DENG Mengcong1, 2, MAO Qunxia1, 2, WANG Xin1, 2, ZHU Yujia1, 2, WANG Hongwei3, MA Yue1, 2, LI Fengqiong4, WU Shangchun1
Chinese Journal of Family Planning.
2025, 33(1):
4-9.
To discover the research progress of the female secondary infertility, and to explore the important research hotspots and the future development trends on the female secondary infertility. Methods: Taking the secondary infertility as the research theme, the literatures published in CNKI, Wanfang Database, SinoMed, Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed from the establishment of the database to December 31, 2023 were retrieved. The published languages of the literatures included in this study were limited in Chinese and English. The publication year, authors and cooperation network, keywords, etc. of the literatures were visualized and analyzed using VOSviewer software. Results: A total of 2330 domestic studies (2269 literatures published in Chinese and 61 literatures published in English) and 788 foreign studies were included. The number of the domestic studies related to the female secondary infertility began to increase in 1990 significantly, and the number of the literatures reached its peak in 2011. Since 2005, the number of the foreign research literatures related to the female secondary infertility increased significantly. A number of the stable research teams on the female secondary infertility had been formed. The top 10 keyword categories in the domestic research literatures related to the female secondary infertility were “secondary infertility” “clinical diagnosis and treatment” “associated factor” “investigation and analysis” “pregnancy” “fallopian tube” “ART” “endometrium” “nulliparous women” and “fertility”, and in which, the corresponding English keywords were also included. The top 10 keyword categories in the foreign research literatures related to the female secondary infertility were “secondary infertility” “associated factors” “diagnosis” “ART” “reproduction” “diseases” “treatment” “biology” “physiology” and “research methodology”. In the domestic research literatures related to the female secondary infertility, the overall changes in the frequency of the keywords had increased gradually except to "nullipara ". In the foreign research literatures related to the female secondary infertility, the keywords, such as "associated factors", "ART", "secondary infertility" and "diagnosis", had increased gradually with time. Conclusion: The female secondary infertility has received a high level of attention overall, but the communication and cooperation among the different research teams need to be further strengthened. Continuing to explore the risk factors of the female secondary infertility plays an important role in the development of the comprehensive prevention and control strategies for the female secondary infertility. Therefore, the researches related to the female secondary infertility should be strengthened to provide more scientific evidences for further improving the female reproductive health.