The berries on the top

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Yeung, Andy Wai Kan^{a; *} | Tzvetkov, Nikolay T.^{b; c} | Zengin, Gokhan^d | Wang, Dongdong^{e; f; g} | Xu, Suowen^h | Mitrović, Gorankaⁱ | Brnčić, Mladen^j | Dall’Acqua, Stefano^k | Pirgozliev, Vasil^l | Kijjoa, Anake^m | Georgiev, Milen I.^{n; o} | Atanasov, Atanas G.^{e; f; *}

Affiliations: [a] Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Applied Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China | [b] Department of Biochemical Pharmacology and Drug Design, Institute of Molecular Biology “Roumen Tsanev”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria | [c] Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany | [d] Department of Biology, Selcuk University, Science Faculty, Konya, Turkey | [e] The Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jastrz–biec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland | [f] Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria | [g] Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland | [h] Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA | [i] National and University Library in Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia | [j] Department of Process Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia | [k] Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy | [l] The National Institute of Poultry Husbandry, Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK | [m] ICBAS-Instituto de Ci–ncias Biomédicas Abel Salazar & CIIMAR, Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal | [n] University of Agronomic Science and Veterinary Medicine, 011464 Bucharest, Romania | [o] Group of Plant Cell Biotechnology and Metabolomics, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Andy Wai Kan Yeung, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Applied Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China. E-mail: ndyeung@hku.hk and Atanas G. Atanasov, E-mail: a.atanasov.mailbox@gmail.com.

Abstract: BACKGROUND:Berries are important sources of crucial dietary components such as vitamins and minerals, as well as various phytonutrients that may be potentially beneficial to human health and could be used against chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disorders. OBJECTIVE:The current study aimed to identify and analyze the 100 most cited papers related to berry research. METHODS:The Scopus database was searched to extract data. Two of the authors independently evaluated the manuscripts for relevance. Bibliometric data, including citation count, were analyzed together with the words in the titles and abstracts of the 100 most cited berry-related papers. RESULTS:Seventy-two of the 100 most cited papers were research articles. Most of them were published during the 2000s, and related to subject areas of agricultural and biological sciences (n = 64), biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (n = 35), chemistry (n = 29), medicine (n = 24), and nursing (n = 10). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry was the dominating choice of publication outlet (n = 26). CONCLUSIONS:Antioxidant and anticancer benefits appeared to be the major subject terms. Berries that were mentioned in at least 10% of the 100 papers were strawberry, blueberry, cranberry, raspberry, blackberry, bilberry, and grape berry. The review could provide a valuable guide for designing future studies based on berries, berry extracts, and bioactive compounds.

Keywords: Antioxidant, berry, bibliometrics, chemistry, citation analysis, food science, highly cited paper, Scopus, VOSviewer

DOI: 10.3233/JBR-180357

Journal: Journal of Berry Research, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 125-139, 2019