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Trends in Biobanking: A Bibliometric Overview.
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Biopreservation and Biobanking
|February 2, 2016
Summary
Biobanking research has rapidly expanded since the 1990s, with significant growth in publications and diverse research themes. This trend highlights the increasing importance of biobanking across life sciences and biotechnology.
Area of Science:
- Life sciences, environmental sciences, and biotechnology.
- Biobanking research encompasses diverse fields, including medicine, environmental studies, and biotechnology.
Background:
- Biobanks are crucial resources for scientific research and biotechnology.
- The field of biobanking has experienced substantial growth since the 1990s, marked by an increase in publications, journals, and research topics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze trends in biobanking research from 1939 to 2014.
- To evaluate the growth, thematic orientations, author contributions, and geographical distribution in biobanking.
Main Methods:
- Bibliographic analysis of 20,000 records from the Scopus database (1939-2014).
- Keywords and title searches were used to identify biobanking-related publications.
- Analysis included publication trends, author data, affiliations, and thematic content.
Main Results:
- Biobanking publications show exponential growth, with over 1,000 articles annually in recent years.
- Europe and North America dominate author affiliations (75% combined).
- Research focus has expanded from blood banking to include seeds, cells, and tissues, with increasing emphasis on health, cohort, and consent.
Conclusions:
- Biobanking is a rapidly expanding field with diverse applications and growing global participation.
- While human biobanking dominates, there's a need to increase focus on animal, fungal, and microbial biobanking to reflect biodiversity.
- Thematic trends indicate a shift towards health-related research, cohort studies, and ethical considerations like consent.
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