Trends in Brain Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

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作者
Simard, Marc-Andre [1 ]
Kozlowski, Diego [1 ]
Segal, Julia [2 ]
Messer, Mia [2 ]
Ocay, Don Daniel [2 ]
Saari, Toni [3 ,4 ]
Ferland, Catherine E. [5 ]
Lariviere, Vincent [1 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Montreal, Ecole bibliothecon & sci informat, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[2] Brain Canada Fdn, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[3] Univ Eastern Finland, Dept Neurol, Kuopio, Finland
[4] Kuopio Univ Hosp, NeuroCtr, Kuopio, Finland
[5] McGill Univ, Dept Anesthesia, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[6] Univ Quebec Montreal, Observ sci & technol, Montreal, PQ, Canada
关键词
Bibliometrics; brain research; funders; SOCIAL-SCIENCES; DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; HUMANITIES; PROFILE; GROWTH;
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10.1017/cjn.2023.314
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Background:Bibliometrics methods have allowed researchers to assess the popularity of brain research through the ever-growing number of brain-related research papers. While many topics of brain research have been covered by previous studies, there is no comprehensive overview of the evolution of brain research and its various specialties and funding practices over a long period of time.Objective:This paper aims to (1) determine how brain research has evolved over time in terms of number of papers, (2) countries' relative and absolute positioning in terms of papers and impact, and (3) how those various trends vary by area.Methods:Using a list of validated keywords, we extracted brain-related articles and journals indexed in the Web of Science over the 1991-2020 period, for a total of 2,467,708 papers. We used three indicators to perform: number of papers, specialization, and research impact.Results:Our results show that over the past 30 years, the number of brain-related papers has grown at a faster pace than science in general, with China being at the forefront of this growth. Different patterns of specialization among countries and funders were also underlined. Finally, the NIH, the European Commission, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the UK Medical Research Council, and the German Research Foundation were found to be among the top funders.Conclusion:Despite data-related limitations, our findings provide a large-scope snapshot of the evolution of brain research and its funding, which may be used as a baseline for future studies on these topics. Tendances de la recherche sur le cerveau dans le monde : analyse bibliometrique.Contexte :Les methodes d'analyse bibliometrique ont permis aux chercheurs d'evaluer l'interet que suscite la recherche sur le cerveau a l'aide du nombre sans cesse croissant de documents dans le domaine. Certes, de nombreux sujets de recherche se rapportant au cerveau ont deja fait l'objet d'etudes, mais il n'existe pas de portrait global de l'evolution de la recherche sur le cerveau ni des divers champs de specialite, pas plus que des pratiques de financement sur une longue periode de temps.Objectifs :L'article visait a determiner : 1) la maniere dont la recherche sur le cerveau avait evolue au fil du temps quant au nombre d'articles; 2) la position relative et absolue des pays en ce qui concerne les articles et leur portee; 3) les differentes tendances selon les champs de recherche.Methode :L'extraction d'articles et de revues sur le cerveau, indexes dans la plateforme Web of Science, de 1991 a 2020, a ete effectuee a l'aide d'une liste de mots cles valides; le nombre total de documents ainsi tires s'elevait a 2 467 708. La performance a ete etablie a l'aide de trois indicateurs, soit le nombre d'articles, les champs de specialite et la portee de la recherche.Resultats :D'apres les resultats de l'etude, le nombre d'articles portant sur le cerveau a connu une croissance superieure a celle liee a la science en general au cours des 30 dernieres annees, et c'est la Chine qui se trouve a l'avant-garde de cette croissance. Les pays et les bailleurs de fonds se distinguent egalement par les differents champs de specialite. Enfin, les NIH, la Commission europeenne, la fondation National Natural Science Foundation of China, le Conseil de recherches medicales du Royaume-Uni et la fondation German Research Foundation figurent parmi les plus grands bailleurs de fonds.Conclusion :Malgre les restrictions liees aux donnees, l'etude a permis de donner un bon apercu de l'evolution de la recherche sur le cerveau et des moyens de financement, apercu qui pourrait servir d'element de reference aux etudes a venir sur ces memes sujets.
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