Research Status and Hotspot Analysis of Ligustrum lucidum based on CiteSpace and VOSviewer
To analyze the Chinese literature on Ligustrum lucidum in the last thirty years by using CiteSpace and VOSviewer for econometric analysis,in order to explore the current research status and development trend of Ligustri lucidi.We organized and collected the research lit-erature related to Nvzhenzi in the last thirty years(1993 to 2023)from China Knowledge Resources Network,VIP Database,Wanfang Dat-abase,and China Biomedical Literature Database,and visualized and analyzed the number of articles,authors,institutions,and keywords by using VOSviewer and CiteSpace software in Java language environment.The visualization results of the included 1 240 documents in this study.The results showed that:the author with the most publications was Liu Huiren(Capital Medical University);the institution with the most publications was Shandong university of traditional chinese medicine(22).An analysis of the keywords reveals that the main re-search hotspots of Nvzhenzi are focused on the determination of chemical constituents,the development of quality standards,the exploration of pharmacological effects,the study of the mechanism of compounding,the compounding of Ligustrum lucidum-Edipta prostrate(Er Zhi Pill),and the summary of clinical experience.At present,compound(TCM)/therapeutic applications,chemical composition analysis,and analysis of the"Er Zhi Pill"formula are the focus and hotspots of Ligustri lucidi fructus.