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ReviewMarine drugs2025

Investigating Past, Present, and Future Trends on Interface Between Marine and Medical Research and Development: A Bibliometric Review.

Mehdi Zamani, Tetyana Melnychuk, Anton Eisenhauer, Ralph Gäbler, Carsten Schultz

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In one paragraph

Review in Marine drugs, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mehdi ZamaniKiel Institute for Responsible Innovation, Chair of Technology Management, Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), 24118 Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9800-4426
Tetyana MelnychukKiel Institute for Responsible Innovation, Chair of Technology Management, Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Anton EisenhauerGEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany.
Ralph GäblerGEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany.
Carsten SchultzKiel Institute for Responsible Innovation, Chair of Technology Management, Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), 24118 Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5984-9872

Funding

German Ministry of Education and Research within the BlueHealthTech initiative in Germany
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The convergence of marine sciences and medical studies has the potential for substantial advances in healthcare. This study uses bibliometric and topic modeling studies to map the progression of research themes from 2000 to 2023, with an emphasis on the interdisciplinary subject of marine and medical sciences. Building on the global publication output at the interface between marine and medical sciences and using the Hierarchical Dirichlet Process, we discovered dominating research topics during three periods, emphasizing shifts in research focus and development trends. Our data show a significant rise in publication output, indicating a growing interest in using marine bioresources for medical applications. The paper identifies two main areas of active research, "natural product biochemistry" and "trace substance and genetics", both with great therapeutic potential. We used social network analysis to map the collaborative networks and identify the prominent scholars and institutions driving this research and development progress. Our study indicates important paths for research policy and R&D management operating at the crossroads of healthcare innovation and marine sciences. It also underscores the significance of quantitative foresight methods and interdisciplinary teams in identifying and interpreting future scientific convergences and breakthroughs.

Indexed as

Aquatic OrganismsBibliometricsBiological ProductsBiomedical ResearchMarine BiologyAnimalsHumansResearchBiological Productsbibliometric analysismarine researchmedical researchscience mappingtext mining

Identifiers

PMID39852536
PMCPMC11766621

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