Lim, Mengyu;
Carollo, Alessandro;
Dimitriou, Dagmara;
Esposito, Gianluca;
(2022)
Recent Developments in Autism Genetic Research: A Scientometric Review from 2018 to 2022.
Genes
, 13
(9)
, Article 1646. 10.3390/genes13091646.
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Abstract
Genetic research in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has progressed tremendously in recent decades. Dozens of genetic loci and hundreds of alterations in the genetic sequence, expression, epigenetic transformation, and interactions with other physiological and environmental systems have been found to increase the likelihood of developing ASD. There is therefore a need to represent this wide-ranging yet voluminous body of literature in a systematic manner so that this information can be synthesised and understood at a macro level. Therefore, this study made use of scientometric methods, particularly document co-citation analysis (DCA), to systematically review literature on ASD genetic research from 2018 to 2022. A total of 14,818 articles were extracted from Scopus and analyzed with CiteSpace. An optimized DCA analysis revealed that recent literature on ASD genetic research can be broadly organised into 12 major clusters representing various sub-topics. These clusters are briefly described in the manuscript and potential applications of this study are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Recent Developments in Autism Genetic Research: A Scientometric Review from 2018 to 2022 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/genes13091646 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ genes13091646 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Autism Spectrum Disorder; genetics; autism; ASD; scientometrics; CiteSpace |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10156012 |
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