Current and future research directions in cellular metabolism of colorectal cancer: A bibliometric analysis

Table 1 Retrieval strategy of cellular metabolism in colorectal cancer

	Search criteria	Records
Records identified through the WoSCC database searching (SCI-Expended)	#1: (TI= (metabolism OR “cellular metabolism” OR “Metabolic reprogramming” OR “cell metabolism” OR “Glucose metabolism” OR “Lipid metabolism” OR “Amino acid metabolism” OR “Nucleotide metabolism” OR “Acetyl-CoA and ketone body metabolism”) OR AB=(metabolism OR “cellular metabolism” OR “Metabolic reprogramming” OR “cell metabolism” OR “Glucose metabolism” OR “Lipid metabolism” OR “Amino acid metabolism” OR “Nucleotide metabolism” OR “Acetyl-CoA and ketone body metabolism”) OR AK= (metabolism OR “cellular metabolism” OR “Metabolic reprogramming” OR “cell metabolism” OR “Glucose metabolism” OR “Lipid metabolism” OR “Amino acid metabolism” OR “Nucleotide metabolism” OR “Acetyl-CoA and ketone body metabolism”))	609822
	#2: (TI=(“colorectal cancer*” OR “colorectal tumor*” OR “colorectal tumour*” OR “colorectal carcinoma*” OR “colorectal neoplasm*” OR “colon cancer*” OR “colon tumor*” OR “colon tumour*” OR “colon carcinoma*” OR “colonic neoplasm*” OR “rectal cancer*” OR “rectal tumor*” OR “rectal tumour*” OR “rectal carcinoma*” OR “rectal neoplasm*”) OR AB=(“colorectal cancer*” OR “colorectal tumor*” OR “colorectal tumour*” OR “colorectal carcinoma*” OR “colorectal neoplasm*” OR “colon cancer*” OR “colon tumor*” OR “colon tumour*” OR “colon carcinoma*” OR “colonic neoplasm*” OR “rectal cancer*” OR “rectal tumor*” OR “rectal tumour*” OR “rectal carcinoma*” OR “rectal neoplasm*”) OR AK=(“colorectal cancer*” OR “colorectal tumor*” OR “colorectal tumour*” OR “colorectal carcinoma*” OR “colorectal neoplasm*” OR “colon cancer*” OR “colon tumor*” OR “colon tumour*” OR “colon carcinoma*” OR “colonic neoplasm*” OR “rectal cancer*” OR “rectal tumor*” OR “rectal tumour*” OR “rectal carcinoma*” OR “rectal neoplasm*”))	239132
Time: January 1, 1991 to December 31, 2022	#3 = #1 AND #2	4978
Languages: English		4920
Excluded literature	Meeting abstract (n = 137), editorial material (n = 34), others (n = 27)	356
Remaining publications	4073 articles, 685 reviews	4722

WoSCC: Web of Science Core Collection; SCI-Expended: Science Citation Index Expanded.