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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Thoracic Oncology
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1490108
This article is part of the Research Topic Mental Health Challenges in Long-term Pharmacotherapy for Patients with Chronic Diseases View all articles
Global research and emerging trends in depression in lung cancer: a bibliometric and visualized study from 2014 to 2024
Provisionally accepted- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
The impact of depression on the physical and psychological well-being of lung cancer patients has raised significant concerns. This study explored lung cancer-related depression research from a bibliometric perspective.Articles and reviews on depression in lung cancer published from 2014 to 2024 in the Web of Science Core Collection were retrieved and identified. The information extracted included "Full Record and Cited References". Bibliometric analysis was conducted using CiteSpace and Excel to examine relevant publications in terms of country, institution, authorship, journal, citations, and keywords.A total of 761 publications on depression in lung cancer were identified for analysis, contributed by 4,667 authors from 305 institutions and 58 countries. The annual publication count has steadily increased, culminating in a peak in 2024. China (275 papers), Harvard University (58 publications), and Joseph A. Greer (25 publications) were the most productive and influential country, institution, and author, respectively. Jennifer S. Temel emerges as a highly influential author, securing the second position in terms of both publication count and citation impact. The journal with the highest number of publications is Supportive care in cancer, while the Journal of Clinical Oncology has
Keywords: lung cancer, Depression, visualization, Bibliometric, Citespace, hotspots
Received: 02 Sep 2024; Accepted: 18 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Lin, Chen, Chen, Lu and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Feng Lu, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
Chune Wang, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
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