Comprehensive bibliometric analysis of transcranial magnetic stimulation-based depression treatment from 2003 to 2022: Research hotspots and trends

Table 3 The top 10 highly-cited references among 702 retrieved articles on transcranial magnetic stimulation-based depression treatment research, published from 2003 to 2022 (sorted by citation frequency)

Rank	Title	First author	Source	Year	Cited frequency	DOI
1	Efficacy and safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the acute treatment of major depression: a multisite randomized controlled trial	O’Reardon JP	Biol Psychiatry	2007	1092	10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.01.018
2	Daily left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for major depressive disorder: a sham-controlled randomized trial	George MS	Arch Gen Psychiatry	2010	652	10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.46
3	Efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation targets for depression is related to intrinsic functional connectivity with the subgenual cingulate	Fox MD	Biol Psychiatry	2012	584	10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.04.028
4	Effectiveness of theta burst vs high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): A randomized non-inferiority trial	Blumberger DM	Lancet	2018	464	10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30295-2
5	Default mode network mechanisms of transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression	Liston C	Biol Psychiatry	2014	371	10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.01.023
6	Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	Fitzgerald PB	Arch Gen Psychiatry	2003	328	10.1001/archpsyc.60.9.1002
7	A randomized, controlled trial of sequential bilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression	Fitzgerald PB	Am J Psychiatry	2006	255	10.1176/appi.ajp.163.1.88
8	Priming stimulation enhances the depressant effect of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation	Iyer MB	J Neurosci	2003	254	10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-34-10867.2003
9	A randomized trial of rTMS targeted with MRI based neuro-navigation in treatment-resistant depression	Fitzgerald PB	Neuropsychopharmacology	2009	232	10.1038/npp.2008.233
10	Efficacy and safety of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression: a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial	Levkovitz Y	World Psychiatry	2015	222	10.1002/wps.20199

rTMS: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.