Objective:To summarize the publications in the field of neurofibroma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the past 25 years, to illuminate the cooperation among countries, academic institutions and researchers, and to compare the research topics between Chinese and English databases, and to predict the research trend.Methods:Web of Science and CNKI databases were searched, and literature about neurofibroma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor(MPNST) resection from January 1st, 1997 to September 2nd, 2021 were included. Excel 2017 was used for statistical analysis. VOSviewer 1.6.16 software was used for clustering and visualization of countries, institutions, authors, and keywords.Results:A total of 9 620 English articles and 957 Chinese articles were included. Over the past 25 years, Chinese and English publications have been increasing quickly. In terms of countries and institutions, most of the countries with a large number of documents published in English literature (top 10) are developed countries and the institutional cooperation between them is relatively close. In terms of keywords clustering, the result of English literature are more comprehensive, including the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of complications. The clustering result suggest that the potential research hotspots in the future may be the impact of tumor microenvironment on the development of neurofibroma and MPNST, molecular typing of neurofibroma, drug resistance mechanism of neurofibroma and so on. The clustering of Chinese literature can be summarized as the auxiliary diagnosis of neurofibroma and the treatment of complications.Conclusions:In the future, researchers may pay more attention to the role of tumor microenvironment in the development of neurofibroma, driving factors of neurofibroma and MPNST, molecular typing and drug resistance mechanism of neurofibroma.

Objective:To summarize the publications in the field of neurofibroma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the past 25 years, to illuminate the cooperation among countries, academic institutions and researchers, and to compare the research topics between Chinese and English databases, and to predict the research trend.Methods:Web of Science and CNKI databases were searched, and literature about neurofibroma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor(MPNST) resection from January 1st, 1997 to September 2nd, 2021 were included. Excel 2017 was used for statistical analysis. VOSviewer 1.6.16 software was used for clustering and visualization of countries, institutions, authors, and keywords.Results:A total of 9 620 English articles and 957 Chinese articles were included. Over the past 25 years, Chinese and English publications have been increasing quickly. In terms of countries and institutions, most of the countries with a large number of documents published in English literature (top 10) are developed countries and the institutional cooperation between them is relatively close. In terms of keywords clustering, the result of English literature are more comprehensive, including the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of complications. The clustering result suggest that the potential research hotspots in the future may be the impact of tumor microenvironment on the development of neurofibroma and MPNST, molecular typing of neurofibroma, drug resistance mechanism of neurofibroma and so on. The clustering of Chinese literature can be summarized as the auxiliary diagnosis of neurofibroma and the treatment of complications.Conclusions:In the future, researchers may pay more attention to the role of tumor microenvironment in the development of neurofibroma, driving factors of neurofibroma and MPNST, molecular typing and drug resistance mechanism of neurofibroma.