Evolutionary patterns and research frontiers in neoadjuvant immunotherapy: a bibliometric analysis

Research has shown that neoadjuvant immunotherapy may provide more significant clinical benefits to cancer patients undergoing surgery than adjuvant therapy. This study examines the development of neoadjuvant immunotherapy research using bibliometric analysis. As of February 12, 2023, articles on neoadjuvant immunotherapy in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) were collected. Co-authorship and keyword co-occurrence analyses and visualizations were performed using VOSviewer, while CiteSpace was used to identify bursting keywords and references. The study analyzed a total of 1,222 neoadjuvant immunotherapy publications. The top contributors to this field were the United States (US), China, and Italy, and the journal with the most publications was Frontiers in Oncology. Francesco Montorsi had the highest H-index. The most common keywords were “immunotherapy” and “neoadjuvant therapy.” The study conducted a bibliometric analysis of over 20 years of neoadjuvant immunotherapy research, identifying the countries, institutions, authors, journals, and publications involved in this field. The findings provide a comprehensive overview of neoadjuvant immunotherapy research.