Global Research Mapping of Psycho-Oncology Between 1980 and 2021 : A Bibliometric Analysis

Copyright © 2022 Ahmad, Ornos, Ahmad, Al-Wassia, Mushtaque, Shah, Al-Omari, Baig and Tang..

Background and Aim: Psycho-oncology is a cross-disciplinary and collaborative sub-specialty of oncology that focuses on the psychological, behavioral, ethical, and social aspects of cancer in clinical settings. The aim of this bibliometric study was to analyze and characterize the research productivity and trends in psycho-oncology between 1980 and 2021.

Methodology: In May 2022, the Scopus® database was searched for psycho-oncology-related publications using predetermined search keywords with specific restrictions. Lotka's law was applied to check the authors' productivity, while Bradford's law was used to assess the core journals in this field. The data was analyzed for different bibliometric indicators in the Biblioshiny package, an RStudio tool for bibliometric analysis.

Results: The initial search resulted in a total of 2,906 publications. Of which, 1,832 publications were included in the final analysis, published between 1980 and 2021. The analyzed publications were written by 7,363 authors from 74 countries and published in 490 journals. There has been a significant increase in psycho-oncology-related publications after 2010. The most productive year was 2021 (n = 365). The annual scientific growth rate was found to be 13.9%. The most relevant leading author in terms of publications was Luigi Grassi from the University of Ferrara, Italy (n = 42). Lotka's law found that the number of authors declined as the number of papers written increased. The core journals were Psycho-Oncology, Supportive Care in Cancer, and Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. The most frequently used author's keywords other than searching keywords were cancer, oncology, quality of life, depression, and anxiety. Recent psycho-oncology-related topics included mental health, COVID-19 infection in humans, people, pandemic, and tumor. The University of Sydney was the top-ranked institution. The leading country in terms of publications, citations, corresponding author country, and international collaboration was the United States of America (United States). The United States had the strongest collaboration with Australia and Canada.

Conclusion: The research hotspots include mental health conditions and interventions in cancer patients. We identified international collaboration and research expenditure to be strongly associated with psycho-oncology research productivity. Researchers' collaboration, which is visible among developed countries, should be extended to low-income countries in order to expand psycho-oncology-related research and understanding.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in psychology - 13(2022) vom: 26., Seite 947669

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ahmad, Tauseef [VerfasserIn]
Ornos, Eric David B [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Shabir [VerfasserIn]
Al-Wassia, Rolina Kamal [VerfasserIn]
Mushtaque, Iqra [VerfasserIn]
Shah, S Mudasser [VerfasserIn]
Al-Omari, Basem [VerfasserIn]
Baig, Mukhtiar [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Kun [VerfasserIn]

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Bibliometric study
Bradford’s law
Journal Article
Lotka’s law
Psycho-oncology
Scopus® database

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Date Revised 02.08.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fpsyg.2022.947669

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NLM344306666