Global scientific trends in healthy aging in the early 21st century: A data-driven scientometric and visualized analysis

Ye Zhang; Zhengmin Gu; Yingxin Xu; Miao He; Ben S. Gerber; Zhongqing Wang; Feifan Liu; Cheng Peng

Heliyon (Jan 2024)

Global scientific trends in healthy aging in the early 21st century: A data-driven scientometric and visualized analysis

Ye Zhang,
Zhengmin Gu,
Yingxin Xu,
Miao He,
Ben S. Gerber,
Zhongqing Wang,
Feifan Liu,
Cheng Peng

Affiliations

Ye Zhang: Department of Information Center, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China; College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Zhengmin Gu: Department of Information Center, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Yingxin Xu: Department of Information Center, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China; College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Miao He: Department of Information Center, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Ben S. Gerber: Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Zhongqing Wang: Department of Information Center, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China; Corresponding author. Department of Information Center The First Hospital of China Medical University 155 Nanjingbei Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110001, China.
Feifan Liu: Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA, USA.
Cheng Peng: Department of Ophthalmology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China; Corresponding author. Department of Ophthalmology Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 102 Nanqi Road, Heping District, Shenyang, 110005, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
p. e23405

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Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), healthy aging is the process of developing and maintaining the functional capacity for health in old age. A rapidly growing number of research studies on healthy aging have been conducted worldwide. The purpose of this research work is to explore global scientific landscape of healthy aging research over the last 22 years. Methods: Scientific publications on healthy aging from January 1, 2000 to October 11, 2022 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) on October 11, 2022. A total of 6420 publications were included in the scientometric analysis. VOSviewer (1.6.18) was used to conduct scientometric and visualized analysis. Results: The publication growth rate was 35.68 from 2000 to 2021. The United States of America (USA) led in both productivity and citations. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was prominent in terms of both the highest citation count and the highest average citation count. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) and Evans, Michele K. were the most influential organization and author, respectively. Research hotspots in healthy aging were identified based on the co-occurrence analysis of keywords: (1) physical activity and mental health of older adults; (2) diseases impacting the health and lifespan of older adults; and (3) neuroscience. Our analysis indicates that gut microbiota, loneliness, frailty, mitochondria and resilience were the emerging themes in healthy aging research. Conclusions: The quantity of annual publications on healthy aging has rapidly increased over the past 22 years, especially during 2018–2021. This analysis identified the status, trends, hot topics, and frontiers of healthy aging research. These findings will help researchers quickly understand the global representation of healthy aging research, influence resource dissemination, promote international collaborations, guide policy formulation, and improve health services for older adults.

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ISSN: 2405-8440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
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