• Taoyu Chen, Jiaying Zhu, Yu Zhao, Haoqian Li, Pengcui Li, Jianjun Fan, and Xiaochun Wei.
• Department of Orthopedics, The first affiliated hospital of Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jan 15; 100 (2): e23944e23944.

AbstractThere has been a highly active area in the pain management of osteoarthritis (OA) over the past 2 decades. The study aims to unmask the global status and trends in this field.Publications on pain management of OA from 2000 to 2019 were retrieved from the Web of Science (WOS) database. The data were analyzed using bibliometric statistical methodology. The software VOS viewer was used for bibliographic coupling, co-authorship, co-citation, co-occurrence analysis and to investigate the publication trends in pain management of OA.A total of 8207 researches in amount were included. The relative research interests and number of publications indicated a rising trend. The USA made the greatest contribution to this field, with the most publications, total citations and the highest H-index, while Sweden had the highest average citation per publication. The most contributive organization was Boston University. The journal OA and Cartilage published the most relative articles. Researches could be grouped into 5 clusters based on co-occurrence network map: Health and Epidemiology; Sport Medicine; Clinical Study; Mechanism Research and Medical Technology and Science. Medical Technology and Science was predicted as the next research topic in this field.The number of publications about pain management of OA would be increasing based on current global trends. The USA made the largest contribution to this field. The development of Medical Technology and Science may be the next popular topics in the pain management of OA research.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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