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The landscape of microbiota research in Iran; a bibliometric and network analysis.
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Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders . 1/15/2020, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p163-177. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objectives: To introduce bibliometric features of Iranian documents on microbiota and to provide descriptive information about retrieved documents related to the medical sciences and documents utilizing molecular techniques for microbiota detection. Methods: This is a descriptive bibliometric study of all Iranian documents on microbiota in any language that were indexed in Scopus before 7 September 2019. We assessed the research performance through statistical analysis of the bibliometric indicators, including number of publications, citations, institutions and journals activities, co-citations and bibliographic couplings, and network analysis of co-authorships, countries' collaborations, terms and keywords. Results: We extracted 425 relevant documents, 260 of which pertain to the medical sciences. The most focused microbiota modulating interventions and diseases in 33 clinical trials are 'synbiotics' (n = 8) and 'probiotics' (n = 8), and 'Obesity' (n = 3) and 'non-alcoholic fatty liver disease' (n = 3), respectively. During the last decade, Iranian microbiota publications have increasingly grown with a constant upward slope, particularly in the area of medical sciences after 2016. Citation counting reveals that originals and reviews have been cited 4221 times, with an average 10.76 citations and H-index of 34. The most significant performance in publishing Iranian microbiota documents belongs to 'Tehran University of Medical Sciences' as the active institution (n = 89 publications) and the supporting sponsor (n = 19), 'Microbial Pathogenesis' as the productive journal (n = 12), 'Seidavi A' as the most authorships (n = 19), and 'the United States' as the collaborative country (n = 46). Conclusions: The qualitative and quantitative information of this study will be a practical guidance for future study planning and policy-decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FATTY liver
*PROBIOTICS
*BIBLIOTHERAPY
*PATHOLOGY
*MEDICAL sciences
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22516581
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143572021
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-020-00488-2