global research in iron deficiency anemia during 1934–2019: a bibliometrics and visualization study

Introduction: this analysis aimed to investigate the global research output in iron deficiency anemia from a bibliometric perspective. methods: all 29,789 publications in iron deficiency anemia indexed in scopus from 1934-2019 were included. using mesh-assigned keyword search within title/abstract/keywords, this research analyzed and visualized the bibliometric data, including annual publication trends and languages and types of publications, as well as more active and influential authors, research institutes, countries, and journals . the scientific visualization was done by co-authorship, co-citation, and word co-occurrence techniques in vosviewer. results: the trend in iron deficiency anemia annual publication growth was increasing. publications were in over 40 languages, with english as the predominant one. the majority of publications were original research. the highest scientific collaboration was between the usa and uk. seven out of 13 top authors were from the usa. the top high influential journals were the lancet, new england journal of medicine and blood, respectively. highly-frequent keywords were in two clusters: epidemiology and iron deficiency anemia management, iron metabolism, and iron deficiency anemia pathophysiology. conclusion: the increasing trend of publication growth in iron deficiency anemia demonstrates the importance of research on it and being as an international concern. iron deficiency anemia needs to be investigated from many perspectives, with the main contributions of developing countries where the disease has its causes and consequences. more prolific and highly-cited journals in iron deficiency anemia are of prestigious and known journals that can potentially widen the reach of publications and increase their readability and citation rates. research on iron deficiency anemia has found its way, and many topics have been considered.