Ejtahed Hanieh-Sadat, Tabatabaei-Malazy Ozra, Soroush Ahmad-Reza, Hasani-Ranjbar Shirin, Siadat Seyed-Davar, Raes Jeroen, Larijani Bagher
Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2019 Jan;22(1):65-71. doi: 10.22038/ijbms.2018.30203.7281.
Recent evidence has shown underlying roles of gut dysbiosis and metabolic endotoxemia in obesity and its complications. Despite the large number of experimental and clinical researches performed on gut microbiota and obesity, no bibliometrics' study has been conducted so far. We aimed to assess the trend of global scientific publications in the field of gut microbiota and obesity.
The bibliometrics' data from January 2000 to April 2017 were retrieved based on Scopus database. The analysis of the publication year, main source, citation, subject area, co-authorship network, and geographical distribution were carried out, accordingly. The data were analyzed using the Scopus analysis tools, SPSS version 15 and Visualizing Scientific Landscapes (VOS) viewer version 1.6.5.
Out of 4384 documents that were identified, the United States published the highest number (28.2%), followed by China and United Kingdom. The number of publications showed an increasing trend over the years of which the most productive year was 2016. The leading subject area was medicine. Most of published scientific documents were original articles and the top source was "PLoS One". The documents were cited totally 153576 times with average citations per article as 35.03, and h-index of 159. Top author in the co-authorship network assessment was "Wang J." from China.
This study could provide practical sources to researchers to find highly cited studies. Moreover, the study could pave the way for researchers to be engaged in studies which potentially lead to more publication in the field.
最近有证据表明肠道菌群失调和代谢性内毒素血症在肥胖及其并发症中起潜在作用。尽管针对肠道微生物群与肥胖进行了大量的实验和临床研究，但迄今为止尚未开展文献计量学研究。我们旨在评估全球肠道微生物群与肥胖领域科学出版物的趋势。
基于Scopus数据库检索2000年1月至2017年4月的文献计量学数据。相应地，对出版年份、主要来源、引用情况、学科领域、共同作者网络和地理分布进行了分析。使用Scopus分析工具、SPSS 15版和科学景观可视化（VOS）查看器1.6.5版对数据进行分析。
在识别出的4384篇文献中，美国发表的数量最多（28.2%），其次是中国和英国。多年来出版物数量呈上升趋势，其中产出最多的年份是2016年。主要学科领域是医学。大多数已发表的科学文献是原创文章，排名第一的来源是《公共科学图书馆·综合》。这些文献共被引用153576次，每篇文章的平均引用次数为35.03，h指数为159。共同作者网络评估中的顶尖作者是来自中国的“Wang J.”。
本研究可为研究人员寻找高被引研究提供实用资源。此外，该研究可为研究人员开展可能在该领域带来更多出版物的研究铺平道路。
