TOXOPLASMOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA PUBLICATION ACTIVITY IN 1991-2023: A WEB OF SCIENCE-BASED BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a complicated mental condition marked by signs of psychosis, often leading to social and occupational decline. Schizophrenia has a complex etiology that is a result of the interplay between environmental factors (such as infectious illnesses) and a person's genetic disposition. Recent epidemiological research indicates that Toxoplasma gondii may cause schizophrenia. T. gondii-related studies in schizophrenia were the focus of this bibliometric analysis study. The Web of Science’s electronic database was used to find T. gondii-related studies in schizophrenia. Co-authorship analyses of countries and keyword co-occurrence analyses were carried out using the VOSviewer software. In this bibliometric study, the research topic of T. gondii-related publications in schizophrenia during the last 33 years has been laid out, with the nations, organizations, authors, journals, main keywords, citations, and the top documents contributing to the basic knowledge structure. The significant increase in yearly publications implies that this research area has acquired importance on a global scale, with the United States having the most articles. The main organizations and researchers working on T. gondii studies on schizophrenia have been identified by this study.  The outcomes give a thorough overview of this study field's terrain.