Last Data Updates: 06 January 2016

Last data updates: 06 January 2016

Li, L.L., Ding, G.H., Feng, N., Wang, M.H. and Ho, Y.S.* (2009), Global stem cell research trend: Bibliometric analysis as a tool for mapping of trends from 1991 to 2006. Scientometrics, 80 (1), 39-58.

Document type: Article / Language: English / Cited references: 55 / Times cited: 67 / Times self cited: 24

Abstract: In this study, we aim to evaluate the global scientific production of stem cell research for the past 16 years and provide insights into the characteristics of the stem cell research activities and identify patterns, tendencies, or regularities that may exist in the papers. Data are based on the online version of SCI, Web of Science from 1991 to 2006. Articles referring to stem cell were assessed by many aspects including exponential fitting the trend of publication outputs during 1991-2006, distribution of source title, author keyword, and keyword plus analysis. Based on the exponential fitting the yearly publicans of the last decade, it can also be calculated that, in 2,011, the number of scientific papers on the topic of stem-cell will be twice of the number of publications in 2006. Synthetically analyzing three kinds of keywords, it can be concluded that application of stem cell transplantation technology to human disease therapy, especially research related on “embryonic stem cell” and “mesenchymal stem cell” is the orientation of all the stem cell research in the 21(st) century. This new bibliometric method can help relevant researchers realize the panorama of global stem cell research, and establish the further research direction.

Document Type: Article

Language: English

KeyWords Plus: Bone-Marrow-Transplantation, Science, Differentiation, Pluripotency, Productivity, Regeneration, Diseases, Therapy, Growth, Model

Reprint Address: Ho, YS (reprint author), Peking Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, Dept Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

Addresses:

1. Peoples Hosp Wuhan Univ, Dept Emergency, Wuhan 430060, Peoples R China

2. Peoples Hosp Wuhan Univ, Dept Nephrol, Wuhan 430060, Peoples R China

3. Peking Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, Dept Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

4. Asia Univ, Trend Res Ctr, Taichung 41354, Taiwan

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