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Bibliometric tools aid researchers in quickly gaining insights into field dynamics and trends.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this investigation, we conducted a search for relevant publications in the Web of Science Core Collection database using specific keywords. We employed Citespace and WOSviewer software for analysis of interconnections and co-occurrence of information across publications, countries, authors, institutions, keywords and cited literature. Ultimately, we identified 4,316 research papers on hypertension in pregnancy within the epigenetics domain (HIPE).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our analysis revealed that China had the highest number of publications (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1,353, 31.35%), while the University of Melbourne was the most prolific institution (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 107, 2.48%). Among author analysis, Tong S emerged as highly productive (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 41, 0.95%). Preeclampsia (PE) emerged as being extensively studied among various types of HIP. High-frequency keywords associated with HIP mechanisms included oxidative stress, proliferation, apoptosis and invasion. Regarding epigenetics-related terms, DNA methylation, mRNA and ncRNA exhibited distinct heat burst periods. 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