Mapping global trends in adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell research: A bibliometric analysis using scopus database

Khan Sharun; Taha Hussein Musa; Hassan Hussein Musa; Rohit Kumar; A M Pawde; Vikash Chandra; Hardeep Singh Tuli; Kuldeep Dhama; Amarpal; G Taru Sharma

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103542

Mapping global trends in adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell research: A bibliometric analysis using scopus database

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Apr 14:77:103542. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103542. eCollection 2022 May.

Authors

Khan Sharun¹, Taha Hussein Musa^{2

3}, Hassan Hussein Musa⁴, Rohit Kumar¹, A M Pawde¹, Vikash Chandra⁵, Hardeep Singh Tuli⁶, Kuldeep Dhama⁷, Amarpal¹, G Taru Sharma⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Surgery, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Biomedical Research Institute, Darfur University College, Nyala, Sudan.
³ Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
⁴ Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁵ Division of Physiology and Climatology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁶ Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, 133207, Haryana, India.
⁷ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁸ National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad, 500032, India.

Abstract

Background and objective: Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AdMSC) are multipotent adult mesenchymal cells isolated and cultured from the stromal vascular fraction derived from adipose tissue. The present study was conducted to analyze the global trends in AdMSC research using bibliometric and visual analysis tools.

Methods: The literature search was done on February 13, 2022, using appropriate keywords and inclusion-exclusion criteria from the Scopus database. The extracted data were retrospectively analyzed and visualized using Bibliometrics and R packages and VOSviewer.

Results: Preliminary analysis identified 1569 documents from the Scopus database published between 2005 and 2021. The average citations received per document was 26.51, whereas the average citations per year per document was 3.347. In addition, the selected documents had an h-index value of 90. China was the most productive country, whereas Seoul National University (South Korea) was identified as the most productive institute/university in AdMSC research. In addition, the National Natural Science Foundation of China funded the most research studies in AdMSC research.

Conclusion: The findings from this study indicate a progressive increase in interest among the research community towards AdMSC, suggesting promising prospects in the coming years.

Keywords: AdMSC, Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells; Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cell; Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell; Bibliometric analysis; MSC, Mesenchymal stem cell; Mesenchymal stem cells; Research progress; Research trends; Scopus; WoS, Web of Science.