Bibliometric Analysis Reveals the Progress of PM2.5 in Health Research, Especially in Cancer Research
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Source and Search Strategy
2.2. Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization
3. Results
3.1. The Trend in Global Publications
3.2. Distribution of Institutions
3.3. Analysis of Journals and Research Areas
3.4. Analysis of Authors and Publications
3.5. Co-Citation Analysis
3.6. Country Collaboration Analysis
3.7. Co-Occurrence Analysis of Keywords
4. Discussion
4.1. Journals Contribution about PM2.5 and Cancer
4.2. Authors Contribution about PM2.5 and Cancer
4.3. Cited Articles and Country Collaboration about PM2.5 and Cancer
4.4. Keyword Co-Occurrence Analysis for PM2.5 and Cancer
4.5. Keyword Co-Occurrence Analysis for PM2.5 and Cancer (Except Lung Cancer)
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Category | Specific Standard Requirements |
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Research database | Web of Science core collection |
Citation indexes | SCI |
Searching period | 30 September 2012 to 30 September 2022 |
Searching keywords | (“PM2.5”) AND (“Cancer”) |
Subject categories | Oncology/Public Environmental Occupational Health/Medicine General Internal |
Document types | “Articles”, “Reviews”, “early access”, “proceedings paper” |
Data extraction | Export with full records and cited references in plain text format |
Sample size | 297 |
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Xie, Y.; Shi, K.; Yuan, Y.; Gu, M.; Zhang, S.; Wang, K.; Fu, L.; Shen, C.; Yuan, Z. Bibliometric Analysis Reveals the Progress of PM2.5 in Health Research, Especially in Cancer Research. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1271. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021271
Xie Y, Shi K, Yuan Y, Gu M, Zhang S, Wang K, Fu L, Shen C, Yuan Z. Bibliometric Analysis Reveals the Progress of PM2.5 in Health Research, Especially in Cancer Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(2):1271. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021271
Chicago/Turabian StyleXie, Yaxuan, Kejian Shi, Yuncong Yuan, Meijia Gu, Shihan Zhang, Kai Wang, Liangying Fu, Chao Shen, and Zhanpeng Yuan. 2023. "Bibliometric Analysis Reveals the Progress of PM2.5 in Health Research, Especially in Cancer Research" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 2: 1271. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021271