Global research trends and mapping knowledge structure of depression in dialysis patients

Table 1 Top 10 countries ranked by article output on dialysis and depression from 1970 to 2022

Ranking	Country	No. of documents	%
1	USA	144	18.00
2	Turkey	88	11.00
3	China	55	6.88
4	Iran	52	6.50
5	Brazil	42	5.25
5	United Kingdom	42	5.25
7	Japan	38	4.75
8	South Korea	37	4.63
9	Taiwan	35	4.38
10	Canada	25	3.13

Table 2 Top 10 institutions with the highest frequency of article publications on dialysis and depression worldwide, ranked by productivity

Ranking	Institute	Country	No. of documents	%
1	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	Netherlands	18	2.25
2	Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis	Netherlands	14	1.75
3	VA Medical Center	USA	13	1.63
3	University of Hertfordshire	UK	13	1.63
5	Amsterdam UMC	Netherlands	12	1.50
5	The Lister Hospital	UK	12	1.50
5	The University of Jordan	Jordan	12	1.50
8	University of Toronto	Canada	11	1.38
9	The George Washington University	USA	10	1.25
9	King’s College London	UK	10	1.25
9	Başkent Üniversitesi	Turkey	10	1.25

Table 3 The top ten funding agencies that have the most publications in research related to dialysis and depression from 1970 to 2022

Ranking	Funding agencies	Country	No. of publication	%
1	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	USA	26	3.25
2	National Institutes of Health	USA	15	1.88
3	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	Japan	11	1.38
4	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	USA	9	1.13
5	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	USA	8	1.00
5	National Natural Science Foundation of China	China	8	1.00
5	Nierstichting	Netherlands	8	1.00
8	National Institute for Health Research	UK	7	0.88
9	Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico	Brazil	5	0.63
9	National Institute of Mental Health	USA	5	0.63
9	US Department of Veterans Affairs	USA	5	0.63

Table 4 The top 10 journals in research related to dialysis and depression

Ranking	Journal/source title	No. of documents	%	IF1
1	International Urology and Nephrology	24	3.0	2.266
2	Renal Failure	20	2.50	3.222
3	Kidney International	16	2.0	18.988
4	Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology	15	1.88	10.614
4	General Hospital Psychiatry	15	1.88	7.587
4	Journal of Psychosomatic Research	15	1.88	4.62
4	Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation	15	1.88	7.186
8	American Journal of Kidney Diseases	14	1.75	11.072
9	Hemodialysis International	13	1.63	1.543
10	BMC Nephrology	11	1.38	2.585
10	Clinical Nephrology	11	1.38	1.243

¹Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2022).

IF: Impact factor.

Table 5 The ten most cited publications in research related to dialysis and depression from 1970 to 2022

Ranking	Ref.	Title	Source title	Cited by	Impact Index Per Article1
1	Kimmel et al[63], 2000	Multiple measurements of depression predict mortality in a longitudinal study of chronic hemodialysis outpatients	Kidney International	446	15.7
2	Lopes et al[66], 2002	Depression as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization among hemodialysis patients in the United States and Europe	Kidney International	434	16.6
3	Watnick et al[67], 2003	The prevalence and treatment of depression among patients starting dialysis	American Journal of Kidney Diseases	258	11.1
4	Hedayati et al[61], 2006	The predictive value of self-report scales compared with physician diagnosis of depression in hemodialysis patients	Kidney International	243	12.1
5	Kimmel et al[64], 1993	Survival in hemodialysis patients: The role of depression	Journal of the American Society of Nephrology	235	6.7
5	Lopes et al[65], 2004	Screening for depression in hemodialysis patients: associations with diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes in the DOPPS.	Kidney international	233	10.3
7	Watnick et al[68], 2005	Validation of 2 depression screening tools in dialysis patients	American Journal of Kidney Diseases	231	11.3
8	Craven et al[59], 1988	The Beck Depression Inventory as a screening device for major depression in renal dialysis patients.	International journal of psychiatry in medicine	220	4.9
9	Kimmel and Peterson[62], 2005	Depression in end-stage renal disease patients treated with hemodialysis: Tools, correlates, outcomes, and needs	Seminars in Dialysis	209	10.8
10	Finkelstein and Finkelstein[60], 2000	Depression in chronic dialysis patients: Assessment and treatment	Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation	206	6.6

¹The Impact Index Per Article is presented based on Reference Citation Analysis [Source: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc (Pleasanton, CA 94566, United States)].