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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1439664
This article is part of the Research Topic Conference Research Topic: 9th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment (ARAE 2023) View all 19 articles

Trends in horizontal gene transfer research in Salmonella antimicrobial resistance: A bibliometric analysis

Provisionally accepted
Jin Yan Jin Yan 1Benoit Doublet Benoit Doublet 2Agnès Wiedemann Agnès Wiedemann 1*
  • 1 INSERM U1220 Institut de Recherche en Santé Digestive, Toulouse, France
  • 2 INRA UMR1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique, Nouzilly, France

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    Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) favors the acquisition and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in Salmonella, making it a major public health concern. We performed a bibliometric analysis to provide the current landscape of HGT in research on Salmonella AMR and identify emerging trends and potential research directions for the future. Data were collected from the Web of Science Core Collection and limited to articles and reviews published between 1999 and 2024 in English. VOSviewer 1.6.19 and CiteSpace 6.2.R1 software were used to conduct bibliometric analysis and visualize co-occurring keywords. A total of 1467 publications were retrieved for analysis. American researchers contributed the most articles (n=310). In the meantime, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement have the highest citation/publication rate of 85.6. Recent studies have focused on the application of whole genome sequencing (WGS), Salmonella quinolone and colistin resistance, and the biocontrol of Salmonella AMR. These findings provide new insights into the role of HGT and help identify new targets for controlling the spread of AMR in Salmonella populations.

    Keywords: Salmonella, antimicrobial resistance, horizontal gene transfer, Citespace, VOSviewer

    Received: 28 May 2024; Accepted: 28 Aug 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Agnès Wiedemann, INSERM U1220 Institut de Recherche en Santé Digestive, Toulouse, 31024, France

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