Frontiers of geriatric mental health research amidst COVID-19 pandemic: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

Geriatric population got prominently affected by COVID-19 pandemic in global context. Compromised immunity, comorbidities, and psychosocial factors have contributed to the physical and mental health of the elderly. The aim of this study was to analyze published literature globally by medical fraternity in the field of geriatric mental health during and post-COVID-19 pandemic. Bibliometric information on literature regarding said topic using specific keywords was searched and collected from the Scopus database. VOSviewer (1.6.18) was applied to conduct bibliometric analysis (BA) and visualization. The study highlighted the most significant journals, authors, co-cited authors, institutions, keywords co-occurrence, and most contributed countries in the area of Geriatric Mental Health research during COVID-19 on the basis of BA of studies taken from the database of Scopus for the past 3 years (2020–first quarter of 2023). To give researchers, decision-makers, and stakeholders a comprehensive view of the field of geriatric mental health-related research at COVID-19, this study employed bibliometric and scientific mapping approaches. Publications on the topic displayed a great deal of support from developed nations, especially the United States, which also produced a lot of publications of high quality.

Keywords

• bibliometric analysis
• covid-19
• elderly
• geriatrics
• mental health