Bibliometric Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Liver Disease (2000–2025)

A bibliometric analysis maps 889 publications from Web of Science and 983 from Scopus on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) from 2000 to 2025. The study, authored by Da Wang, identifies publication trends, leading countries like China, and key research journals such as the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication trends from 2000 to 2025 to identify growth periods like the significant increase between 2019 and 2022.
• Map international research collaboration networks using country-level publication output data.
• Identify key research hotspots, such as studies on 'regulating lipid metabolism' or the 'biotransformation role of gut microbiota'.
• Profile the most productive journals in the field, like the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

Strengths

• Provides quantitative analysis of 889 and 983 publications from two major academic databases.
• Covers a 25-year time range from 2000 to 2025, capturing long-term research trends.
• Identifies specific research hotspots and mechanistic focuses, such as 'anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects'.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 13.3 KB DOCX file containing analysis results, not the raw bibliographic data, limiting direct computational use.
• Sample data and column structure for the underlying publication records are unavailable.
• Findings are based on literature from only two databases (Web of Science and Scopus), potentially excluding relevant studies from other sources.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science and Scopus databases.

Collection Method

Literature extraction, processing, and analysis using Origin, R software, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace.

Time Range

2000 to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, with data covering up to 2025.

Geography

Global, with China noted as the leading country in publication output.