Publication trends of research on diabetes mellitus and T cells (1997-2016): A 20-year bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a huge burden for human health. Recent studies show the close relationship between DM and T cells. We investigated the trend in DM and T cells research.

Methods

Using the Web of Science database, we searched the publications on DM and T cells in 1997-2016, and studied the source data using bibliometric methodology. Excel 2016, GraphPad Prism 5, and VOSviewer software were used to analyze the publication trend in DM and T cells research.

Results

We found a total of 1077 publications with 38109 citations up to January 23, 2017. The highest contribution came from the United States, with 48.38% of the publications, 61.44% of the citations and the highest H-index (74). China had the 5th place for total publications, but ranked 11th bo

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5604989 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature