A Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Publication on Protein Folding from 2018 to 2022

The paper investigates the research output of protein folding published in the last five years, from 2018-2022. The source data are retrieved from the SCOPUS database and analyzed using MS Excel and VOS Viewer software. The VOSViewer software is mainly used for networking and visualization to understand the research pattern. A total of 12515 documents on protein folding are retrieved and considered for the study. The research finds that Uversky, V.N. was the most prolific protein folding author with the highest 42 publications and top 2560 global citations. The most productive countries in this field is the USA (4443 publications), followed by China (1791 publications), and Germany (1197 publications). The four hot keywords in protein folding research are protein binding, protein conformation, and metabolism, but protein folding is a burning author keyword. Most articles have been published by the CNRS (Centre National de la RechercheScientifique). This study will benefit future researchers world-wide in understanding the research pattern of protein folding.