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

889 articles from Web of Science and 983 from Scopus document the global research output on Traditional Chinese Medicine for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Da Wang compiled this bibliometric analysis covering publications from 2000 to 2025, identifying key journals, countries, and research trends. The dataset, a 15.1 KB Excel file, captures publication counts, collaboration networks, and thematic hotspots.

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 and author affiliation data.
• Identify leading journals in the field, such as the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, based on publication output metrics.
• Study research hotspots like 'regulating lipid metabolism' or 'gut microbiota biotransformation' from keyword or thematic analysis fields.

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.
• Explicitly identifies leading countries, key journals, and emerging research themes from the analysis.

Limitations

• Small file size (15.1 KB) suggests the dataset contains aggregated summary statistics, not the full article metadata.
• Unknown row and column structure limits understanding of the data's granularity and feature set.
• Relies on author's processed analysis; raw data extraction and cleaning steps are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science and Scopus databases.

Collection Method

Literature extraction, processed with Origin, R, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace for bibliometric analysis.

Time Range

2000 to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, with data covering through 2025.

Geography

Global, with China noted as the leading country.