Mapping global research trends: Nutrition associations with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease - a Scopus bibliometric analysis

Figure 1 Growth trend of publications on diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease from 1987 to 2022.

Figure 2 Mapping international research collaborations in diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A comprehensive overview from 1987 to 2022. The intricate network of collaboration among prominent countries in the field was explored. The map highlights connections based on a minimum of 20 publications per country. Of the 93 active countries, 19 met this threshold, with the node size reflecting the number of publications. This map was created by VOSviewer software version 1.6.20.

Figure 3 Visualization of terms in publications on diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. To elucidate the interconnections among terms within the title and abstract sections of publications related to diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease spanning the years 1987 to 2022, a network visualization map was constructed using VOSviewer software version 1.6.20. A minimum-term occurrence threshold of 50 was applied, leading to the identification of 236 terms of a total of 31407 in this domain. These terms were then grouped into two distinct clusters, each denoted by a unique color. The size of individual nodes on the map reflects the frequency with which a term was used across various publications.

Figure 4 Visualization of term analysis in publications on diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (1987-2022). This network visualization map presents an in-depth analysis of terms extracted from the titles and abstracts of publications focusing on diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The map highlights the frequency of term usage, depicting earlier instances in blue and later occurrences in yellow. The map was created by VOSviewer software version 1.6.20.