Basic publication output and annual trend analysis
A total of 4,063 NPWT-related publications were included: 3,563 Articles (87.7%) and 500 Reviews (12.3%). These totals classify Early Access as an indexing status rather than a separate document type. Annual publication output is shown in Figure 2A, and the plotting categories used to display document types and Early Access status are shown in Figure 2B.
Publication output was minimal from 1991 to 2003 and began to rise in 2004. Growth accelerated after 2019, and output remained high during 2021–2025. This trajectory indicates sustained international interest in NPWT.
Figure 2B uses five mutually exclusive display categories to show Early Access status: Article (n = 3,340; 82.2%), Article Proceedings Paper (n = 203; 5.0%), Article Early Access (n = 20; 0.5%), Review (n = 492; 12.1%), and Review Early Access (n = 8; 0.2%). Thus, 3,340 + 203 + 20 = 3,563 Articles and 492 + 8 = 500 Reviews; the five plotting categories sum to the same 4,063 records included in the PRISMA flow diagram.
Citation and usage trend analysis
Citation and usage patterns were evaluated by publication year. U1 was defined as the 180-day recent usage count, and U2 was defined as cumulative usage since 2013. Aggregate U1 and U2 values are influenced by the number and age of publications in each annual cohort. Results are shown in Figure 3.
As shown in Figure 3A, the annual total citation count reached its highest level of 5,265 in 2017, followed by 5,117 in 2013, 4,818 in 2008, 4,810 in 2011, and 4,714 in 2014. In contrast, the cumulative citation counts for articles published from 2024 to 2026 appeared comparatively lower; however, this observation should be interpreted with caution, as it may reflect a restricted citation window rather than an intrinsic decline in scholarly influence. Regarding citation performance per publication, the highest average was recorded for papers published in 1997 (1,681 citations per paper); however, this value was based on only two highly cited foundational publications and was therefore strongly influenced by the small cohort size. Mean and median citation counts should be considered when comparing citation performance across publication-year cohorts.
Figure 3B presents the recent usage count (U1) of publications by publication year over the past 180 days. The U1 metric reflects recent platform activity associated with published articles. It should be noted that the total U1 counts are inherently affected by the number of publications per year. Across all included records, the total U1 count was 1,507. Publications from 2025 recorded the highest U1 count (372), followed by those from 2023 and 2024 (167 each), 2021 (140), and the partial 2026 cohort (121). These findings indicate relatively high recent platform activity for newer NPWT publication cohorts. However, U1 should not be interpreted as a direct measure of full-text downloads, readership, or scholarly impact.
Cumulative usage since 2013 (U2) reflects longer-term platform activity. As shown in Figure 3C, publications from 2017 recorded the highest cumulative usage count (3,284), followed by those from 2021 (2,502), 2014 (2,166), 2020 (2,080), and 2015 (1,953). The total U2 count across all included records was 31,766. Notably, publications from 2021 demonstrated considerable cumulative usage despite their relatively shorter availability period. All U1 and U2 usage data were exported from the Web of Science Core Collection on 24 July 2026, and the temporal availability of these metrics should be taken into account when interpreting recent publication cohorts. For publications issued before 2013, U2 includes only usage recorded since 2013 and therefore does not represent lifetime usage.
Keyword co-occurrence and burst analysis
Following the identification of overall publication output and trend dynamics, this study further recognized research hotspots and frontier evolution in the field through keyword co-occurrence and burst analyses, with the results presented in Figure 4.
A minimum occurrence threshold of 30 was applied to improve network readability. A total of 158 connected keywords were retained to construct the co-occurrence network, which contained 6,468 links and was divided into 6 clusters (Figure 4A). Cluster 1 (red cluster) primarily focused on the core technologies, mechanisms, and reconstructive applications of NPWT. The most prominent keywords included “negative pressure wound therapy,” “reconstruction,” “trial,” “dressings,” and “device,” representing research focusing on equipment, mechanisms and reconstructive applications. Other highly associated terms included “skin,” “VAC,” “wounds,” “wound control,” “system,” “flap,” “defects,” “fractures,” and “repair,” reflecting research related to NPWT techniques, underlying mechanisms, and wound management.
Cluster 2 (green cluster) was mainly associated with wound healing and diabetic foot ulcers. The central keyword was “wound healing,” accompanied by terms such as “diabetic foot ulcers,” “multicenter,” “ulcers,” “wound,” “care,” “debridement,” and “instillation.” This cluster primarily represented clinical investigations evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of NPWT in chronic wounds, particularly diabetic foot ulcers.
Cluster 3 (blue cluster) focused on surgical complications, outcomes, and infection prevention. The core keyword was “complications,” “surgery,” “surgical site infection,” “prevention,” and “outcomes.” This cluster reflected the application of NPWT in perioperative complication management, surgical site infection prevention, and outcome evaluation.
The remaining clusters further complemented the knowledge structure of the NPWT field. Cluster 4 (yellow) was related to open-abdomen and trauma management, with “management,” “open abdomen,” “trauma,” “closure,” and “abdominal compartment syndrome.” as representative keywords. Cluster 5 (purple) focused on infection and cardiothoracic surgical applications, centered on “infection,” “mediastinitis,” “cardiac surgery,” “risk factors,” and “poststernotomy mediastinitis.” Cluster 6 (light blue) represented complex infections and their clinical outcomes, centered on “mortality,” “necrotizing fasciitis,” “Fournier’s gangrene,” “diagnosis,” and “case report.” Collectively, these six clusters provide a comprehensive overview of the major research directions and knowledge structure within the NPWT field.
Keyword burst analysis revealed the temporal characteristics of the top 25 keywords with the strongest citation bursts from 1991 to 2026 (Figure 4B). The three keywords with the highest burst strengths were “wound control” (strength = 41.68, 1999–2011), “subatmospheric pressure” (strength = 32.63, 2001–2014), and “wound care” (strength = 28.20, 2021–2026). During the early period (1999–2014), research primarily focused on the fundamental principles of negative pressure technology, represented by “wound control,” “subatmospheric pressure,” “topical negative pressure,” “wound closure,” “fascial closure,” and “VAC therapy.”
During the intermediate period (2007–2018), research directions gradually shifted toward specific clinical applications, including soft tissue injury, poststernotomy mediastinitis, abdominal compartment syndrome, and randomized controlled trials. In recent years, research hotspots have further evolved toward “surgical site infection” (2019–2026), “risk” (2019–2026), “diabetic foot ulcer” (2020–2026), and “wound care” (2021–2026), highlighting the growing emphasis on wound management, infection prevention and control, and diabetic foot ulcer treatment. Furthermore, the emergence of “case report” (2021–2026) and “efficacy” (2024–2026) as burst keywords indicates that clinical outcome evaluation and the accumulation of clinical evidence from case-based studies have become emerging frontiers in this field.
Interdisciplinary characteristics
To further illustrate the distribution patterns of source and cited journals, a dual-map overlay analysis was performed, as shown in Figure 7. The citing journals are displayed on the left side of the map, whereas the cited journals are presented on the right side. The labels represent the major disciplinary areas covered by the journals, and the colored curves indicate the major citation pathways from citing journals to cited journals.
Several prominent citation pathways were identified in the current map. The most significant pathway originated from “Medicine, Medical, Clinical” on the left and extended toward “Health, Nursing, Medicine” on the right, indicating that NPWT studies published in clinical medical journals primarily drew upon knowledge from health, nursing, and medicine journals. In addition, citation links were observed from “Medicine, Medical, Clinical” toward “Molecular Biology, Genetics” and “Dermatology, Dentistry, Surgery,” reflecting the interdisciplinary connections between NPWT research and molecular biology, surgical science, and related clinical specialties. Overall, these citation patterns demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of NPWT research, with citation links spanning clinical medicine, nursing and health sciences, molecular biology, dermatology, dentistry, and surgery.
Author and institutional collaboration networks
As shown in Figure 5A, analysis of the author collaboration network based on 4,063 included publications revealed a multi-centric collaborative landscape comprising five major clusters, with 51 connected authors and 134 collaborative links. The green cluster, centered around Ingemansson R with Malmsjö M and Lindstedt S as co-core authors, represented the largest collaborative team in the field, predominantly from Lund University, Sweden. The red cluster was centered on Gabriel A, Kim PJ, and Attinger CE and also included Gupta S and Stannard JP, bringing together major clinical investigators from North America and Europe. The blue cluster, centered on Orgill DP and Horch RE, was primarily associated with plastic and reconstructive surgery. The yellow cluster, led by Lavery LA, Armstrong DG, and Kirsner RS, concentrated on diabetic foot and wound management. The purple cluster was centered on Sjögren J and included Hetzer R, Petzina R, and Gustafsson L, reflecting collaboration in cardiothoracic surgery and mediastinitis management.
According to Price’s Law, the core author threshold was calculated as M = 0.749 × √Nmax, where Nmax = 60 and M was approximately 5.80. Authors with at least 6 publications were classified as core authors. A total of 212 authors met this threshold, representing 1.3% of the 16,615 authors in the dataset. Figure 5A shows collaboration among these core authors; isolated nodes and some labels may not be displayed. The most prolific authors were Ingemansson R (60 publications), Malmsjö M (54), Orgill DP (39), Horch RE (34), Lindstedt S (29), Armstrong DG and Gabriel A (21 each), and Attinger CE, Liu Y, and Yu AX (20 each). These publication counts are summarized in Table 1.
Regarding institutional collaboration, as shown in Figure 5B, the network revealed a multi-centric landscape comprising nine major clusters, with prominent hubs in Europe and the United States and a distinct cluster of Chinese institutions. The red cluster included Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Heidelberg University, Duke University, and the University of Utah. The green cluster was centered on Lund University, Lund University Hospital, and Skåne University Hospital and included Griffith University, Uppsala University, the University of Queensland, Ghent University, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Helsinki. The blue cluster consisted primarily of Chinese institutions, including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, Soochow University, Shandong University, Sun Yat-sen University, and Sichuan University. The yellow cluster included the University of Oxford, the University of Manchester, Karolinska Institutet, University College London, and the University of Warwick. The purple cluster comprised the University Hospital Zurich, Mayo Clinic, Hannover Medical School, and the medical universities of Vienna and Graz. The light-blue cluster included Wake Forest University, the University of Miami, Georgetown University, the University of Arizona, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, and the University of Toronto. The remaining orange, brown, and pink clusters represented additional collaborative groups centered on institutions such as Chang Gung University, the University of São Paulo, the University of Pisa, the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, and the Cleveland Clinic.
In the institutional network visualization, node size was proportional to institutional publication output, edges denoted collaborative relationships with line thickness reflecting collaboration intensity, and node color represented cluster affiliation. Lund University exhibited a notably large node size within the network, while MedStar Georgetown University Hospital occupied a relatively central position within its respective cluster. It should be noted that due to potential differences in institutional name standardization between the network visualization and the publication count statistics, node sizes should not be directly equated with rankings in Table 2. Cross-regional edges among different clusters indicated the presence of inter-regional collaborations in NPWT research. Overall, the author and institutional collaboration networks consistently demonstrated prominent European and U.S. research hubs with substantial participation from Asian institutions, while highlighting the pivotal roles of Swedish and American scholars in driving the field’s collaborative framework.
Core journals and highly cited papers
After identifying the core research contributors, this study further analyzed the publication platforms and milestone achievements in the NPWT field, as shown in Figure 6A. Node size corresponded to the number of publications in the NPWT field, with larger nodes indicating higher publication output; colors represented different journal clusters; and edges denoted bibliographic coupling relationships among journals based on shared references. The network comprised five major clusters. The green cluster represented the core wound care and plastic surgery cluster, with the International Wound Journal as the largest node, and also included the Journal of Wound Care, Wounds-A Compendium of Clinical Research and Practice, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Ostomy Wound Management, among other wound care and plastic surgery specialty journals. The blue cluster focused on orthopedics, trauma, and general clinical medicine, with Medicine as its largest node. The red cluster centered on general surgery and surgical infection, anchored by the Journal of Clinical Medicine. The purple cluster specializes in plastic, thoracic, and cardiothoracic surgery, with the Annals of Plastic Surgery as its core. The yellow cluster covered wound care, burns, plastic surgery, and pediatric surgery, with Advances in Skin & Wound Care as its largest node. Overall, wound care journals exhibited the greatest concentration of large nodes and closely interconnected relationships within the network.
As shown in Table 3, among the top 15 most productive journals, the International Wound Journal ranked first with 265 publications, followed by Wounds-A Compendium of Clinical Research and Practice with 192, and the Journal of Wound Care with 153. These three journals together contributed 610 publications, accounting for 15.0% of all included literature. The top five also included Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (88) and the Annals of Plastic Surgery (82). In terms of disciplinary distribution, the top 15 journals were predominantly wound care and plastic surgery journals, with wound care journals collectively contributing 872 publications (21.5%), representing the primary publication channels for NPWT research. Regarding journal publication-country distribution, among the top 15 journals, 2 were published in the United Kingdom, while the United States accounted for 10 journals, reflecting that U.S.-based journals constituted the largest share of these publication venues. Figure 6B illustrates the direct citation relationships among these core journals.
In addition to journal-level metrics, the most influential individual publications were further examined. As shown in Table 4, the most highly cited paper was the clinical study by Argenta LC et al. (1997) published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery (TC = 1,708), which introduced vacuum-assisted closure as a new method for wound control and treatment. The second most cited work was the foundational animal study by Morykwas MJ et al. (1997), also published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery (TC = 1,654), which investigated the basic mechanisms underlying vacuum-assisted closure. The third to fifth most cited papers were published in Advances in Therapy (2017, TC = 1,641), Intensive Care Medicine (2013, TC = 1,033), and The Lancet (2005, TC = 700), covering chronic wound management, clinical practice guidelines for intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome, and NPWT after partial diabetic foot amputation, respectively. The publication years of highly cited papers ranged from 1997 to 2021, with the most recent paper addressing moist wound healing using commonly available dressings. Collectively, these findings suggested that NPWT research was anchored in a core group of wound care journals, while the most influential works span both foundational experimental and clinical studies, reviews, randomized controlled trials, and clinical guidelines that have shaped the field’s knowledge base.
As shown in Figure 6C, the co-citation network of cited references was categorized into five clusters. The red cluster, positioned mainly on the left and in the center of the network, was anchored by the 1997 study by Morykwas MJ et al., which represented one of the foundational works in the field with a notably large node size; the cluster predominantly included foundational experimental and early clinical studies, with a focus on the mechanistic basis and clinical applications of NPWT. The green cluster, situated from the center to the upper-right, encompassed research on the mechanisms and wound-repair effects of NPWT, with the 2004 study by Wackenfors A et al. as a core node, along with a series of publications by Kim PJ. The yellow cluster, located in the lower-left region, was centered on cardiothoracic applications of NPWT, with a focus on the management of sternal wound infections. The purple cluster was distributed throughout the lower part of the network and included studies on temporary abdominal closure and open-abdomen management. The blue cluster, distributed mainly on the right and lower-right, was built around the body of work by Stannard JP et al., focusing on traumatic surgical scenarios, including open fractures and surgical site infections. Overall, the network exhibited a temporal evolution from fundamental mechanistic principles toward specialized clinical applications in wound repair, trauma, cardiothoracic surgery, and open-abdomen management.
Country/region output and collaboration landscape
Country and regional outputs are shown in Figure 8. Figure 8A uses countries identified from all contributing authors' affiliations, allowing a single publication to be attributed to multiple countries. The United States ranked first, followed by China, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan. Figure 8B uses the corresponding author’s country and classifies records as Single-Country Publications (SCP) or Multi-Country Publications (MCP). The United States led both SCP and MCP output. China ranked second in total output but had a substantially lower MCP share, indicating a comparatively low proportion of internationally coauthored publications. European and selected Asian countries produced fewer publications but were also represented among the leading countries with corresponding authors.
Because Figure 8A uses all-author affiliations and Figure 8B uses the corresponding author’s country, country totals differ between panels. SCP denotes publications whose authors were affiliated with one country; MCP denotes publications involving authors from more than one country.
Data availability
The raw Web of Science Core Collection export (Supplemental File 1), record-level screening log (Supplemental File 2), and reproducible workflow, code, and analysis-output package (Supplemental File 3) are provided with the paper. Supplemental File 3 contains the software environment, analysis parameters, scripts, unit-specific thesauri, derived data tables, saved VOSviewer and CiteSpace outputs, and figure-source and audit files. Public redistribution and reuse of proprietary Web of Science records remain subject to Clarivate’s applicable licensing terms.

Figure 1. PRISMA-style flow diagram for the NPWT bibliometric analysis. PRISMA was used solely to display the record-selection process; this study was not conducted as a systematic review. The diagram summarizes record identification, document-type screening, topic-relevance screening, and final inclusion. The WoSCC search was conducted on 23 July 2026, and the records were exported on 24 July 2026; Early Access records were assigned to their underlying document type. Abbreviations: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy; PRISMA = Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; WoSCC = Web of Science Core Collection; VAC = vacuum-assisted closure; VSD = vacuum sealing drainage. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 2. Annual publication output and document-type distribution of NPWT publications from 1991 to 2026. (A) Annual publication volume. (B) Article and Review categories, with Early Access status shown separately. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 3. Citation and usage trends of NPWT publications. (A) Total, mean, and median citations by publication year. (B) Recent usage over 180 days. (C) Cumulative usage since 2013. Data were exported from WoSCC on 24 July 2026; recent cohorts have shorter citation and usage windows. Abbreviations: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy; U1 = 180-day recent usage count; U2 = cumulative usage count since 2013; WoSCC = Web of Science Core Collection. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 4. Keyword co-occurrence network and the top 25 burst keywords. (A) Keyword co-occurrence network using a frequency threshold of ≥30. (B) Temporal map of the 25 keywords with the strongest citation bursts. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 5. Author and institutional collaboration networks. (A) Core-author collaboration network, with node size proportional to publication count. (B) Institutional collaboration network. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 6. Publication journals and core-literature citation characteristics in NPWT research. (A) Journals with ≥20 NPWT publications. (B) Citation network of the 15 most productive journals. (C) Co-citation network of cited references. Network maps were generated using full counting. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 7. Dual-map overlay analysis of journals in NPWT research. The left side represents citing journals, and the right side represents cited journals. Curves indicate major citation pathways; curve width reflects citation-flow strength. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 8. Global country/region output and international collaboration. (A) Publication distribution based on all author affiliations. (B) SCP and MCP distributions based on the corresponding author's country. Abbreviations: MCP = multi-country publications; SCP = single-country publications. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.
| Rank | Author | Publications | Citations | Country |
| 1 | Ingemansson, Richard | 60 | 2747 | Sweden |
| 2 | Malmsjö, Malin | 54 | 2215 | Sweden |
| 3 | Orgill, Dennis P. | 39 | 3149 | United States |
| 4 | Horch, Raymund E. | 34 | 724 | Germany |
| 5 | Lindstedt, Sandra | 29 | 319 | Sweden |
| 6 | Gabriel, Allen | 21 | 962 | United States |
| 7 | Armstrong, David G. | 21 | 1494 | United States |
| 8 | Liu, Y | 20 | 285 | China |
| 9 | Yu, AX | 20 | 452 | China |
| 10 | Attinger, Christopher E. | 20 | 1662 | United States |
Table 1: Top 10 authors by publication output in NPWT research. The table presents publication and citation counts for the 10 most prolific authors. Abbreviations: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy.
| Rank | Institution | Publications | Citations | Country |
| 1 | Lund University | 99 | 4291 | Sweden |
| 2 | Skane University Hospital | 94 | 4139 | Sweden |
| 3 | Harvard University | 83 | 5271 | United States |
| 4 | Harvard University Medical Affiliates | 77 | 5085 | United States |
| 5 | University of Texas System | 72 | 2540 | United States |
| 6 | University System of Ohio | 62 | 1339 | United States |
| 7 | Wake Forest University | 53 | 2975 | United States |
| 8 | Harvard Medical School | 52 | 3608 | United States |
| 9 | Brigham & Women's Hospital | 49 | 4127 | United States |
| 10 | University of California System | 46 | 1459 | United States |
Table 2: Top 10 institutions by publication output in NPWT research. The table presents publication and citation counts for the 10 most productive institutions. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy.
| Rank | Journal | Publications | Share |
| 1 | International Wound Journal | 265 | 6.52% |
| 2 | Wounds-A Compendium Of Clinical Research And Practice | 192 | 4.73% |
| 3 | Journal Of Wound Care | 153 | 3.77% |
| 4 | Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery | 88 | 2.17% |
| 5 | Annals Of Plastic Surgery | 82 | 2.02% |
| 6 | Medicine | 66 | 1.62% |
| 7 | Wound Repair And Regeneration | 64 | 1.58% |
| 8 | Advances In Skin&Wound Care | 61 | 1.50% |
| 9 | Journal Of Plastic Reconstructive And Aesthetic Surgery | 58 | 1.43% |
| 10 | Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie | 51 | 1.26% |
| 11 | Journal Of Wound Ostomy And Continence Nursing | 48 | 1.18% |
| 12 | Ostomy Wound Management | 46 | 1.13% |
| 13 | International Journal Of Lower Extremity Wounds | 43 | 1.06% |
| 14 | Journal Of Clinical Medicine | 42 | 1.03% |
| 15 | Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma | 41 | 1.01% |
Table 3: The 15 main journals publishing NPWT research. The table presents publication counts and shares of the complete dataset. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy.
| Rank | Title | Year | Journal | First author | Total citations |
| 1 | Vacuum-assisted closure:A new method for wound control and treatment:Clinical experience | 1997 | Annals Of Plastic Surgery | Argenta, LC | 1708 |
| 2 | Vacuum-assisted closure:A new method for wound control and treatment:Animal studies and basic foundation | 1997 | Annals Of Plastic Surgery | Morykwas, MJ | 1654 |
| 3 | Chronic Wound Healing:A Review of Current Management and Treatments | 2017 | Advances In Therapy | Han, G | 1641 |
| 4 | Intra-abdominal hypertension and the abdominal compartment syndrome:updated consensus definitions and clinical practice guidelines from the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome | 2013 | Intensive Care Medicine | Kirkpatrick, AW | 1033 |
| 5 | Negative pressure wound therapy after partial diabetic foot amputation:a multicentre,randomised controlled trial | 2005 | Lancet | Armstrong, DG | 700 |
| 6 | Update on management of diabetic foot ulcers | 2018 | Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences | Everett, E | 671 |
| 7 | Pathogenesis and Treatment of Impaired Wound Healing in Diabetes Mellitus:New Insights | 2014 | Advances In Therapy | Baltzis, D | 587 |
| 8 | Vacuum-assisted closure:Micro deformations of wounds and cell proliferation | 2004 | Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery | Saxena, V | 545 |
| 9 | Moist Wound Healing with Commonly Available Dressings | 2021 | Advances In Wound Care | Nuutila, K | 516 |
| 10 | Comparison of negative pressure wound therapy using vacuum-assisted closure with advanced moist wound therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers:A multicenter randomized controlled trial | 2008 | Diabetes Care | Blume, PA | 451 |
Table 4: The 10 most-cited records included in the NPWT bibliometric dataset. Citation counts were exported from the Web of Science Core Collection on 24 July 2026. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy.
Supplemental File 1. Raw Web of Science Core Collection export. The records were retrieved using the reported search strategy on 23 July 2026 and exported as plain text on 24 July 2026.Please click here to download this file.
Supplemental File 2. Literature screening log for the NPWT bibliometric dataset. The spreadsheet provides record-level inclusion and exclusion decisions for the retrieved literature. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy.Please click here to download this file.
Supplemental File 3. Reproducible workflow, code, and analysis outputs for the NPWT bibliometric dataset. The ZIP archive contains the software environment, analysis parameters, data preparation and validation scripts, unit-specific thesauri, derived data tables, saved VOSviewer and CiteSpace outputs, and figure-source and audit files. Abbreviation: NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy.Please click here to download this file.