A holistic analysis of bee venom literature: Bibliometric evaluation of the global publication productivity on bee venom between 1975 and 2017

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 6 - 11, 29.10.2019

Engin Şenel

Abstract

Objective: Bee venom produced by Apis mellifera is a complex mixture of bioactive
peptides, enzymes and biogenic amines. Bibliometrics is a novel and popular
statistical method of evaluation of academic literature in a certain field. We aimed to
analyze bee venom literature in this study and used four databases provided by Web
of Science.

Materials and Method: All documents published between 1975 and 2017 were
included from WoS databases and analyzed.

Results: A total of 4117 articles was found. The most items were original articles
(88.15%) and 87.37% of which were in English. The USA ranked first in the literature
with 884 papers followed by South Korea, Switzerland and Germany (10.42, 6.82 and
6.46%, respectively) while Switzerland was found to be the most productive country
with the highest productivity score (33.15) followed by Austria, Denmark and Slovenia
(12.36, 11.51 and 11.06, respectively). Kyung Hee University from South Korea was
noted to be the leading institution with 112 publications. “Bee venom”, “allergy”,
“immunotherapy” and “melittin” were found as the most used keywords.

Conclusion: Wedetected that all the most contributor countries were developed in
the classification of United Nations and we suggest that researchers from least
developed and developing countries should be supported to perform novel bee
venom studies. 

Keywords

Apitherapy, Bee venom, Bibliometrics, Melittin, Publication Trend Analysis

Arı zehri literatürünün bütünsel bir analizi: 1975- 2017 yılları arasındaki arı zehri üzerine küresel yayın verimliliğinin bibliyometrik olarak değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Apis mellifera tarafından üretilen arı zehri, biyoaktifpeptitler, enzimler ve
biyojenik aminlerin bir karışımıdır. Bibliyometri, akademik literatürün belli bir alandaki değerlendirilmesinde yeni ve popüler bir istatistiksel yöntemdir. Bu çalışmada arı
zehri literatürünü analiz etmeyi amaçladık ve Web of Science tarafından sağlanan
dört veritabanını kullandık.

Gereç ve Yöntem: 1975-2017 yılları arasında yayınlanan tüm dokümanlar WOS
veritabanlarından alınmış ve analiz edilmiştir.

Bulgular: Toplam 4117 makale bulundu. Belgelerin çoğu orijinal makalelerdi
(%88,15) ve %87,37'si İngilizce idi. ABD literatürde 884 makale ile birinci sırada yer
alırken ardından Güney Kore, İsviçre ve Almanya (sırasıyla %10,42, 6.82 ve %6,46)
gelmekteydi. İsviçre en yüksek verimlilik puanına sahip en verimli ülkeydi (33,15),
ardından Avusturya, Danimarka ve Slovenya geliyordu (sırasıyla 12,36, 11,51 ve
11,06). Güney Kore'den KyungHee Üniversitesi 112 yayını olan öncü kurum olarak
kaydedildi. En çok kullanılan anahtar kelimeler “arı zehri”, “alerji”, “immünoterapi” ve
“melittin” olarak bulundu.

Sonuç: En fazla katkıda bulunan tüm ülkelerin Birleşmiş Milletler sınıflamasında
gelişmiş ülkeler olduğunu tespit ettik ve az gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerden
araştırmacıların yeni arı zehri çalışmaları için desteklenmelerini önerdik.

Keywords

Apiterapi, Arı zehri, Bibliyometri, Melittin, Yayın Eğilimi Analizi

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