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Table 2 Top 20 most frequently used keywords on keratinase researches over the survey period

From: Microbial keratinase and the bio-economy: a three-decade meta-analysis of research exploit

Rank

Author keywords (DE)

Freq. (% of 330)

Rank

Keywords-plus (ID)

Freq. (% of 330)

1

Keratinase

188 (56.97)

1

Purification

147 (44.55)

2

Keratin

26 (7.88)

2

Degradation

87 (26.36)

3

Protease

22 (6.67)

3

Enzymes

67 (20.30)

3

Purification

21 (6.36)

4

Strain

64 (19.39)

4

Feather degradation

20 (6.06)

5

Protease

53 (16.06)

5

Feather

18 (5.46)

6

Alkaline protease

42 (12.73)

6

Bacillus

15 (4.55)

7

Bacterium

40 (12.12)

6

Bacillus licheniformis

15 (4.55)

8

Optimization

39 (11.82)

6

Response surface methodology

15 (4.55)

9

Extracellular keratinase

35 (10.61)

7

Dehairing

13 (3.94)

10

Proteinase

35 (10.61)

8

Characterisation

12 (3.64)

11

Feather

34 (10.30)

9

Biodegradation

11 (3.33)

11

Keratinase

32 (9.69)

9

Keratinases

11 (3.33)

12

Keratinolytic serine proteinase

31 (9.39)

9

Optimization

11 (3.33)

13

Expression

30 (9.09)

10

Bacillus subtilis

10 (3.03)

13

Enzyme

26 (7.88)

11

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

9 (2.73)

14

Subtilis

26 (7.88)

11

Solid state fermentation

9 (2.73)

15

Protein

21 (6.36)

12

Bacillus pumilus

8 (2.42)

16

Bacillus licheniformis

20 (6.06)

13

Bacillus cereus

7 (2.12)

16

Proteins

20 (6.06)

13

Keratinolytic proteasea

7 (2.12)

16

Keratinolytic activityb

19 (5.76)

  1. aThermostability
  2. bSerine protease—shared same positions with the keywords in the table superscripted with special characters