Advances and trends in the application of functional near-infrared spectroscopy for pediatric assessments: a bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective is to elucidate the collaboration and current research status in the pediatric field of fNIRS using bibliometric analysis, and to discuss future directions.

Method

Bibliometric analysis was conducted on publications related to pediatric fNIRS research published before June 2024 in the Web of Science Core Collection using VOSviewer software and R language.

Results

A total of 761 documents were retrieved, published by 2,686 authors from 893 institutions across 44 countries in 239 journals. The number of publications has significantly increased since 2012. The United States is the country with the highest number of publications, University College London is the institution with the most publications, Lloyd-Fox Sarah is the author with the most pub

SUBMITTER: Gao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11412835 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature