Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Nutrients. 2022 Jan 27;14(3):542. doi: 10.3390/nu14030542.
Vitamin D has long been known for preserving bone and non-skeletal health. Despite its magnitude of impact, scarce literature has explored the evolution of the relevant published literature. This study aimed at evaluating the trends and performance of Vitamin D and bone metabolism-related publications (2001−2020). All pertinent English language 16,887 articles were searched and extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database and “R-Bibliometrix” was used for comprehensive analysis. Around 60,149 authors contributed from 114 countries, showing the USA on top with >1/4th of all articles, followed by Japan, China, and the United Kingdom. For authors, Cooper C, Dawson-Hughes B, and Holick MF were found to have written the most articles, citations and highest h-index, respectively. Corresponding authors from the top 20 countries collectively were responsible for around 84% of the articles. Among 2735 sources, Osteoporosis International (632), Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (569), and Bone (448) were foremost. Most prominent sources showed recent declining contributions. The increasing trend of publications with a higher spike from 2008 to 2014, followed by a gradual increase till 2017, was observed. Leading countries, affiliations, and authors showed collaborative publications and were mostly from developed countries with limited contributions, particularly from low- and middle-income countries.
维生素 D 长期以来一直被认为可以保持骨骼和非骨骼健康。尽管其影响巨大，但很少有文献探讨相关已发表文献的演变。本研究旨在评估维生素 D 和骨代谢相关出版物（2001-2020 年）的趋势和表现。从 Web of Science (WoS) 数据库中搜索并提取了所有相关的英文 16,887 篇文章，并使用“R-Bibliometrix”进行了综合分析。来自 114 个国家的约 60,149 名作者做出了贡献，显示出美国以超过 1/4 的文章位居榜首，其次是日本、中国和英国。就作者而言，Cooper C、Dawson-Hughes B 和 Holick MF 分别撰写了最多的文章、引用最多和最高 h 指数。前 20 个国家的相应作者共同负责约 84%的文章。在 2735 个来源中，《国际骨质疏松症杂志》（632）、《骨与矿物研究杂志》（569）和《骨》（448）排名靠前。最主要的来源显示出最近的贡献减少趋势。观察到出版物数量呈上升趋势，2008 年至 2014 年出现较高峰值，随后逐渐增加至 2017 年。领先的国家、附属机构和作者表现出合作发表，并主要来自发达国家，贡献有限，特别是来自低收入和中等收入国家。
