Author(s)

Fengmei Yang ¹, Jinming Gao ¹, Xianzhao Kan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China

Corresponding Author

Xianzhao Kan

ABSTRACT

Bioinformatics education involves teaching the use of computer methods to solve biological problems. Bibliometrics is the quantitative study of academic literature, such as books, articles, and other publications. Moreover, the R-based package Bibliometrix is written in the R language, and offers many tools for quantitative bibliometric studies. Biblioshiny is a Shiny app providing a web-interface for Bibliometrix. In this study, we employed the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection as our database and used Biblioshiny as our analysis tool to better understand bioinformatics education. A total of 369 documents from 106 sources between 2004 and 2023 were investigated, with a focus on annual scientific production, top journals, influential affiliations, and keyword trends. The results of this study can provide valuable insights into bioinformatics education. 

KEYWORDS

Bioinformatics teaching, Education, Bibliometric analysis, Biblioshiny

CITE THIS PAPER

Fengmei Yang, Jinming Gao, Xianzhao Kan, Biblioshiny-R Application on Bioinformatics Education Research (2004-2023). Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2024) Vol. 7: 192-199. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2024.070829.

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