Visualization analysis of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting from 2013 to 2023

Objective  To investigate the current status and hotspot of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) from 2013 to 2023.

Methods  CINV related literature published in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) from January 1, 2013 to July 1, 2023 were searched. The literature information was extracted, the institution and keywords were preprocessed, and the visual analysis was carried out by VOSviewer1.6.19 software.

Results  A total of 2 203 literatures were obtained in the initial examination, and 2 198 were finally included after screening. The results show that before 2017, the number of published documents showed an increasing trend year by year, but it had shown a decreasing trend since 2019. The institution with the largest number of publications in CINV field was Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, and the authors with the largest number of publications were WANG Fang and NIE Ke, covering clinical medicine, pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine and nursing. Research frontiers in the past three years included network pharmacology, preventive antiemesis, vomit-free ward as well as cluster care and so on.

Conclusion  CINV is a multidisciplinary research area. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine prevention and treatment, non-drug intervention have become the research hotspot in this field, and emetic ward, network pharmacology and other aspects may become the new research hotspot in this field.