BACKGROUND: Gastric ulcers are a form of peptic ulcers that present as ruptures of the mucosal lining of the stomach or the proximal intestinal lining extending beyond the muscularis mucosae, and METHODS: Bibliometric analysis was performed using the search terms 'Gastric ulcer', 'Gastric ulcer disease', 'Gastrohelcoma', and 'Stomach ulcers'. Data were extracted from the Web of Science Core Database (WoSCC) and visualised using CiteSpace software. RESULTS: The Journal of Gastroenterology had the most cited papers. The largest number of papers was from the United States. The most frequently cited keywords were ' CONCLUSION: The field of gastric ulcer research is rapidly expanding, and the existing research is focused on preventing the occurrence of gastric ulcers, exploring the pathogenesis of gastric ulcers, and identifying new methods of treating gastric ulcers.