Research trends on clinical fecal microbiota transplantation: A biliometric analysis from 2001 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous studies on fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) have been conducted in the past two decades. We aimed to assess the research trends and hotspots in the field of FMT through a quantitative method.

Materials and methods

The clinical studies of FMT published from 2001 to 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science database. We analyzed the countries, institutions, authors, and keywords of these articles and visually illustrated using VOSviewer and CiteSpace software. The current application of FMT in clinical practice, including indications, efficacy, adverse events, as well as its methodology, such as donor, delivery route, were also evaluated.

Results

A total of 227 records were finally identified. The number and rate of annual publications increa

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9639330 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature