Research progress on Brassicaceae plants: a bibliometrics analysis

Ruixue Zhou; Xinsheng Qin; Junjun Hou; Yining Liu

doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1285050

Research progress on Brassicaceae plants: a bibliometrics analysis

Front Plant Sci. 2024 Jan 31:15:1285050. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1285050. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Ruixue Zhou¹, Xinsheng Qin¹, Junjun Hou², Yining Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
² College of Horticultural Science and Technology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China.

Abstract

The Brassicaceae is a worldwide family that produces ornamental flowers, edible vegetables, and oilseed plants, with high economic value in agriculture, horticulture, and landscaping. This study used the Web of Science core dataset and the CiteSpace bibliometric tool to quantitatively visualize the number of publications, authors, institutions, and countries of 3139 papers related to Brassicaceae plants from 2002 to 2022. The keywords and references were divided into two phases: Phase 1 (2002-2011) and Phase 2 (2012-2022) for quantitative and qualitative analysis. The results showed: An average annual publication volume of 149 articles, with an overall fluctuating upward trend; the research force was mainly led by Professor Ihsan A. Al-shehbaz from Missouri Botanical Garden; and the United States had the highest number of publications. In the first phase, research focused on the phylogeny of Brassicaceae plants, while the second phase delved into diverse research based on previous studies, research in areas such as polyploidy, molecular technique, physiology, and hyperaccumulator has been extended. Based on this research, we propounded some ideas for future studies on Brassicaceae plants and summarized the research gaps.

Keywords: Brassicaceae; evolution; phylogeny; plants; visual analysis atlas.

Publication types

Systematic Review

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research was funded by the Forestry Science and Technology Innovation Project of the Guangdong Forestry Bureau (GDZZDC20228703), and thanks to the support of SCAU Wushan Campus Teaching&Research Base.