Bibliometric analysis of neurosurgical nursing in China
Objective To analyze the current status and development direction of research in the field of neurosur-gical nursing in China.Methods Using"neurosurgery"and"nursing"as the title search terms,the literature related to neurosurgical nursing published in CNKI,Wanfang and VIP from establishment of the database to April 2023 was searched,and the final included literature was analyzed by metrology.Results A total of 9 441 papers were included,published in 826 journals.The unit with the highest number of publications was Ganzhou People's Hospital,and the highest frequency of keywords were,in order:quality of care,application effect,pulmonary infection,risk factors,nursing management,nursing in-tervention,complications,critical patients,detailed care and nursing risk.Conclusion The number of neurosurgical nurs-ing articles published in China is increasing year by year,and the literature is concentrated in tertiary hospitals;however,the depth and quality of research in this field need to be improved.