Bibliometric Analysis on GABA-A Receptors Research Based on CiteSpace and VOSviewer

Figures & data

Figure 1 Flow chart for the analysis of GABA-A receptor channels research.

Figure 2 Publication outputs of GABA-A receptor channels research.

Table 1 Top 10 Journals That Published Publications on GABA-A Receptor Channels

Ranking	Journal	Frequency	JCR	IF	Country
1	Journal of Neuroscience	455	Q1	6.709	USA
2	Neuropharmacology	354	Q1	5.273	England
3	PLoS One	335	Q2	3.752	USA
4	Neuroscience	326	Q3	3.708	England
5	Scientific Reports	204	Q1	4.996	England
6	Journal of Neurophysiology	199	Q3	2.974	USA
7	Behavioural Brain Research	172	Q2	3.352	Netherlands
8	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	172	Q1	6.147	Switzerland
9	Neuroscience Letters	157	Q3	3.197	Netherlands
10	Psychopharmacology	155	Q2	4.415	Germany

Table 2 Top Five Institutions and Countries Contributed to GABA-A Receptor Channels

Ranking	Country/Region	Frequency
1	USA	4658
2	Peoples R China	1679
3	Germany	872
4	Japan	868
5	England	707

Figure 3 Cooperation network of the top 112 productive countries/regions.

Figure 4 Network map of 1157 of 7216 institutions with a frequency of more than five researching GABA-A receptor channels.

Table 3 Top Five Authors That Published Articles on GABA-A Receptor Channels

Ranking	Author	Documents	Citations
1	Cook, James M	94	1168
2	Bettler, Bernhard	43	1286
3	Ernst, Margot	43	755
4	Chebib, Mary	42	747
5	Rudolph, Uwe	42	936

Figure 5 Network map of authors who conducted GABA-A receptor channels with publications over ten.

Table 4 Top 10 Co-Cited References in Terms of Frequency on GABA-A Receptor Channels

Ranking	Freq	Burst	Centrality	Author	Year	Title	Source
1	160	40.8	0.04	Miller PS	2014	Crystal structure of a human GABAA receptor	NATURE
2	157	20.01	0.08	Brickley SG	2012	Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors: Their Function in the CNS and Implications for Disease	NEURON
3	153	17.84	0.04	Hibbs RE	2011	Principles of activation and permeation in an anion-selective Cys-loop receptor	NATURE
4	111	48.4	0.03	Masiulis S	2019	GABAA receptor signalling mechanisms revealed by structural pharmacology	NATURE
5	110	17.53	0.07	Rudolph U	2011	Beyond classical benzodiazepines: novel therapeutic potential of GABAA receptor subtypes	NAT REV DRUG DISCOV
6	106	13.23	0.04	Luscher B	2011	GABAA Receptor Trafficking-Mediated Plasticity of Inhibitory Synapses	NEURON
7	105	34.26	0	Olsen RW	2009	GABAA receptors: Subtypes provide diversity of function and pharmacology	NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
8	100	40.06	0.04	Zhu ST	2018	Structure of a human synaptic GABAA receptor	NATURE
9	97	25.34	0.09	Rudolph U	2014	GABAA Receptor Subtypes: Therapeutic Potential in Down Syndrome, Affective Disorders, Schizophrenia, and Autism	ANNU REV PHARMACOL
10	91	18.91	0.03	Sigel E	2012	Structure, Function, and Modulation of GABAA Receptors	J BIOL CHEM

Figure 6 Analysis of co-cited references on GABA-A receptor channels.

Table 5 Top 10 Keywords in Terms of Frequency and Centrality on GABA-A Receptor Channels

Ranking	Freq	Keyword	Ranking	Centrality	Keyword
1	1231	Expression	1	0.24	Dopamine neuron
2	1097	Neuron	2	0.2	Projection
3	992	Activation	3	0.18	Central amygdala
4	947	Brain	4	0.18	Chronic pain
5	927	Rat	5	0.17	Neuropathic pain
6	826	Modulation	6	0.17	Anxiety like behavior
7	815	Inhibition	7	0.17	Subunit composition
8	787	Mechanism	8	0.17	Extinction
9	717	Gaba	9	0.16	Stimulation
10	505	Subunit	10	0.16	Association

Figure 7 Analysis of keywords on GABA-A receptor channels.

Figure 8 Top 25 keywords with the most robust citation bursts on GABA-A receptor channels.