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

2000–2025 bibliometric analysis maps 889 articles from Web of Science and 983 from Scopus on Traditional Chinese Medicine for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. The dataset tracks publication trends, leading countries like China, and top journals such as the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication trends from 2000 to 2025 to identify growth periods like the surge between 2019 and 2022.
• Map international research collaboration networks using country affiliation data to identify pivotal contributors like China.
• Identify research hotspots by analyzing journal and keyword data, such as focus on the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
• Study thematic shifts over time by examining cited reference or keyword co-occurrence data for emerging areas like gut microbiota biotransformation.

Strengths

• Includes 889 articles from Web of Science and 983 from Scopus, providing a dual-database foundation.
• Covers a 26-year time range from 2000 to 2025, enabling longitudinal trend analysis.
• Identifies specific research hotspots and mechanistic focuses like 'regulating lipid metabolism' and 'anti-inflammatory effects'.

Limitations

• Small file size (18.5 KB) suggests the dataset is an aggregated summary, not the full underlying article metadata.
• Unknown row and column structure limits immediate analytical utility without inspecting the XLSX file.
• Temporal coverage extends to 2025, implying projections or incomplete data for future years.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science and Scopus databases.

Collection Method

Literature extracted, processed, and analyzed using Origin, R software, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace.

Time Range

2000 to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Global, with China noted as the leading country.