Medical research and human health are deeply connected, and international medical exchanges play a important role in raising research level. This study employs bibliometric and visual analytic approaches to identify effective strategies for improving international medical collaborations. We retrieved relevant literature from the Web of Science Core Collection, including SCI-Expanded, SSCI, CPCI-S, and CPCI-SSH databases, covering the period 1992–2022. CiteSpace software was utilized to generate

