Emerging global interest: Unraveling the link between diabetes mellitus and depression

Table 1 Top 10 countries publishing research on diabetes mellitus and depression from 2004 to 2023

Ranking	Country	No. of documents	%
1st	USA	1015	31.43
2nd	China	325	10.07
3rd	UK	236	7.31
4th	Germany	218	6.75
5th	Canada	175	5.42
6th	Netherlands	153	4.74
7th	Australia	150	4.65
8th	India	130	4.03
9th	Iran	102	3.16
10th	Brazil	98	3.03

Table 2 Top 10 active institutions in research related to the links between diabetes mellitus and depression from 2004 to 2023

Ranking	Institute	Country	No. of documents	%
1st	University of Washington	USA	87	2.69
2nd	Tilburg University	Netherlands	63	1.95
3rd	Université McGill	Canada	54	1.67
4th	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Netherlands	53	1.64
5th	VA Medical Center	USA	52	1.61
6th	Harvard Medical School	USA	51	1.58
7th	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands	50	1.55
8th	King's College London	UK	44	1.36
9th	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	43	1.33
10th	Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale Douglas	Canada	42	1.30

Table 3 Top 10 active funding agencies in research related to the links between diabetes mellitus and depression from 2004 to 2023

Ranking	Funding agency	Country	No. of documents	%
1st	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	USA	189	5.85
2nd	National Institutes of Health	USA	153	4.74
3rd	National Institute of Mental Health	USA	125	3.87
4th	National Natural Science Foundation of China	China	91	2.82
5th	National Institute on Aging	USA	70	2.17
6th	Canadian Institutes of Health Research	Canada	44	1.36
7th	Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung	Germany	31	0.96
7th	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	USA	31	0.96
9th	National Health and Medical Research Council	Australia	27	0.84
10th	Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico	Brazil	26	0.81

Table 4 Top 10 active journals in research related to the links between diabetes mellitus and depression from 2004 to 2023

Ranking	Journal	Frequency	%	IF1
1st	Diabetes Care	139	4.30	16.2
2nd	Diabetic Medicine	96	2.97	3.5
3rd	Journal of Affective Disorders	67	2.07	6.6
4th	Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice	65	2.01	5.1
5th	Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications	47	1.46	3.0
5th	Plos One	47	1.46	3.7
7th	Diabetologia	35	1.08	8.2
8th	Journal of Psychosomatic Research	34	1.05	4.7
9th	General Hospital Psychiatry	33	1.02	7.0
10th	BMC Psychiatry	32	0.99	4.4

¹Impact factor based on Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2022.

IF: Impact factor.

Table 5 The 10 most cited publications related to the links between diabetes mellitus and depression from 2004 to 2023

Ref.	Title	Year	Source title	Cited by
Mezuk et al[54]	Depression and type 2 diabetes over the lifespan: A meta-analysis	2008	Diabetes Care	1179
Ali et al[57]	The prevalence of co-morbid depression in adults with Type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2006	Diabetic Medicine	935
Roy and Lloyd[51]	Epidemiology of depression and diabetes: A systematic review	2012	Journal of Affective Disorders	809
Lin et al[55]	Relationship of depression and diabetes self-care, medication adherence, and preventive care	2004	Diabetes Care	795
Knol et al[53]	Depression as a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus. A meta-analysis	2006	Diabetologia	751
Gonzalez et al[56]	Depression and diabetes treatment nonadherence: A meta-analysis	2008	Diabetes Care	743
Golden et al[49]	Examining a bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and diabetes	2008	JAMA	694
Katon et al[58]	The pathways study: A randomized trial of collaborative care in patients with diabetes and depression	2004	Archives of General Psychiatry	609
Bixler et al[50]	Excessive daytime sleepiness in a general population sample: The role of sleep apnea, age, obesity, diabetes, and depression	2005	Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism	571
Nouwen et al[52]	Type 2 diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for the onset of depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2010	Diabetologia	546