Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mushroom Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Int J Med Mushrooms. 2020;22(6):521-534. doi: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2020035031.
The research field of culinary and medicinal mushrooms has been well developed since the first relevant publication in 1966. However, to date, there has been no bibliometric analysis published specifically for this field. This study aimed to assess the most influential publications as well as the research trends and important drivers in the field of culinary and medicinal mushrooms. Scopus was used to identify relevant publications and the 1000 most-cited publications were identified and analyzed. Bradford's law of scattering shows one-third of the papers were published in 14 core journals, with a total of 102 papers published in International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. There is an insignificant negative correlation (Pearson's correlation coefficient, r = -0.355) between the journal impact factor and publication count. VOSviewer was used to generate a country network. China represents Asia's research center in this field, having contributed 20% of the 1000 most-cited publications. A term map was also created to visualize the co-occurrence of key terms in the domain. Different biological activities such as antioxidant and antitumor properties of mushrooms appeared to be a recurring topic in this field. Wasser (2003) showed the highest citation count (n = 1282), which is almost double the second most-cited publication (n = 611). There is a weak positive correlation (r = +0.237) between the years since publication and total citation count. In conclusion, this bibliometric study will assist researchers to comprehend the current status of the research on culinary and medicinal mushrooms, and to visualize the future impact of such an important field.
自 1966 年第一篇相关文献发表以来，烹饪和药用蘑菇的研究领域已经得到了很好的发展。然而，迄今为止，还没有专门针对该领域的文献计量分析。本研究旨在评估烹饪和药用蘑菇领域最具影响力的出版物，以及研究趋势和重要驱动力。我们使用 Scopus 来确定相关出版物，并确定和分析了 1000 篇被引最多的出版物。布拉德福的分散定律表明，三分之一的论文发表在 14 种核心期刊上，国际药用蘑菇杂志总共发表了 102 篇论文。期刊影响因子和发文量之间存在不显著的负相关（皮尔逊相关系数，r = -0.355）。VOSviewer 用于生成国家网络。中国是亚洲在该领域的研究中心，贡献了 1000 篇被引最多的出版物中的 20%。还创建了一个术语图来可视化该领域的关键术语的共现。不同的生物活性，如蘑菇的抗氧化和抗肿瘤特性，似乎是该领域反复出现的主题。Wasser（2003）的被引次数最高（n = 1282），几乎是第二高被引出版物（n = 611）的两倍。发表后年份和总被引次数之间存在弱正相关（r = +0.237）。总之，这项文献计量研究将帮助研究人员了解烹饪和药用蘑菇研究的现状，并预测这一重要领域的未来影响。
