CiteSpace-based analysis of hot spots and frontiers in domestic and foreign precision medicine / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the hot spots and frontiers in domestic and foreign precision medicine with CiteSpace. Methods The CNKI and WOS-covered papers on precision medicine were analyzed by bibliometrics combined with CiteSpace. Results Domestic precision medicine got off in 1992 and scholars became interested in it from 2010 . Foreign precision medicine started in 1985 and studies on it increased rapidly from 2006 . The node of precision medicine was the largest in China with a rather high value of gene mutation, US president Barack Obama ( precision medicine program) , personalized medicine, gene chip, genomics and pharmacogenomics whereas the node of personalized medicine, cancer and breast cancer was the largest with a rather high value of precision medi-cine, pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics. Conclusion The number of domestic and foreign papers on US president Barack Obama ( precision medicine program) is rapidly increased and pharmacogenomics is their common frontier. However, cancer is highly concerned in foreign countries.