Bibliometric Landscaping of the Yeast Starmerella (Ascomycota), a Genus Proposed in 1998

The global research on yeasts of the genus Starmerella was not mapped before. This bibliometric review comprised documents published since the creation of the genus Starmerella in 1998. Classic rankings for author, affiliation, country, and source analysis were performed for 131 bibliographic records retrieved from the Scopus core collection database. The findings revealed an evolution of the research field after a group of Candida spp. yeasts were relocated as Starmerella spp. based on the concept of a single species Starmerella bombicola accommodating the teleomorph of Candida bombicola. The dataset on Starmerella (1998–2022) provided information to analyze the trends of research on this yeast, as well as support for future investigation. The bibliometric data on Starmerella presented in this chapter facilitate readers to visualize authors, keywords, articles and journals, and their publication trends. Bibliometrix-R tool utilizes factorial analysis to determine the conceptual structure. The ten most cited documents and the documents with the most contributions were plotted using factorial maps. A dendrogram by hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) discriminated published research on Starmerella research using keywords Plus in a cluster on phylogenetics and a cluster on fermentation, sophorolipid, and controlled studies on metabolism. The thematic evolution maps visualized a current motor theme for Starmerella bombicola, biosynthesis, and sophorolipid. This landscaping can guide the formulation of novel scientific projects as well as support applied policies on antimicrobial activity, genomics, metabolism, and wine industry domains using Starmerella species.