Utilization of the cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model over time based on publications. Total and murine CLP results were generated by PubMed searches of “cecal ligation and puncture” or “mouse cecal ligation and puncture,” respectively, performed on June 25, 2020. Indexing information was downloaded and used for evaluation. Total CLP results include 50 review articles, 26 published since 2010. Murine CLP results include 21 review articles, 10 published since 2010. (A) Synopsis of CLP publications, murine CLP publications, and number of unique authors, in total and since 2010. The number of unique authors that have only published a CLP paper since 2010 is also included. (B,C) Numbers of total and murine CLP publications per year from 1975 to 2019. (D) Representation of murine CLP publications among all CLP publications in 5-year periods from 1981 to present.