Unveiling the knowledge domain and emerging trends of olfactory dysfunction with depression or anxiety: A bibliometrics study

• DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.959936
• Publication Date: 2022-09-08T08:20:17Z
• Authors: Fangwei Zhou; Tian Zhang; Ying Jin; Yifei Ma; Yangsong Li; Mengting Zeng; Guodong Yu
• Keywords: Depression

Olfactory dysfunction (OD) accompanied by depression or anxiety is a very common clinical problem, and there has been growing number of studies on OD with in recent decades. This study performed bibliometric visual analyses the literature to derive research trends identify emerging foci. Relevant publications were obtained from Science Citation Index-Expanded Social Sciences Index Web Core Collection databases (2002-2021). CiteSpace VOSviewer applied evaluate foci this domain. The found that related increased significantly over past 20 years, up 15 2002 114 2022. country ranked highest articles international cooperation was United States. top 10 most frequent keywords "depression," "olfaction," "anxiety," "dysfunction," "olfactory bulbectomy," dysfunction," "Parkinson's disease," "odor identification," "brain," "disorders." Analysis strongest citation bursts revealed "oxidative stress" an hotspot. A timeline chart cluster co-cited references demonstrated Parkinson's disease always topic interest area research. conducted objective, comprehensive, systematic analysis these publications, identified development hotspots It hoped work will provide scholars, worldwide, information assist them further new therapies.