The cognitive structure of antibiotic resistance research, 2007,2016

Abstract

On basis of 46,220 source papers from Web of Science, the cognitive structure of antibiotic resistance research during the period of 2007-2016 was assessed by bibliometric methods. Co-citation relations between the most cited references were applied as input to a cluster analysis which resulted in 66 clusters. The featuresof these clusters were analyzed with regard to size, internal cohesion, temporal features and impact. It was concluded that the analysis provided with a comprehensible depiction of the cognitive structure of the field of antibiotic resistance.It was suggested that the study may lay a foundation for further, more detailed explorations and an example of application was presented.