Colonic diverticular disease: a bibliometric and visual analysis of the top 50 cited publications.

However, no prior study has systematically mapped the academic literature shaping the field.

Data were visualized using VOSviewer and Microsoft Excel.

The most-cited articles were published between 1953 and 2020, with a concentration between 2010 and 2015.

A notable gender imbalance was observed, with male authors occupying most first and senior author positions.