Emerging insights into inflammatory bowel disease from the intestinal microbiota perspective: a bibliometric analysis

Anqi Zhang; Fang Wang; Delong Li; Chong-Zhi Wang; Haiqiang Yao; Jin-Yi Wan; Chun-Su Yuan

doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1264705

Emerging insights into inflammatory bowel disease from the intestinal microbiota perspective: a bibliometric analysis

Front Immunol. 2023 Oct 26:14:1264705. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1264705. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Anqi Zhang^{1

2}, Fang Wang³, Delong Li^{1

2}, Chong-Zhi Wang^{4

5}, Haiqiang Yao^{1

2}, Jin-Yi Wan^{1

2}, Chun-Su Yuan^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
² National Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 731 Hospital of China Aerospace Science and Industry Group, Beijing, China.
⁴ Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.

Abstract

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has caused severe health concerns worldwide. Studies on gut microbiota have provided new targets for preventing and treating IBD. Therefore, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of the current status and evolution of gut microbiota and IBD studies.

Methods: A bibliometric analysis was performed on documents during 2003-2022 retrieved from the Scopus database, including bibliographical profiles, citation patterns, and collaboration details. Software programs of VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and the Bibliometrix R package visually displayed the mass data presented in the scientific landscapes and networks.

Results: 10479 publications were retrieved, showing a steadily growing tendency in interest. Xavier Ramnik J. group led the total number of publications (73 papers) and 19787 citations, whose productive work aroused widespread concern. Among the 1977 academic journals, the most prolific ones were Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Frontiers in Immunology, and Nutrients. Research outputs from the United States (US, 9196 publications), China (5587), and Italy (2305) were highly ranked.

Conclusion: Our bibliometric study revealed that the role of gut microbiota has become a hot topic of IBD research worldwide. These findings are expected to improve understanding of research characteristics and to guide future directions in this field.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; citation; inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); intestinal microbiota; research trends.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics
China
Databases, Factual
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases*

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82374324, 82274379); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2022-JYB-JBZR-009); Beijing University of Chinese Medicine High-level Talent Start-up Research Project (2021-XJ-KYQD-004).