Capillary electrophoresis - A bibliometric analysis

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, vol. 159, pp. 116899

Abstract

We have explored the history of the field of capillary electrophoresis using bibliometric methods. The analysis shows that 416 prolific researchers are connected in a single, large, co-authorship network based on publications on capillary electrophoresis between 1980 and 2021, with a few pioneers having remained active throughout much of this time period. Looking at research topics revealed electrochemistry, sensors, nanotechnology and metabolomics as ‘hot’ topics, with fundamental method development being more ‘mature’, and reveal that capillary electrophoresis technology have matured over a 30-year time period, with research efforts moving from separations to quantitative measurements to biomedical applications. The citation patterns showed the strongest coupling between journals of similar scope. Interactive versions of the bibliometric network visualizations are available on-line at https://tinyurl.com/2z7q7wcx (researcher co-authorship network), https://tinyurl.com/2jmhsgxx (research topic network) and https://tinyurl.com/2lnfzzgn (journal bibliographic coupling citation network).

Authors 3

1. Magnus Palmblad corresponding Aachen Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics

   Leiden University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300, RC, Leiden, the Netherlands

2. Nees Jan van Eck Aachen Centre for Science and Technology Studies Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University, PO Box 905, 2300, AX, Leiden, the Netherlands

3. Jonas Bergquist

   Uppsala University

   Affiliation as printed

   Analytical Chemistry and Neurochemistry, Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, Box 599, SE, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden