The recent landscape of cancer research worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis

Cabral, Bernardo Pereira; Fonseca, Maria da Graça Derengowski; Mota, Fábio Batista

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.25730

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“…We detected an extensive increase in number of publications and corresponding growth rate of NB papers after 1991, which may reflect the concentrated research to establish international criteria for NB diagnosis, staging, and treatment strategies [27][28][29]. Regarding the number of publications as a proxy for quantity of research, it is difficult to make direct comparisons to other pediatric and non-pediatric oncological scientometric studies, as the time periods of investigation vary significantly and research areas are represented differently in the literature [30]. For instance, as recently shown by Syrimi [26].…”

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A scientometric analysis of neuroblastoma research

2020

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Background: Thousands of research articles on neuroblastoma have been published over the past few decades; however, the heterogeneity and variable quality of scholarly data may challenge scientists or clinicians to survey all of the available information. Hence, holistic measurement and analyzation of neuroblastoma-related literature with the help of sophisticated mathematical tools could provide deep insights into global research performance and the collaborative architectonical structure within the neuroblastoma scientific community. In this scientometric study, we aim to determine the extent of the scientific output related to neuroblastoma research between 1980 and 2018. Methods: We applied novel scientometric tools, including Bibliometrix R package, biblioshiny, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace IV for comprehensive science mapping analysis of extensive bibliographic metadata, which was retrieved from the Web of ScienceTM Core Collection database. Results: We demonstrate the enormous proliferation of neuroblastoma research during last the 38 years, including 12,435 documents published in 1828 academic journals by 36,908 authors from 86 different countries. These documents received a total of 316,017 citations with an average citation per document of 28.35 ± 7.7. We determine the proportion of highly cited and never cited papers, "occasional" and prolific authors and journals. Further, we show 12 (13.9%) of 86 countries were responsible for 80.4% of neuroblastoma-related research output. Conclusions: These findings are crucial for researchers, clinicians, journal editors, and others working in neuroblastoma research to understand the strengths and potential gaps in the current literature and to plan future investments in data collection and science policy. This first scientometric study of global neuroblastoma research performance provides valuable insight into the scientific landscape, co-authorship network architecture, international collaboration, and interaction within the neuroblastoma community.

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A scientometric analysis of neuroblastoma research

2020

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“…In 2018, 9.6 million deaths in the world were caused by cancer [122]. Due to this, efforts in finding a cure for and attempts to understand cancer continue to rise [123]. Cancer is commonly defined as the abnormal growth of the cells, but there are indications that mark the development of cancer in the human body.…”

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Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Properties of Bioactive Compounds from Sesamum indicum L.—A Review

Aquino

Barbaza

et al. 2019

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The use of foodstuff as natural medicines has already been established through studies demonstrating the pharmacological activities that they exhibit. Knowing the nutritional and pharmacological significance of foods enables the understanding of their role against several diseases. Among the foods that can potentially be considered as medicine, is sesame or Sesamum indicum L., which is part of the Pedaliaceae family and is composed of its lignans such as sesamin, sesamol, sesaminol and sesamolin. Its lignans have been widely studied and are known to possess antiaging, anticancer, antidiabetes, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Modern chronic diseases, which can transform into clinical diseases, are potential targets of these lignans. The prime example of chronic diseases is rheumatic inflammatory diseases, which affect the support structures and the organs of the body and can also develop into malignancies. In line with this, studies emphasizing the anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities of sesame have been discussed in this review.

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“…Bibliometric analysis has been widely used in medical research. Besides critical care medicine (Zhang et al, 2018), it also includes traumatology (Dokur & Uysal, 2018), emergency medicine (Prats et al, 2018), neurosurgery (Alfaifi et al, 2018), oncology (Cabral, da Graca Derengowski Fonseca & Mota, 2018), gynecology (Huang et al, 2018), pediatrics (McDowell et al, 2017), and psychology (Tur-Porcar et al, 2018) and so on.…”

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Worldwide scientific productions with immunotherapy of sepsis: a bibliometric analysis

Wan

Xing

et al. 2019

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Background Sepsis represents a significant healthcare problem worldwide and causes a high number of deaths every year but remains to be fully understood. During and after sepsis, the host immune response is complex and involves an initial excessive host inflammatory response to infection that is closely related to tissue damage and leads to organ failure. Over the past three decades, immunotherapy for sepsis has vastly improved, but in this area, the most influential articles, journals, authors, and countries have not yet been completely summarized and analyzed. Objective Performed a bibliometric analysis on all the articles concerning immunotherapy for sepsis from 1962 to 2019 was our objective, and we also explored the potential correlations between publications of different countries and their gross domestic product (GDP). Methods All articles about immunotherapy for sepsis were extracted from the Scopus database and analyzed. We also retrieved GDP data from all the countries that have published information from the World Bank. Results In summary, we have retrieved 1,483 related articles from the Scopus database starting from the first publication on immunotherapy for sepsis in 1962 through March 16, 2019. Over the past decade, the number of the articles published has increased year by year to reach 866 in total, which accounts for about 58% of all publications, with 2017 being the most prolific year when 179 articles were published. The US published 604 articles (41%), followed by China (n = 163, 11%), and Germany (n = 158, 11%). In terms of publishing media, the journal that published the highest number of the articles was Journal of Critical Care Medicine with 65 articles (4%), followed by Shock with 55 articles (4%), and Critical Care with 35 articles (2%). There was a strong correlation between the GDP of the different countries and their publication numbers (r = 0.811, P < 0.001). Conclusions Our present study analyzed all types of articles concerning immunotherapy for sepsis over the past 57 years and countries with high GDP tends to make more contributions to the medical field of this field. In the meantime, these studies highlight the importance of immunotherapy in the treatment of sepsis patients. The recognition of the historical status and development trend of this field can promote inter-agency cooperation, guide future research, and ultimately provide the basis for clinical practice guidelines.

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The recent landscape of cancer research worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis

Cited by 62 publications

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A scientometric analysis of neuroblastoma research

A scientometric analysis of neuroblastoma research

Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Properties of Bioactive Compounds from Sesamum indicum L.—A Review

Worldwide scientific productions with immunotherapy of sepsis: a bibliometric analysis

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