en Herbal Drugs كاربردي Review/Systemtic review <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="line-height:107%"><span calibri=""><span style="line-height:107%"><span tahoma="">Introduction:</span></span> Increasing antibiotic resistance in microorganisms and the advantages that natural compounds have over synthetic chemicals led to more investigation of plant resources. <i>Rosa damascena</i> is one of the valuable species of the <i>Rosaceae</i> family that has different therapeutic effects. This review studies the antimicrobial effects of <i>R. damascene </i>and its derivation in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease and bibliometric analysis at the family level.<br> Methods: Data collection was done from Scopus and Web of Science databases and after choosing the database that published the most data, the information was analyzed by VOSviewer and Bibliometrix-package.<br> Results: The results of most research show the antimicrobial effect of this plant against human pathogens. The bibliometric results of 412 searched documents also revealed that most of the published documents belong to the countries of China, Iran and Turkey. The process of publishing documents over the years has generally increased and the keyword &quot;<i>Rosaceae</i>&quot; has been used more than others.<br> Conclusion: In this review article, scientific documents related to the role of <i>R. damascene </i>and its derivation showed this plant have potential in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as dental caries, periodontal diseases.</span></span><br> &nbsp;</span></span> ,Rosaceae,Antimicrobial,Infection Control,Bibliometric Analysis 86 99 http://pbp.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-596-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Azam Aliasghari Veshareh a.aliasghary@alzahra.ac.ir 10031947532846005033 0000000186450894 No Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran Homa hamayeli hamayeli_homa@yahoo.com 10031947532846005034 0000000255024742 No Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Rabbani khorasgani rabbani@ut.ac.ir 10031947532846005035 0000000240439216 Yes Department of Cell and Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Science & Technology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of IRAN