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ArticleMedicine2018

The research status of immune checkpoint blockade by anti-CTLA4 and anti-PD1/PD-l1 antibodies in tumor immunotherapy in China: A bibliometrics study.

Xiaoqin Zhao, Liangmei He, Kaiyun Mao, Daming Chen, Hongbo Jiang, Zhiping Liu

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Article in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoqin ZhaoShanghai Library Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University Shanghai Information Center for Life Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai School of Basic Medicine, Gannan Medical University Ganzhou Cancer Precision Medicine Engineering Research Center, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Liangmei He
Kaiyun Mao
Daming Chen
Hongbo Jiang
Zhiping Liu
Gannan Medical University · CNShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeUsing bibliometrics, we analyzed the research status of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB, a popular tumor immunotherapy method represented by antibodies targeted CTLA-4 and PD-1/PD-L1) in tumor immunotherapy in China during the past 2 decades.

methodsArticles in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), patents in Thomson Innovation, and drugs in Cortellis Competitive Intelligence in the field of ICB for tumor immunotherapy from 1996 to 2015 were the subjects of bibliometric analysis. Using database-attached software and Excel, quantitative analyses were performed including examination of the number of documents, citation frequency, h-index, key projects, quantity of publications, public patents, and status of new drug research.

resultsThe number of publications from 1996 to 2015 in the field of ICB for tumor immunotherapy that came out of China was 380, which was 14.3% of the total publications worldwide and was second only to that of the USA. In the past decade, China has rapidly increased the number of publications and patents in this field. However, indicators of publication influence, such as citation frequency and h-index, were far behind other advanced countries. In addition, the total number of patents in China was much lower than that of the USA. China has introduced 5 drugs for ICB that are being developed for the healthcare market.

conclusionTumor immunotherapy research such as ICB in China has developed rapidly with increasing influence in the last 2 decades. However, there is still a relatively large gap compared with the USA. It is expected that China will have greater influence on tumor immunotherapy research in the near future.

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BibliometricsImmunotherapyB7-H1 AntigenBiomedical ResearchChinaCTLA-4 AntigenDatabases, FactualHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanCTLA-4 AntigenImmunosuppressive AgentsPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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