Fig. 2

(A) The total number of articles included in the EIPAAB database by publication year (articles published before 1997 were grouped; total range 1972–2022). Study motivation is represented by the stacked colours within the bar chart (Environmental = green, Medical = pink, Basic research = blue, stacked in that order). (B) The relative growth in the number of articles per year from 2007–2022 based on 2007, as compared to the respective Web of Science Research area (Web of Science area: ‘Environmental Sciences & Ecology’ or ‘Neurosciences & Neurology’), and Web of Science global publication trends (Web of Science all), for Environmental, Medial and Basic research articles in the database