TCM for NAFLD Bibliometric Analysis: 855 Papers from 2000–2024

This dataset comprises 855 academic papers on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), published between 2000 and 2024. It was compiled by author Zhongwen Feng from the Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed databases for a bibliometric analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze research output trends and collaborative networks among institutions like Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• Identify key research themes such as gut microbiota, network pharmacology, and inflammation based on paper content analysis.
• Examine citation patterns to determine influential authors like Ji G and Younossi ZM, and journals like Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
• Map the evolution of research hotspots, including specific TCM compounds like berberine and Lingguizhugan Decoction.

Strengths

• Contains 855 papers, providing a defined corpus for analysis.
• Covers a 25-year time range (2000–2024), allowing for longitudinal trend analysis.
• Data sourced from authoritative bibliographic databases (Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed).
• Clear identification of leading countries (China, United States, South Korea) and key research themes.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 24.3 KB, indicating it is likely a summary or processed results table, not the raw publication data.
• The underlying column structure and sample data are unavailable, limiting direct analytical utility.
• The data is static, representing a snapshot as of the search date and not updated in real-time.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed databases.

Collection Method

Bibliographic search and analysis using R software, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace.

Time Range

2000 to 2024

Freshness

Data covers publications up to 2024; the analysis was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Global, with leading contributions from China, the United States, and South Korea.