Atrial Fibrillation and Depression: A Bibliometric Analysis From 2001 to 2021

• Published in: Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 2022-02, Vol.9, p.775329-775329
• Main Authors: Ai, Yuzhen, Xing, Yaxuan, Yan, Longmei, Ma, Dan, Gao, Anran, Xu, Qiwu, Zhang, Shan, Mao, Ting, Pan, Qiu, Ma, Xiaojuan, Zhang, Jingchun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: atrial fibrillation; bibliometric analysis; Cardiovascular Medicine; CiteSpace; depression; visual analysis
• ISSN: 2297-055X; 2297-055X
• DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.775329

The control of diseases related to atrial fibrillation (AF) may reduce the occurrence of AF, delay progression, and reduce complications, which is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of AF. An increasing number of studies have shown that AF is associated with depression. However, to date, there has not been a bibliometric analysis to examine this field systematically. Our study aimed to visualize the publications to determine the hotspots and frontiers in research on AF and depression and provide guidance and reference for further study. Publications about AF and depression between 2001 and 2021 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) database. CiteSpace 5.8. R1, VOSviewer 1.6.16, and Excel 2019 software tools were used to conduct this bibliometric study. In total, 159 articles and reviews were analyzed. The number of publications has been increased sharply since 2018. David D. McManus had the largest number of publications. The most prolific country was the USA with 54 publications but the centrality was