Analysis on global Rhinovirus research advances

Objective To explore the research status of rhinovirus (RV) through analysis of rhinovirus literature using GoPubMed. Methods Rhinovirus was used as the major subject word and the rhinovirus literature was collected at PubMed database (from Jan 1, 1970 to April 16, 2018). The high frequency subject words of rhinovirus related literature and the distribution of countries, cities, and journals were analyzed through a bibliometrical analysis method . Results A total of 5 367 reports were retrieved from PubMed. The quantity of rhinovirus papers increased overall year by year. The highest number of papers were mainly published in developed countries. The highest number of papers on RV were mainly published in J Virol among all journals related with rhinovirus and Tyrrell D published the highest number of papers in all authors contributed to articles on rhinovirus. The rhinovirus, human, virus, respiratory tract infection were the high frequency subject words in the rhinovirus research. Conclusions Rhinovirus research is becoming one of research hotspots according to the statistical analysis of the research literature on rhinoviruses by GoPubMed. Key words: Bibliometrics; Rhinovirus; Subject words; GoPubMed