A Retrospective Literature Review of Eating Disorder Research (1990–2021): Application of Bibliometrics and Topical Trends

Despite the growing importance of eating disorders in society and academic literature, only a few bibliometric review studies using bibliometric analysis were available. Hence, this study aimed to explore and uncover hidden research topics and patterns in articles in terms of eating disorders over t...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-06, Vol.19 (13), p.7710
Main Authors: Park, Eunhye, Kim, Woo-Hyuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliographic records
Bibliometrics
Citations
Cocitation
Collaboration
Data analysis
Data collection
Data mining
Eating disorders
Hypothesis testing
Literature reviews
Modelling
Researchers
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Scholarly communication
Signs and symptoms
Social factors
Statistical analysis
Trends
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Summary:Despite the growing importance of eating disorders in society and academic literature, only a few bibliometric review studies using bibliometric analysis were available. Hence, this study aimed to explore and uncover hidden research topics and patterns in articles in terms of eating disorders over the last 30 years. In total, 4111 articles on eating disorders were analyzed using bibliometrics, network analyses, and structural topic modeling as the basis of mixed methods. In addition to general statistics about the journal, several key research topics, such as eating disorder (ED) treatment, ED symptoms, factors triggering ED, family related factors, eating behaviors, and social factors, were found based on topic correlations. This study found the key research variables that are frequently studied with EDs, such as AN, BN, BED, and ARFID. This study may help clinicians comprehend important risk factors associated with EDs. Moreover, the findings about key ED research topics and their association can be helpful for future studies to construct a comprehensive ED research framework. To our knowledge, this is the first study to use topic modeling in an academic journal on EDs and examine the diversity in ED research over 30 years of published research.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19137710