Mapping the global landscape of robot-assisted upper urinary tract reconstruction: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis
Wei Zuo, Zhihua Li, Kunlin Yang, Xinfei Li, Qi Tang, Liqun Zhou, Jian Lin, Xuesong Li · 2026
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Wei Zuo and colleagues map the worldwide literature on robot-assisted reconstruction of the upper urinary tract. Their 2026 bibliometric analysis gathers 1,104 publications from the Web of Science and charts output, countries, institutions, authors, journals, and keywords. Robotic platforms have spread into these operations for their precision in tight anatomical spaces.
Publication grew steadily, then rapidly after 2020. The United States leads output and collaboration, with China second and rising fast. The University of Chicago, New York University, and Peking University top the institutional list, and one specialty journal leads the outlets. Classic topics center on pyeloplasty and childhood reconstruction, with the most cited work on junction obstruction repair. The frontier has shifted toward complex ureteral work: strictures, graft-based rebuilding, and single-port systems. The authors also flag sparse collaboration between leading clusters as a structural weakness.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Wei Zuo, Zhihua Li, Kunlin Yang, Xinfei Li, Qi Tang, Liqun Zhou, Jian Lin, Xuesong Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23509 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |