Mediterranean diet research trajectories in China (2006-2025): a scoping review and scientometric analysis to localize global nutrition models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mediterranean-diet (MedDiet) principles are increasingly invoked to counter China's nutrition-transition-driven epidemic of cardiometabolic disease, yet no field-wide synthesis of this scholarship exists. A bibliometric assessment can expose thematic evolution, knowledge gaps and localization pathways.

Methods

We systematically searched Web of Science Core Collection and CNKI for Chinese-affiliated MedDiet human-health articles published between 2006 and 2 February 2025. After PRISMA-ScR screening we retained 384 records. VOSviewer and COOC mapped co-authorship, citations and keywords; latent-Dirichlet allocation detected topic drift; compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) indexed performance. All data and scripts are openly a

SUBMITTER: Jia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12504878 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature