Mapping global scientific production on aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease: a scientometric study

Mayta-Tovalino F.; Huaman-De la Cruz M.; Munive-Degregori A.; Mauricio-Vilchez C.; Alvitez J.; Espinoza-Carhuancho F. · International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases (2025) · DOI: 10.4103/ijnpnd.ijnpnd_85_25

Resumen

Background:This study evaluated the global scientific output on aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) between January 2019 and February 2025, using a scientometric approach to analyze the literature and assess research trends. Methods: The scientometric study was conducted by searching the Scopus database until February 22, 2025. English language articles were analyzed, and 45 articles were examined using SciVal and Bibliometrix, evaluating citations, international collaboration, and the performance of institutions. Scopus was searched and the metadata of the articles were analyzed in a similar way to the previous process using SciVal and Bibliometrix, reviewing citations, international collaboration, and the performance of institutions. The information was processed in the R Studio program and the results were shown in tables and gtables and graphs completing their interpretation. Results: An annual production decrease by 23.53% was observed. Thus, 45 documents from 41 different sources were analyzed. The average age of the articles was 3.49 years in the year of production, as well as in the total number of citations, which averaged 12.91 citations per article. The overall production, moreover, showed little research work of a satisfactory international level, because research of an international nature was 33.33%, with the average article having 5.98 co-authors per paper. The National Research Center in Egypt and Nirma University in India as a whole, where the latter also had a significant effect on the average citations per paper, stood out.Conclusion: The key journals were identified, affirming the need to encourage international collaboration among researchers and to provide support to those institutions that are more competent in this path, in order to clarify and fight against AD.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Universidad Científica del Sur; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola; Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal