A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature on Norovirus Disease from 1991–2021

Abstract

Norovirus (NoV) is one of the oldest recognized diseases and the leading causal pathogen for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) worldwide. Though numerous studies have been reported on NoV disease, limited research has explored the publication trends in this area. As a result, the objective of this work was to fill the void by conducting a bibliometric study in publication trends on NoV studies as well as discovering the hotspots. The Web of Science central assemblage database was hunted for publications from 1991 to 2021 with “norovirus” in the heading. Microsoft Excel 2016, VOSviewer, R Bibliometrix, and Biblioshiny packages were deployed for the statistical analysis of published research articles. A total of 6021 published documents were identified in the Web of Science database for this thirty-year study period (1991–2021). The analyses disclosed that the Journal of Medical Virology was the leading journal in publications on norovirus studies with a total of 215 published articles, the Journal of Virology was the most cited document with 11,185 total citations. The United States of America (USA) has the most significant productivity in norovirus publications and is the leading country with the highest international collaboration. Analysis of top germane authors discovered that X. Jiang (135) and J. Vinje (119) were the two top relevant authors of norovirus publications. The commonly recognized funders were US and EU-based, with the US emerging as a top funder. This study reveals trends in scientific findings and academic collaborations and serves as a leading-edge model to reveal trends in global research in the field of norovirus research. This study points out the progress status and trends on NoV research. It can help researchers in the medical profession obtain a comprehensive understanding of the state of the art of NoV. It also has reference values for the research and application of the NoV visualization methods. Further, the research map on AGE obtained by our analysis is expected to help researchers efficiently and effectively explore the NoV field.

Mapping Scientific Productivity Trends and Hotspots in Remdesivir Research Publications: A Bibliometric Study from 2016 to 2021

“…In addition, our study showed that the number of publications on remdesivir fluctuated during the year under investigation. This observation was related to findings in previous bibliometric analyses in the literature [ 24 , 79 ]. However, when the number of publications on remdesivir was presented for the year 2020, it was apparent that there was an overall increase in the number of publications in that year.…”

“…The co-occurrences of author keywords are divided into two groups. The size of the nodes in the keyword-co-occurrences network depicts the degree of author-keyword co-occurrence, which represents the number of times two keywords occur together [ 24 ]. Thus, the bigger the node, the higher the relevance of the keywords.…”

“…Excel line charts, and the visualization maps were created with the help of biblioshiny interface. As suggested in our previous published paper, to analyze extracted data and results, it is essential to consider five vital phases that permit quantitative and qualitative analysis for bibliometric analysis [ 24 ]. Thus, the key theme of the study motivated the use of bibliometrics in the systematic review analysis of associated keywords.…”

“…Bibliometrics is a form of library and information-sciences study that examines bibliographic material using quantitative methods [ 24 ]. Bibliometrics is extensively used for abridging the maximum illustrative results of a set of bibliographic documents.…”

Visualization and Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

“…The bibliometric method is used to quantitatively analyse the research literature through database structure calculation and statistics [19]. This analysis can assess the research performance of groups and individuals [20] and identify academic characteristics of exchange and cooperation [21]. Therefore, bibliometric analysis can provide insight into previous studies and thereby directions for future [22].…”