Scientometric analysis of lipid metabolism in breast neoplasm: 2012-2021

Xiaobing Lin; Qiuping Yang; Daitian Zheng; Huiting Tian; Lingzhi Chen; Jinyao Wu; Zeqi Ji; Yexi Chen; Zhiyang Li

doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1042603

Scientometric analysis of lipid metabolism in breast neoplasm: 2012-2021

Front Physiol. 2023 Apr 25:14:1042603. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1042603. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Xiaobing Lin¹, Qiuping Yang¹, Daitian Zheng¹, Huiting Tian¹, Lingzhi Chen¹, Jinyao Wu¹, Zeqi Ji¹, Yexi Chen¹, Zhiyang Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thyroid, Breast and Hernia Surgery, General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.

Abstract

Introduction: In recent years, more and more studies have proved that lipid metabolism plays an essential role in breast cancer's proliferation and metastasisand also has a specific significance in predicting survival. Methods: This paper collected data from 725 publications related to lipid metabolism in breast neoplasm from 2012 to 2021 through the Web of Science Core Collection database. Bibliometrix, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace were used for the scientometrics analysis of countries, institutions, journals, authors, keywords, etc. Results: The number of documents published showed an increasing trend, with an average annual growth rate of 14.49%. The United States was the most productive country (n = 223, 30.76%). The journals with the largest number of publications are mostly from developed countries. Except for the retrieved topics, "lipid metabolism" (n = 272) and "breast cancer" (n = 175), the keywords that appeared most frequently were "expression" (n = 151), "fatty-acid synthase" (n = 78), "growth" (n = 72), "metabolism" (n = 67) and "cells" (n = 66). Discussion: These findings and summaries help reveal the current research status and clarify the hot spots in this field.

Keywords: CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometrix; breast neoplasm; lipid metabolism; scientometrics.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Special Fund Project of Guangdong Science and Technology (210728156901524), Shantou Medical Science and Technology Planning Project (grant number 200622115260639, 2021-68-44, 2022-88-27), Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province project (202205092315428030).