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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis of published studies between 1857 and 2022

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Nazlahshaniza Shafin Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8524-1852
Ninie Nadia Zulkipli Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5613-4919
Shaida Fariza Sulaiman School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4366-079X
Norsuhana Omar Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1975-6487
Noorah Al-Sowayan Department of Biology, College of Science, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1631-6467
Rozaziana Ahmad Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1507-9108
Asma Hayati Ahmad Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5447-0356
Zahiruddin Othman Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9070-2078
Rahimah Zakaria Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2459-3213

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2136

Keywords:

Centella asiatica, Bibliometric analysis, Harzing’s Publish or Perish, VOSviewer

Abstract

Centella asiatica (L.) Urban (C. asiatica) is a medicinal plant that generates terpenes, phenols, vitamins, minerals, polyacetylene and fatty acids among other phyto-constituents. This review focuses on the bibliometric analysis of 1164 documents on C. asiatica that were retrieved from the Scopus database. Harzing Publish or Perish and VOSviewer were used for citation and network analyses. According to the bibliometric analysis, publications are on the rise, particularly in the fields of pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics, medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and chemistry. "Phytoremediation", "secondary metabolites", "Andrographis paniculata", and "cognitive impairment" are emerging areas for C. asiatica research. However, currently there is a lack of international collaboration in C. asiatica research among contributing countries. Researchers can utilise the findings cited in this reiew to locate potential collaborators, top authors, countries and documents.

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Shafin N, Zulkipli NN, Sulaiman SF, Omar N, Al-Sowayan N, Ahmad R, Ahmad AH, Othman Z, Zakaria R. Centella asiatica (L.) Urb: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis of published studies between 1857 and 2022. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2023 Feb. 22 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/2136

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