Bibliometric Analysis of Stroke and Gut Microbiota Research Trends 2000-2025

2000 to August 2025 bibliometric data includes 1,236 articles on stroke and gut microbiota research from the Web of Science Core Collection. Yawen Wang conducted this analysis to map knowledge structure, evolutionary trends, and research hotspots. The study includes multi-database validation using Scopus and PubMed.

Use Cases

• Analyze annual publication trends and the 20.6% average growth rate to forecast research activity in neuro-gastroenterology.
• Map country contributions and institutional collaborations using author and affiliation data to identify leading research networks.
• Identify research hotspots and emerging frontiers through keyword co-occurrence analysis of terms like 'neuroinflammation' and 'short-chain fatty acids'.
• Validate bibliometric findings by comparing core journal rankings and co-cited references across Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed databases.
• Study interdisciplinary integration by analyzing the distribution of research disciplines like neuroscience, pharmacology, and immunology.

Strengths

• Contains 1,236 analyzed articles providing a substantive sample for trend analysis.
• Covers a 25-year time range from 2000 to August 2025, capturing long-term evolution.
• Includes multi-database validation from Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed for cross-verification.

Limitations

• Small dataset scale at 2.8 MB, indicating aggregated summary statistics rather than raw publication records.
• Unknown row and column counts limit assessment of feature granularity and direct machine learning applicability.
• Temporal coverage is stale for future projections, with the latest data being over a year old at the time of analysis.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science Core Collection, with validation data from Scopus and PubMed.

Collection Method

Bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, R software, and Microsoft Excel on retrieved publications.

Time Range

2000-01-01 to 2025-08-31

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08; data current through August 2025.

Geography

Global, with specific country/region contribution analysis.