ReviewAesthetic surgery journal. Open forum2026
Artificial Intelligence in Plastic Surgery: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of the 100 Most-Cited English-Language Publications.
Review in Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
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Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming the landscape of plastic surgery, yet the structural architecture of its most influential scholarship has not been systematically characterized. This study presents a bibliometric and visual analysis of the 100 most-cited English-language AI publications in plastic surgery. Scopus was searched from database inception through January 15, 2026. Eligible articles underwent dual independent screening in Covidence, and the 100 most-cited publications were analyzed using R (v4.4.1) and VOSviewer (v1.6.18) for citation metrics, authorship networks, geographic and institutional contributions, journal distribution, and thematic categorization. Of the 3827 retrieved records, 357 met the full inclusion criteria, and the top 100 were identified. These articles collectively received 2701 citations (average: 27.01 ± 22.19), with a marked post-2022 publication surge accounting for 79% of the studies, with 2024 contributing to 34% of that share. Patient education and large language model-based consultation constituted the dominant thematic cluster (35%), followed by ethical and governance considerations (17%) and outcomes prediction and risk modeling (13%). Aesthetic surgery represented the most prolific specialty (34%), with craniofacial and breast reconstruction each contributing to 21%. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (
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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.