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Nevertheless, there is no comprehensive report, which can help researchers get a quick overview and find research hotspots. Thus, we aimed to identify the study status and knowledge structures of pyroptosis in sepsis and summarize the key mechanism of pyroptosis in sepsis. The data were retrieved and downloaded from the WOS database. Software such as VOSviewer was used to analyze these publications. Key genes were picked out by using (<jats:ext-link>https:\/\/www.genecards.org<\/jats:ext-link>) and (<jats:ext-link>http:\/\/www.bioinformatics.com<\/jats:ext-link>). Then, Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis were used to performed these key genes. From 2011 to 2021, a total of 299 papers met the search criteria, and the global interest in pyroptosis in sepsis measured by the value of (RRI) has started to increase since 2016. China ranked first in the number of publications, followed by the USA. The journal <jats:italic>Frontiers in Immunology<\/jats:italic> published the most relevant articles. Through keyword co-occurrence analysis, the high-frequency subject terms were divided into three clusters like \u201canimal research\u201d, \u201ccell research,\u201d and \u201cmolecular research\u201d clusters. \u201cmir,\u201d \u201caki,\u201d \u201cmonocyte,\u201d and \u201cneutrophil\u201d were the newest keywords that may be the hotspot. In addition, a total of 15 genes were identified as hub genes. TNF, IL-1\u03b2, AKT1, CASP1, and STAT3 were highly expressed in lung tissues, thymus tissues, and lymphocytes. KEGG analysis indicated that pyroptosis may play a vital role in sepsis <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> the NOD, PI3K\/AKT, and MAPK\/JNK pathways. 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