Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
Nutrients. 2024 Sep 12;16(18):3077. doi: 10.3390/nu16183077.
Since the consensus of ISAPP on the definition of the term "postbiotic" there has been an enthusiasm for publications in review form-their number being disproportionate to the primary research. The aim of this bibliometry is to analyze the bibliometric trends of this newfound interest in the field.
Search of the PubMed database for review articles on postbiotics, published between November 2021 and June 2024.
Analysis was performed on 92 review articles, the number corresponding to 2.9 reviews per month. China, Poland, Italy, Iran and India had the maximum productivity among the 32 countries involved; 21 articles were published in 13 journals with the highest impact factor, while 45 were in 16 journals with an IF between 4.0 and 4.9. The authors were mainly affiliated to universities with specialization in both basic research and technology, as well as food science. The top five publications regarding the citations received, published in (2), , , and , have collected between 138 and 109 citations.
The ever-growing number of reviews regarding postbiotics is perhaps disproportionate to the actual original research in the field. Further clinical trials would extend and deepen the subject and facilitate the drowning of more robust conclusions in relation to their effects.
自从 ISAPP 就“后生元”一词的定义达成共识以来，人们对综述类出版物的热情高涨——这类出版物的数量与基础研究不成比例。本文献计量学旨在分析该领域新出现的兴趣的文献计量学趋势。
在 PubMed 数据库中搜索 2021 年 11 月至 2024 年 6 月期间发表的后生元综述文章。
对 92 篇综述文章进行了分析，每月相应的综述文章数量为 2.9 篇。中国、波兰、意大利、伊朗和印度在涉及的 32 个国家中生产力最高；有 21 篇文章发表在影响因子最高的 13 种期刊上，而 45 篇文章发表在影响因子在 4.0 至 4.9 之间的 16 种期刊上。作者主要隶属于专注于基础研究和技术以及食品科学的大学。关于引文数量的前五名出版物，分别发表在《 》《 》《 》《 》和《 》，它们分别获得了 138 次和 109 次引用。
后生元相关综述文章的数量不断增加，可能与该领域的实际原始研究不成比例。进一步的临床试验将扩展和深化该主题，并有助于更深入地得出关于其效果的更稳健的结论。
