back pain, the bibliometric literature related to it is deficient. The aim of this study was to conduct a bibliometric and visualization analysis of low back pain, providing a broad view of the current trends in LBP research and a potential guide in this discipline.
Methods: The authors searched the Web of Science to extract publications regarding low back pain, with a total of 12,249 publications during the 22 years, among of which 12,242 were eligible. We classified and analyzed publications such as total citations, average citations per item, H-index, research types, countries/regions, institutions and journals by using standard bibliometric indicators. Bibliometric approaches (VOSviewer1.6.13 and CiteSpace 5.8.3) were also available to gather information and explore the trends of research. 
Results: Conspicuously, over the past 22 years, an increasing number of scholars specialized in the research of low back pain, exerting the boom in articles. The largest number of document type was article. Under modern conditions, regional distinction existed in the research of low back pain and developed countries preceded others. Research individuals and institutions were preoccupied by respective aspects. Visualization analysis provided objective information for the potential collaborators and cooperative institutions. Furthermore, the most burst keywords varied during different period. 
Conclusions: The research map on low back pain obtained by our analysis are expected to help researchers to efficiently and effectively explore low back pain.