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World J Psychiatry. Jun 19, 2024; 14(6): 985-998
Published online Jun 19, 2024. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v14.i6.985
Published online Jun 19, 2024. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v14.i6.985
Table 1 Summary of the data sources and selection
Category | Specific standard requirement |
Research database | Web of Science core collection |
Citation indexes | SCI-Expanded |
Searching period | January 2014 to December 2023 |
Language | English |
Searching keywords | (“Epilepsy” OR “Seizure” OR “Convulsion” OR “Epileptic”) AND (“Depression” OR “Depressive Symptoms” OR “Depressive Disorders”) |
Document types | Articles and reviews |
Data extraction | Export with full records and cite references in plain text format |
Sample size | 2962 |
Table 2 Top 5 most productive authors in the epilepsy and depression research field from 2014 to 2023
Rank | Author | Documents | Citations | Average citation/publication |
1 | Lee S | 30 | 262 | 8.73 |
2 | Sajatovic M | 21 | 277 | 13.19 |
3 | Jette N | 18 | 698 | 38.78 |
3 | Wiebe S | 18 | 577 | 32.06 |
4 | Kanner A | 16 | 677 | 42.31 |
4 | Patten S | 16 | 553 | 34.56 |
5 | Lin W | 15 | 50 | 3.33 |
Table 3 The number of publications in the top 10 journals in the epilepsy and depression research field
Rank | Source | Publication | Citations | Average citation/publication |
1 | Epilepsy and Behavior | 481 | 6740 | 14.01 |
2 | Epilepsia | 80 | 2221 | 27.76 |
3 | Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy | 64 | 1178 | 18.41 |
4 | Epilepsy Research | 50 | 554 | 11.08 |
5 | Frontiers in Neurology | 28 | 331 | 11.82 |
6 | Acta Neurologica Scandinavica | 15 | 219 | 14.60 |
7 | Epilepsia Open | 14 | 47 | 3.36 |
8 | Frontiers in Psychiatry | 13 | 127 | 9.77 |
9 | Neurology | 12 | 233 | 19.42 |
10 | Epileptic Disorders | 12 | 88 | 7.33 |
Table 4 The top 5 countries and Institutions for publications in the field of epilepsy and depression research
Rank | Country | Publications | Citations | Institutions | Publications | Citations |
1 | United States | 287 | 5106 | University of Melbourne | 34 | 411 |
2 | England | 121 | 2786 | University of Ulsan | 32 | 292 |
3 | China | 110 | 1205 | University of Calgary | 29 | 979 |
4 | Canada | 76 | 1717 | Case Western Reserve University | 28 | 358 |
5 | Germany | 70 | 1366 | Kyungpook National University | 22 | 523 |
Table 5 The co-occurrence keywords of the top 5
Rank | Keyword | Occurrences | Total link strength |
1 | Depression | 643 | 5456 |
2 | Epilepsy | 605 | 5011 |
3 | Anxiety | 364 | 3235 |
4 | Quality-of-life | 307 | 2817 |
5 | People | 198 | 1834 |
Table 6 Analysis of the clusters of keywords in the epilepsy and depression research field
Cluster-ID | Silhouette | Mean | Included keyword (top 5) |
0 | 0.651 | 2017 | Temporal lobe epilepsy; depression-like behavior; mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; rij rat, and absence seizure |
1 | 0.623 | 2017 | High-risk people, Lebanese people, taking medication, family cohesion, and negative health events |
2 | 0.610 | 2017 | Family factor, psychogenic nonepileptic seizure, psychiatric disorder, emotional functioning, and patient caregiver |
3 | 0.819 | 2016 | Health-related quality, neurological disorders, depression inventory, risk factor, electroconvulsive therapy, and drug-resistant epilepsy |
4 | 0.630 | 2017 | Focal seizure, eslicarbazepine acetate, an antiepileptic drug, clinical practice finding, and Euro-Esli study |
5 | 0.693 | 2016 | Electroconvulsive therapy; magnetic seizure therapy; novel seizure quality index; ictal parameter; and case report |
6 | 0.771 | 2016 | Life depression, temporal lobe epilepsy surgery, prospective study, seizure freedom, and retrospective analysis |
7 | 0.909 | 2018 | Sleep quality, clinical features, sleep abnormalities, major determinants, and self-reported insomnia |
Table 7 Top 5 most important publications in the epilepsy and depression research field
Rank | Title | Year | Citation |
1 | Quality of life of people with epilepsy: A European study | 1997 | 182 |
2 | Consensus statement: The evaluation and treatment of people with epilepsy and affective disorders | 2008 | 171 |
3 | Depression but not seizure frequency predicts quality of life in treatment-resistant epilepsy | 2004 | 128 |
4 | Epilepsy and risk of suicide: A population-based case-control study | 2007 | 112 |
5 | A brief questionnaire to screen for quality of life in epilepsy: The QOLIE-10 | 1996 | 111 |
- Citation: Chen L, He XH, Li XL, Yang J, Huang H. Bibliometric analysis of research in epilepsy and comorbid depression from 2014 to 2023. World J Psychiatry 2024; 14(6): 985-998
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v14/i6/985.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v14.i6.985