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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (14): 137-148.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0658

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Current Research Status and Development Trends of Astragalus membranaceus Based on Visual Mapping Analysis with VOSviewer and CiteSpace

HU Lizhe1,2(), ZHANG Bo1,3, HU Danling1,2, DAI Xiaofeng1, CHEN Jieyin1, SUN Yongwei2(), KONG Zhiqiang1()   

  1. 1 Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193
    2 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021
    3 School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050
  • Received:2024-10-31 Revised:2025-02-12 Online:2025-05-15 Published:2025-05-14

Abstract:

Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace, the research hotspots and trends in the field of Astragalus membranaceus research at domestic and international level were explored. Chinese and English literature on Astragalus membranaceus related studies published in the core collections of China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI), Wanfang, Vipshop(VIP) and Web of Science (WOS) from 2000 to 2023 were collected. VOSviewer was used to draw the author cooperation network and the scientific knowledge map of keyword co-occurrence network in Chinese and English literature, and CiteSpace was used to draw the publication journal, publication institution, keyword clustering, keyword timeline and keyword emergence map. A total of 8602 articles were included, including 8089 articles in Chinese and 513 articles in English. The authors with the highest number of publications in both Chinese and English are Qin Xuemei (Modern Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University) and Liu Ping (Capital Medical University). Among the issuing institutions, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine tops the list in terms of the number of articles issued in Chinese, while Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine are the institutions with the highest number of articles issued in English. The English and Chinese journals with the largest number of articles on Astragalus membranaceus are Lishizhen Medicine and Materia Medica Research and Journal of Ethnopharmacology, respectively. Analysis of the keywords reveals that the main research direction of Astragalus focuses on the composition of Astragalus membranaceus, chemical composition, extraction process, mechanism of action, pharmacological effects, etc. Astragalus membranaceus annual publication volume shows a general trend of growth, with Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University Modern Research Centre of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine as the main colleges and universities, research institutions, researchers have carried out a large number of studies on Astragalus membranaceus. In recent years, the emergence of data mining, network pharmacology and molecular docking-based methods to reveal the pharmacological mechanisms of Astragalus membranaceus and classical formulas in disease resistance has become a research hotspot, in addition to the mechanism of action between Astragalus membranaceus actives and intestinal flora will be a research trend in the future research.

Key words: Astragalus membranaceus, VOSviewer, CiteSpace, visual analysis, hotspot analysis