Abstract：Objective To analyze the basic research competitiveness of China in the field of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(ECMO). Methods Scientific papers on ECMO were retrieved from the Web of Science database, based on which bibliometric
analysis was conducted. The scale and impact of research were analyzed based on the number of papers, citations and highly cited
papers, and hotspots were displayed by clustering analysis of high-frequency words. Results From 1970 to the present, 8822
scientific papers on ECMO had been published, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.4% in recent 10 years. The scale and
impact of research in the United States were in absolute global leadership. The number of papers published by China was only oneseventh of that by United States (592 vs. 3975). For China, the total number of citations (7360 vs. 95021) and the number of highly
cited papers (3 papers vs. 42 papers) were less than one-tenth of that for the United States, and the average citations per paper
(12.4 vs. 23.9) was only half of that for the United States. Looking at mainland China alone (277 papers, 2133 citations in total, 7.7
citations per paper), the gap with the United States was even more obvious. Among the institutions in China, only Taiwan University
ranked top 20 in the number of papers. The means for the total citations (658), average citations per paper (11.8) and the number of
highly cited papers (0.3) for the top 10 Chinese institutions were far lower than those for the top 20 institutions in the world (7476,
34.2, and 6.8). The studies of China mainly focus on “cardiopulmonary resuscitation” and “mechanical ventilation therapy for acute
respiratory distress syndrome”. Conclusion In the field of ECMO, China has conducted a small scale of basic research and produced
relatively weak academic impact, with a significant gap compared with the United States; the researches by Chinese scholars mainly
focus on emergency treatment, with few involve the supportive treatment of congenital defects and heart/lung transplantation.
陈娟，卢岩，张婷，欧阳昭连. 基于科技论文的中国体外肺膜氧合领域基础研究实力分析[J]. 中国医疗设备, 2020, 35(6): 139-143.
CHEN Juan, LU Yan, ZHANG Ting, OUYANG Zhaolian. Analysis of the Basic Research Competitiveness of China in the Field of Extracorporeal
Membrane Oxygenation Based on Scientific Papers. China Medical Devices, 2020, 35(6): 139-143.
