Bibliometric analysis of research on the role of intestinal microbiota in obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a key public health problem. The advancement of gut microbiota research sheds new light on this field. This article aims to present the research trends in global intestinal microbiota studies within the domain of obesity research.

Methods

Bibliographic information of the publications on intestinal microbiota and obesity was retrieved from the Scopus database, and then analyzed by using bibliometric approaches.

Results

A total of 3,446 references were retrieved; the data indicated a steady growth and an exponential increase in publication numbers. The references were written in 23 different languages (93.8% in English). A number of 3,056 English journal papers were included in the further analyses. Among the 940 journals, the most prolific ones we

SUBMITTER: Yao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6027659 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature