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Global literature on the role of SLN in endometrial cancer published from 1900 to the present in the Web of Science core database was searched. Cited articles were focused on by extracting information such as country, journal, keywords, institution and author. Descriptive statistics and visual analysis were performed using VOSviewer and R package. A total of 545 articles were screened, most of which were from USA (159 articles). Based on Bradford Law, Gynecologic Oncology and International Journal of Gynecological Cancer were core journals in this research field. Abu-Rustum Nadeem R from Mem Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was most productive author. The current research focus was endometrial cancer, SLN, lymphadenectomy, biopsy, indocyanine green (ICG). The complication, guidelines, outcomes and survival were the frontier of current research. Researchers in different countries have paid extensive attention to the role of SLN in the treatment of endometrial cancer, and have made breakthroughs in this field. SLN mapping has a promising prospect for the recurrence and prognosis of patients with endometrial cancer. 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