A Bibliometric Analysis of Iminosugars-related Studies

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the literature on iminosugars-related studies from a bibliometric perspective. The outcomes from a bibliometric analysis help to provide an overview of the research topic and an understanding of the current trend in the study to justify future research in this field. A systematic and comprehensive search of iminosugars-related literature published from 1993 to 2022 was conducted using the Scopus database and the bibliometric R-package was used for the analysis of bibliometric information. The analysis revealed that the annual growth rate for the published articles on iminosugars is 12.93% and shows a growing trend since 2003 with France as the country with the highest number of published papers (490 documents). The most frequent authors’ keyword used in studies related to iminosugars is drug synthesis (301 times). This valuable information is crucial as it provides a platform for the progression of knowledge in this field.