SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Neuropharmacology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1614831
Bibliometric analysis of NMDA receptors: 2015-2024
Provisionally accepted
- 1Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- 2Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
- 3University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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NMDA receptors, a subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptors, play pivotal roles in the brain by mediating synaptic signal transduction, facilitating intercellular communication, and shaping neural circuits, thereby serving as molecular switches for learning and memory. Since its discovery and isolation in the 1960s, NMDA receptors have remained a focal point of research in neuroscience. The past decade has witnessed a large number of high-quality studies on the biophysical properties, threedimensional structure, and pathophysiological functions of NMDA receptors. In this study, we employed bibliometric methods to analyze publications from 2015 to 2024, visualizing research hotspots, trends, and key milestones of NMDA receptors. Additionally, we also identified the leading researchers, institutions, and countries that contributed to this area. Our findings provide a comprehensive overview of recent NMDA receptor research, which will help readers understand the trends and influence in this field.
Keywords: glutamate receptor, Brain, Citespace, VOSviewer, Bibliometric Study
Received: 02 May 2025; Accepted: 22 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Liu, Jia and Kou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: ZENGWEI Kou, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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