The recent landscape of cancer research worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Cabral BP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078146 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
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The recent landscape of cancer research worldwide: a bibliometric and network analysis.
Cabral Bernardo Pereira BP da Graça Derengowski Fonseca Maria M Mota Fabio Batista FB
Oncotarget 20180717 55
The aim of this paper is to map the scientific landscape related to cancer research worldwide between 2012 and 2017. We use scientific publication data from Web of Science Core Collection and combine bibliometrics and social network analysis techniques to identify the most relevant journals, research areas, countries and research organizations in cancer scientific landscape. The results show: Oncotarget as the journal with most publications; a significant increase in China's publications, reachi ...[more]
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