Bibliometric Analysis of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Colitis Research (2006-2025)

Huiyong Zheng's bibliometric analysis comprises 1,010 papers on immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis from the Web of Science Core Collection. The dataset includes literature from 62 countries, 1,873 institutions, 7,385 authors, and 373 journals, with data last updated in May 2026. Analysis and visualization were performed using CiteSpace, VOSViewer, and the Bibliometrix package in R.

Use Cases

• Identify leading authors and institutions in ICI-colitis research based on publication and citation counts.
• Analyze keyword co-occurrence to map research trends and thematic evolution in the field.
• Visualize international collaboration networks among the 62 contributing countries/regions.
• Track publication output and impact over time for specific journals mentioned, such as the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer.

Strengths

• Includes 1,010 papers providing a substantial corpus for analysis.
• Covers contributions from 7,385 authors and 1,873 institutions, indicating broad academic participation.
• Provides specific metrics like 470 publications and 41,125 citations for the leading country (United States).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is a 15.8 MB DOCX file, which may require parsing to extract structured data for analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale computational tasks.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science Core Collection database.

Collection Method

Systematic literature search analyzed with CiteSpace, VOSViewer, and Bibliometrix (R).

Time Range

2006-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 05:41:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global (62 countries/regions), with the United States as the leading contributor.