Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition: a bibliometric analysis of research trends and contributions (2018-2024).

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Frontiers in Nutrition Pub Date : 2025-07-08 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fnut.2025.1613395

Qimeng Xu, Qiufu Li, Yucheng Yao, Ying He, Sitao Tan, Xiaoxia Liu, Xiaoyu Chen

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Abstract

Background: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were officially introduced in 2018 with the aim of establishing a standardized global framework for the diagnosis of malnutrition. Synthesizing expert consensus from multiple international organizations, the GLIM criteria proposed a two-step diagnostic model integrating both phenotypic and etiologic components. Although GLIM-related research has expanded rapidly in recent years, a comprehensive bibliometric evaluation remains absent.

Methods: Relevant literature published between 2018 and 2024 was retrieved from the Scopus database. Only English-language original research articles and reviews were included. A total of 729 eligible publications were analyzed using VOSviewer (v1.6.10), CiteSpace (v5.8.R3), and the online platform Bioinformatics. The analysis covered various dimensions, including countries, institutions, authors, journals, keywords, and highly cited references.

Results: The volume of GLIM-related publications has shown a steady upward trajectory, peaking in 2024. China emerged as the most prolific country, followed by Spain and Japan. The top contributing institutions included Uppsala University, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Shijitan Hospital. Among the most productive authors were Cederholm T, Shi H, and Correia MITD. Clinical Nutrition and Nutrients were identified as the core journals in this field. Keyword analysis revealed that "malnutrition," "diagnosis," "sarcopenia," "cancer," and "nutritional risk" were pre-dominant themes, while "systematic review," "protein blood level," and "gastric cancer" represented emerging areas of interest.

Conclusion: This study represents the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of research related to the GLIM criteria. It identifies key contributors, collaboration networks, and thematic evolutions in the field, highlighting a transition from the development of diagnostic frameworks to clinical application and individualized nutritional assessment. These findings provide a valuable reference for guiding future research directions in GLIM-related domains.

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营养不良全球领导倡议：研究趋势和贡献的文献计量分析（2018-2024）。

背景：全球营养不良领导倡议（GLIM）标准于2018年正式推出，旨在为营养不良诊断建立标准化的全球框架。综合来自多个国际组织的专家共识，GLIM标准提出了一个两步诊断模型，整合了表型和病因成分。尽管近年来与生物多样性相关的研究迅速发展，但缺乏全面的文献计量评估。方法：从Scopus数据库中检索2018 - 2024年发表的相关文献。仅包括英语原创研究文章和评论。使用VOSviewer （v1.6.10）、CiteSpace （v5.8.R3）和Bioinformatics在线平台对729份符合条件的出版物进行分析。分析涵盖了多个维度，包括国家、机构、作者、期刊、关键词和高引用参考文献。结果：与微光科学相关的出版物数量呈稳步上升趋势，并在2024年达到峰值。中国成为最多产的国家，其次是西班牙和日本。贡献最大的机构包括乌普萨拉大学、首都医科大学和北京世纪坛医院。其中最多产的作者是Cederholm T， Shi H和Correia MITD。《临床营养学与营养学》被确定为该领域的核心期刊。关键词分析显示，“营养不良”、“诊断”、“肌肉减少症”、“癌症”和“营养风险”是主要的主题，而“系统评价”、“血液蛋白水平”和“胃癌”则是新兴的兴趣领域。结论：本研究首次对与GLIM标准相关的研究进行了全面的文献计量分析。它确定了该领域的主要贡献者、合作网络和专题演变，强调了从诊断框架的发展到临床应用和个性化营养评估的过渡。这些发现为指导未来与微信号相关领域的研究方向提供了有价值的参考。

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Frontiers in Nutrition Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science

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5.20

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8.00%

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2891

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12 weeks

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