2022 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 1-8
Purpose: Owing to the contribution of many research groups globally, vitrification has proven to be an effective alternative to slow freezing for preserving the fertility in prepubertal female cancer patients. The bibliometric analysis of scientific publications was carried out to explore the impact among research institutions, researchers, journals, and to identify the keywords in ovarian tissue cryopreservation by vitrification.
Methods: The key phrase “ovarian tissue vitrification” was searched on Web of Science to collect scientific articles published between 2000 and 2020. Then a citation analysis was conducted by CiteSpace 5.7.R5 software to analyze the publication trends and create citation graphs.
Results: The bibliometric analysis comprised a total of 653 papers. The number of articles on this topic has increased over the years. The collaborations and impacts of European countries and the United States are higher. Correspondingly, the research institutions are concentrated in Europe and the United States. The top three keywords were follicle, survival, and chemotherapy.
Conclusion: Research on ovarian tissue vitrification has developed rapidly since 2000, with active collaboration between developed countries such as Europe and the United States. Japan is the only Asian country in the top 5 countries contributing to ovarian tissue vitrification research. The effect of ovarian tissue vitrification on follicle, survival, and chemotherapy may constitute a future research direction.
