A worldwide bibliometric analysis of triptolide research from 1997 to 2021.

According to our findings, the number of triptolide-related publications has been increasing since 2009. China was the largest contributor to triptolide research, followed by the USA. was the leading journal related to triptolide research. The most productive authors were Zhang LY (China Pharmaceut Univ) and Jiang ZZ (China Pharmaceut Univ). China Pharmaceutical University was the most influential institution in the field of triptolide research. Our findings suggest that the effective use of triptolide in cancer therapy as well as overcoming its multiorgan toxicity to promote its widespread clinical applications are expected to be hot research topics in the future.