Bibliometric analysis of research hotspots in tracheal intubation for children.

ReviewAnnals of thoracic medicine· 2026

Fan Yang, Lei Liu, Ya-Nan Li … Jun-Li Liang

Airway ManagementReviewQ1IF 2.4

Pediatric tracheal intubation research output peaked at 64 articles in 2023.

Fan Yang … Jun-Li Liang

Annals of thoracic medicine · 2026

Background

Difficult airway management remains a major challenge for paediatric anaesthesiologists.

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Results

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publications on this topic rose overall, then dipped after 2023

n = 752 eligible articles

More results

The United States ranked first in both the number of publications (265) and citations (5,935).

The journal Pediatric Anesthesia had the largest number of publications (58) and also the highest local citations (13,878).

More results

The most cited author globally was Silbergleit (468 citations), and the author with the most publications was Nishisaki (27 articles).

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Conclusion

Highlights trends, guides clinical priorities, informs research.