Bibliometric Review of the Literature on Cone Snail Peptide Toxins from 2000 to 2022.

ABSTRACT: The venom of marine cone snails is mainly composed of peptide toxins called conopeptides, among which conotoxins represent those that are disulfide-rich. Publications on conopeptides frequently state that conopeptides attract considerable interest for their potent and selective activity, but there has been no analysis yet that formally quantifies the popularity of the field. We fill this gap here by providing a bibliometric analysis of the literature on cone snail toxins from 2000 to 2022. Our analysis of 3028 research articles and 393 reviews revealed that research in the conopeptide field is indeed prolific, with an average of 130 research articles per year. The data show that the research is typically carried out collaboratively and worldwide, and that discoveries are truly a community-

SUBMITTER: Nguyen LTT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10058278 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature