Bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited papers about the role of gut microbiota in irritable bowel syndrome from 2000 to 2021

Abstract

Over the last few decades, gut microbiota research has been the focus of intense research and this eld has become particularly important. This research aimed to provide a quantitative evaluation of the 100 most-cited articles on gut microbiota and IBS and highlight the most important advances in this eld. MethodsThe database Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) was used to download the bibliometric information the top 100 most-cited papers. Microsoft Excel 2021, CiteSpace, VOSviewer, R software, and an online analytical platform (https://bibliometric.com/) were was applied to perform bibliometric analysis of these papers. ResultsThe total citation frequency in the top 100 article ranged from 274 to 2,324, with an average citation of 556.57. A total of 24 countries/regions made contributions to the top 100 cited papers, and USA, Ireland, and China were the most top three productive countries. Cryan JF was the most frequently nominated author, and of the top 100 articles, 20 listed his name. Top-cited papers mainly came from the Gastroenterology (n = 13, citations = 6,373) and Gut (n = 9, citations = 3,903). There was a signi cant citation path, indicating publications in molecular/biology/immunology primarily cited journals in molecular/biology/genetics elds. Keywords analysis suggested that the main topics on gut microbiota and IBS were mechanisms of microbiome in brain-gut axis." Behavior" was the keyword with the strongest burst strength (= 2.36), followed by "anxiety like behavior" (2.24), "intestinal microbiota" (2.19), and "chain fatty acid" (1.99), and "maternal separation" (1.95). ConclusionThis study identi ed and provided the bibliometric information of the top 100 cited publications related to gut microbiota and IBS. The results provided a general overview of this topic and might help researchers to better understand the evolution, In uential ndings and hotspots in researching gut microbiota and IBS, thus providing new perspectives and novel research ideas in this speci c area.

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