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Thyroid nodules are increasingly treated with minimally invasive surgery. Thermal ablation could efficiently treat patients with benign thyroid nodules, recurrent thyroid cancer, and low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma. This research aims to explore the research field of thermal ablation for thyroid nodules using bibliometric analysis. The web of science core collection (WoSCC) database was utilized from its inception to 1 October 2022, to collect research articles and reviews on ultrasound-guided thermal ablation for thyroid nodules. We applied the R package ‘bibliometrix’ to summarize the main findings, calculate the occurrences of the top keywords and visualize the international collaboration networks. The co-authorship and co-occurrence analyses were conducted with VOSviewer software. CiteSpace was used to identify the top references and keywords with the highest citation bursts. A total of 820 publications from 32 countries were retrieved. The annual number of related publications showed an increasing trend. China, Italy, and Korea were the most contributing countries. The University of Ulsan College of Medicine in Korea was the most productive institution, and Jung Hwan Baek published the maximum number of articles. The International Journal of Hyperthermia was the most productive journal. ‘Papillary thyroid micro-carcinoma (PTMC)’ and ‘association guideline’ were the most frequently used keywords in the field of thermal ablation for thyroid nodules, which indicated the potential hot research topics and frontiers in the future. This bibliometric study conducts a comprehensive analysis of publications on thermal ablation for thyroid nodules, which aids investigators in discovering potential research directions.

Publications on ultrasound-guided thermal ablation for thyroid nodules from 2000 to 2022: a bibliometric analysis