Figure 1Annual number of publications containing the term “biomarker” in the title which published from 1998 to 2017.
Figure 2Publications containing various biosample search terms in (A) the title, (B) the abstract. These were extracted from the biomarker-related publications.
Figure 3Literature containing various analyte search terms in the title (A) and abstract (B). These were extracted from the biomarker-related publications.
Figure 4Publications containing RNA and microRNA search terms in the abstract. These were extracted from the biomarker-related publications.
Figure 5Literature containing search terms related to biomarker discovery purposes in the title (A) and abstract (B). These were extracted from the biomarker-related publications.
Figure 6Annual number of patents containing the term “biomarker” in the title which published from 1998 to 2017.
Figure 7Annual number of patents related to blood, serum, plasma, tissue, and urine (A) and cancer-related patents published in 2017 (B). These were extracted from the biomarker-related patents.
Table 1Top10 of the subject area, document type, source title, author’s country, and source type of biomarker-related publications in 2017 (n = 7,312).
Subject Area |
Document Type |
Source Title |
Country |
Source Type |
Medicine |
4,712 |
Article |
5,079 |
Oncotarget |
257 |
United States of America |
2,006 |
Journals |
7,078 |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
2,496 |
Review |
1,097 |
Scientific Reports |
188 |
China |
1,318 |
Book Series |
102 |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
555 |
Article in Press |
377 |
Plos One |
159 |
United Kingdom |
643 |
Conference Proceedings |
72 |
Neuroscience |
541 |
Editorial |
196 |
Biomarkers In Medicine |
59 |
Germany |
504 |
Books |
58 |
Chemistry |
466 |
Letter |
168 |
Journal Of Alzheimer’s Disease |
54 |
Italy |
498 |
Trade Publications |
2 |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
449 |
Book Chapter |
123 |
International Journal Of Molecular Sciences |
50 |
Spain |
364 |
|
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Immunology and Microbiology |
393 |
Conference Paper |
123 |
International Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Pathology |
36 |
France |
342 |
|
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Environmental Science |
367 |
Note |
104 |
Methods In Molecular Biology |
36 |
Canada |
323 |
|
|
Nursing |
221 |
Short Survey |
39 |
Oncology Letters |
33 |
Japan |
303 |
|
|
Multidisciplinary |
218 |
Book |
5 |
Biomed Research International |
32 |
Netherlands |
269 |
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