Global research trends and hotspots in overweight/obese comorbid with depression among children and adolescents: A bibliometric analysis

Table 1 Top 10 productive countries/regions from 2004 to 2023, n (%)

Rank	Country	Continent	Output	Percentage (n = 1573)	TC	AC
1	United States	North America	844	53.7	32022	37.9
2	United Kingdom	Europe	148	9.4	6249	42.2
3	Canada	North America	125	7.9	7413	59.3
4	Australia	Oceania	118	7.5	5386	45.6
5	China	Asia	89	5.7	1922	21.6
6	Germany	Europe	68	4.3	1681	24.7
7	South Korea	Asia	54	3.4	722	13.4
8	Netherlands	Oceania	54	3.4	4421	81.9
9	France	Europe	42	2.7	1489	35.5
10	Italy	Europe	38	2.4	708	18.6

TC: Total citations; AC: Average citations.

Table 2 Top 10 productive authors and co-cited authors from 2004 to 2023

Rank	Author	TP	Country	Rank	Author	TC	Country
1	Tanofsky KM	38	United States	1	Neumark SD	927	United States
2	Yanovski JA	36	United States	2	Tanofsky KM	900	United States
3	Shomaker LB	25	United States	3	Taveras EM	821	United States
4	Neumark SD	21	United States	4	Yanovski JA	790	United States
5	Brady SM	19	United States	5	Rich-edwards JW	779	United States
6	Wilfley DE	18	United States	6	Rifas-shiman SL	705	United States
7	Kelly NR	17	United States	7	Shomaker LB	566	United States
8	Shank LM	15	United States	8	Field AE	556	United States
9	Yanovski SZ	14	United States	9	Boynton JR	541	United States
10	Lumeng JC	13	United States	10	Yanovski SZ	537	United States

TP: Total publications; TC: Total citations.

Table 3 Details of the top 10 prolific journals based on the number of published papers from 2004 to 2023

Rank	Journal	Count (n)	TC	AC	2023 IF1	Category quartile
1	J Adolescent Health	59	172	2.92	7.6	Q1
2	Appetite	39	80	2.05	5.4	Q1
3	BMC Public Health	37	32	0.86	4.5	Q2
4	Int J Eat Disorder	33	89	2.70	5.5	Q1
5	Pediatrics	31	245	7.90	8.0	Q1
6	Obesity	27	143	5.30	6.9	Q1
7	Int J Obesity	24	70	2.92	4.9	Q2
8	Pediatric Obesity	24	63	2.63	3.8	Q1
9	Childhood Obesity	24	29	1.21	2.5	Q2
10	Eat Wei Disord-ST	24	12	0.50	2.9	Q3

¹Journal citation reports (Clarivate, 2023).

TC: Total citations; AC: Average citations; IF: Impact factor.

Table 4 Basic characteristics of the 10 main clusters of co-cited references from 2004 to 2023

Cluster	Size	Silhouette	Average year	Label
0	143	0.924	2018	Balanced-related behavior
1	115	0.934	2012	Control eating
2	102	0.833	2005	Preventing excessive weight gain
3	98	0.85	2009	Major depression
4	89	0.87	2016	Maternal stress
5	72	0.956	2002	Health-related quality
6	67	0.86	2006	Psychological predictor
7	43	0.915	2007	Health weight
8	39	0.988	2016	Maternal antenatal inflammation
9	37	0.926	2010	Maternal depressive symptom
10	32	0.94	2012	Childhood maltreatment
11	22	0.996	2003	Polycystic ovary syndrome
12	17	0.989	2018	Experiencing food insecurity
13	9	0.993	2004	Maternal symptom
14	8	0.999	2006	Suicide pattern