A bibliometric study of past and present trends in mathematical oncology

Kira Pugh

Uppsala University

"A bibliometric study of past and present trends in mathematical oncology"

Mathematical oncology is an interdisciplinary research field in which mathematical modelling, analysis, and simulation are used to study cancer. In this work, we perform a bibliometric analysis to describe how mathematical oncology has changed over time. We quantitatively interrogate temporal trends in the field by analysing article metadata such as authors, publication dates, titles, article keywords, and abstracts. We specifically investigate if and how these trends have been shaped by paradigm-shifting research advances and world events. The data are collected from bibliographic databases such as Web of Science and Scopus, as well as the world's most prominent mathematical biology journals including: the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, the Journal of Mathematical Biology, the Journal of Theoretical Biology, and Mathematical Biosciences. We show that, since the 1960's, mathematical oncology has become increasingly data-driven, international, and interdisciplinary.

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