Food Composition Databases (FCDBs): A Bibliometric Analysis

Food composition databases (FCDBs) are important tools that provide information on the nutritional content of foods. Previously, it was largely unclear what contents and which FCDBs were involved in highly cited papers. The bibliometric study aimed to identify most productive authors, institutions, journals. chemicals/chemical compounds with high averaged citations used by papers identified. In July 2023, online database Web Science Core Collection (WoSCC) queried related FCDBs. A total 803 identified analyzed. first paper indexed WoSCC published 1992 Pennington, described usefulness FCDB for researchers core foods their own studies. paper, USDA 1987–88 NFCS (the United States Department Agriculture Nationwide Consumption Survey). author Dr. Paul M. Finglas, Head Databanks National Capability at Quadram Institute (Norwich, UK) Managing Director EuroFIR. His among this dataset about development an Irish food together institutions World Health Organization (WHO) instead universities. Flavonoid recurring chemical class ones. anti-oxidative properties protective effects against heart disease cancer flavonoids might be some reasons popularity research. Among papers, heavily flavonoid selected foods, Fineli, Nutrient Database Standard Reference (USNDB), EuroFIR eBASIS-Bioactive Substances Information Systems, Phenol-Explorer. High-quality national international should promoted made more accessible research public communities promote better nutrition health a global scale.