Visual analysis of the research trend and status on the association between vitamin D and immunity: From 2012 to 2021

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We conducted this study to visualize hot spots and trends in the correlation between vitamin D and immunity over the past decade with bibliometric analysis.

Methods

We collected relevant articles in the Web of Science Core Collection from 2012 to 2021 as the data source, and then used CiteSpace software to perform the data analysis. Some graphics were done with Graphpad software.

Results

A total of 1,656 articles were retrieved, with an average citation count of 25.2 times. The United States (439 articles, 26.51%) has the top number of published articles, followed by China (164 articles, 9.90%), England (135 articles, 8.15%), Italy (114 articles, 6.88%), and India (82 articles, 4.95%). The most literature is found in areas of Immunology (337 articles, 2

SUBMITTER: Luo X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9533358 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature