Global Research Mapping of Psycho-Oncology Between 1980 and 2021: A Bibliometric Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Psycho-oncology is a cross-disciplinary and collaborative sub-specialty of oncology that focuses on the psychological, behavioral, ethical, and social aspects of cancer in clinical settings. The aim of this bibliometric study was to analyze and characterize the research productivity and trends in psycho-oncology between 1980 and 2021.

Methodology

In May 2022, the Scopus^® database was searched for psycho-oncology-related publications using predetermined search keywords with specific restrictions. Lotka's law was applied to check the authors' productivity, while Bradford's law was used to assess the core journals in this field. The data was analyzed for different bibliometric indicators in the Biblioshiny package, an RStudio tool for bibliometric

SUBMITTER: Ahmad T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326365 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature