A bibliometric analysis of the role of microbiota in trauma

Runzhi Huang; Yuwei Lu; Minghao Jin; Yifan Liu; Mengyi Zhang; Shuyuan Xian; Zhengyan Chang; Lei Wang; Wei Zhang; Jianyu Lu; Xirui Tong; Siqiao Wang; Yushu Zhu; Jie Huang; Luofeng Jiang; Minyi Gu; Zongqiang Huang; Minjuan Wu; Shizhao Ji

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1091060

A bibliometric analysis of the role of microbiota in trauma

Front Microbiol. 2023 Feb 2:14:1091060. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1091060. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Runzhi Huang^{1

2}, Yuwei Lu³, Minghao Jin³, Yifan Liu³, Mengyi Zhang³, Shuyuan Xian⁴, Zhengyan Chang⁵, Lei Wang⁶, Wei Zhang^{1

2}, Jianyu Lu^{1

2}, Xirui Tong^{1

2}, Siqiao Wang⁷, Yushu Zhu^{1

2}, Jie Huang^{1

2}, Luofeng Jiang^{1

2}, Minyi Gu^{1

2}, Zongqiang Huang⁴, Minjuan Wu^{1

2}, Shizhao Ji^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Burn Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
² Research Unit of Key Techniques for Treatment of Burns and Combined Burns and Trauma Injury, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), Shenzhen, China.
⁷ Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Introduction: Over the last several decades, the gut microbiota has been implicated in the formation and stabilization of health, as well as the development of disease. With basic and clinical experiments, scholars are gradually understanding the important role of gut microbiota in trauma, which may offer novel ideas of treatment for trauma patients. In this study, we purposed to summarize the current state and access future trends in gut microbiota and trauma research.

Methods: We retrieved relevant documents and their published information from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). Bibliometrix package was responsible for the visualized analysis.

Results: Totally, 625 documents were collected and the number of annual publications kept increasing, especially from 2016. China published the most documents while the USA had the highest local citations. The University of Colorado and Food & Function are respectively the top productive institution and journal, as PLOS One is the most local cited journal. With the maximum number of articles and local citations, Deitch EA is supported to be the most contributive author. Combining visualized analysis of keywords and documents and literature reading, we recognized two key topics: bacteria translocation in trauma and gut microbiota's effect on inflammation in injury, especially in nervous system injury.

Discussion: The impact of gut microbiota on molecular and pathological mechanism of inflammation is the focus now. In addition, the experiments of novel therapies based on gut microbiota's impact on trauma are being carried out. We hope that this study can offer a birds-eye view of this field and promote the gradual improvement of it.

Keywords: bibliometrics; bibliometrix; gut microbiota; inflammation; trauma.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (81971836, 81930057, and 81772076), CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2019-I2M-5-076), Deep Blue Talent Project of Naval Medical University, 234 Academic Climbing Programme of Changhai Hospital, and Achievements Supportive Fund (2018-CGPZ-B03). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.