Unveiling the medicinal potential of <i>Helianthus tuberosus</i>: A comprehensive bibliometric study

This repository contains processed bibliometric datasets used for the analysis of the medicinal potential of <i>Helianthus tuberosus</i>. All data were retrieved from the Web of Science and Scopus databases (January 1979 – February 2025) and cleaned according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria outlined in the study.<b>File 1 – </b><code><strong>H_tuberosus_bibliometric_data.xlsx</strong></code>Contains the final merged and cleaned dataset (<b>234 unique records</b>) with the following columns:<b>Authors</b> – Full list of authors as indexed in the databases.<b>Title</b> – Article title.<b>Year</b> – Year of publication.<b>Source title</b> – Journal name.<b>DOI</b> – Digital Object Identifier (where available).<b>Affiliations</b> – Institutional affiliations of the authors.<b>Abstract</b> – Article abstract text.<b>Author keywords</b> – Keywords provided by authors.<b>Indexed keywords</b> – Keywords assigned by the database.<b>Times cited</b> – Total citations recorded in the source database.<b>Database source</b> – Indicates whether the record came from Web of Science or Scopus.<b>File 2 – </b><code><strong>H_tuberosus_search_log.xlsx</strong></code>Documents the search strategy and metadata retrieval process, including:<b>Database</b> – Web of Science or Scopus.<b>Search string</b> – Full Boolean query used.<b>Search date</b> – Date of database query.<b>Initial records</b> – Number of records retrieved before screening.<b>Notes</b> – Any search adjustments or remarks.<b>File 3 – </b><code><strong>H_tuberosus_excluded_records.xlsx</strong></code>Lists records removed during screening, with:<b>Authors</b><b>Title</b><b>Year</b><b>Reason for exclusion</b> – e.g., non-English, non-peer-reviewed, agronomy focus, duplicate.