Title:Trends of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Researches Based on Bibliometric
Analysis
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Author(s): Ying Li, Hui Fang, Ju Wang, Yue-Hua Wan and Guo-Wu Rao*
Affiliation:
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, and Institute of Drug Development & Chemical
Biology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R. China
Keywords:
Malignant tumors, receptor tyrosine kinase, bibliometrics, anti-tumor drugs, cell proliferation, carcinogens.
Abstract: Malignant tumor is one of the diseases threatening human life and health. Traditional antitumor
therapy has some limitations in clinical application, so the development of targeted antitumor
drugs has become one of the important research directions in cancer medicine. Since the first tyrosine
kinase inhibitor was approved in 2001, this research field has attracted global attention. In this
survey, the Web of Science database was adopted to make a bibliometric analysis of the global scientific
production of receptor tyrosine kinases in recent 20 years. A total of 14378 documents related to
the subject were retrieved and analyzed according to six main aspects: area, journal, country, institution,
authors, and keywords. The results showed United States as currently in a leading position in
this field and to establish the largest cooperation network with other countries. Harvard University
has made the greatest contribution to the field of receptor tyrosine kinases, including the number of
publications, the average number of citations per paper, and the h-index. Besides, PLOS One ranked
first among the top 15 academic journals in the number of publications related to receptor tyrosine
kinases during the survey period. Our research comprehensively evaluates the research status and
cooperation network of receptor tyrosine kinases, hoping to help researchers in guiding their projects
or finding potential collaborators.