Knowledge mapping and visualization of current sarcopenia and cancer research: a bibliometric analysis

Abstract Background Cancer survivors face broad challenges in weight loss due to multiple factors. Sarcopenia prevalence among cancer has a wide range and is associated with worse outcomes. attract global attention. The use of bibliometrics analysis this area interest still needs be identified. This study was performed assess the trends patterns sarcopenia cancer-related scientific publications. Methods Web Science (WOS) articles indexed Citation Index Expanded. VOS viewer (Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands) R-studio using R package were used for quantitative dataset (year publications, number institutes, journals, total citations, H-index status, authors, hotspots Keywords, research area, funding sponsor. Results Our extracted 384 publications from 172 journals written by 2525 authors Institute Core Collection database. Overall, WOS database met inclusion criteria. published papers risen since 2014. results showed that Japan, China USA contributed most field. Moreover, our recognized future current condition based on top 10 cited keyword analysis. Finally, leading author's demonstrated Shen Xian Wenzhou Medical China, Baracos Vickie E University Alberta, Switzerland, productive, active, influential authors. Conclusion demonstrates comprehensive objective overview up-to-date status research. These data would benefit scholars who need information It reference guide researchers wanting conduct additional studies related topic.