Yoga as a complementary therapy in older adults: A bibliometric analysis based on the Web of Science database

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q3 INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

European Journal of Integrative Medicine Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI:10.1016/j.eujim.2025.102478

Semiha Yenişehir

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Abstract

Introduction

Yoga as a complementary therapy has an important biopsychosocial role in the active and successful ageing of the rapidly growing older population worldwide. The aim of this study is to analyse articles from a bibliometric perspective on yoga in older adults.

Methods

The Web of Science database was searched for the titles of English-language articles including “yoga” and (“geriatric” OR “aging” OR “older” OR “old age”) words. An R-based application (Biblioshiny-R), and VOSviewer software were used to analysis.

Results

A total of 125 English-articles published between 2005 and 2024 were included. The average citation per document was 19.50. The years with the highest number of publications were 2017 and 2022. The most productive research field was “Gerontology”. The most relevant author was Park J. USA was the most productive and most cited country and the most relevant country. “Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine” was the most relevant journal followed by “Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice”. The most frequent author's keyword was “yoga”.

Conclusion

Most relevant countries’ findings about multiple-country publication indicate a significant lack of international collaboration. The number of most cited references should be increased for author network analysis to gain a deeper understanding of this field.

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瑜伽作为老年人的补充疗法：基于Web of Science数据库的文献计量学分析

瑜伽作为一种补充疗法在全球快速增长的老年人口的积极和成功老龄化中具有重要的生物心理社会作用。本研究的目的是从文献计量学的角度分析老年人瑜伽的文章。方法在Web of Science数据库中搜索包含“yoga”和（“geriatric”或“aging”或“older”或“old age”）单词的英文文章标题。使用基于r的应用程序（Biblioshiny-R）和VOSviewer软件进行分析。结果共纳入2005 ~ 2024年间发表的125篇英文论文。平均每篇文献被引用19.50次。发表数量最多的年份是2017年和2022年。研究成果最多的领域是“老年学”。最相关的作者是Park J.美国是生产率最高、被引次数最多的国家，也是最相关的国家。“替代与补充医学杂志”是最相关的杂志，其次是“临床实践中的补充疗法”。最常见的作者关键词是“瑜伽”。大多数相关国家关于多国出版的调查结果表明，国际合作严重缺乏。作者网络分析应增加被引频次最多的文献数量，以加深对这一领域的理解。

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European Journal of Integrative Medicine INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE-

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

4.00%

发文量

102

审稿时长

33 days

期刊介绍： The European Journal of Integrative Medicine (EuJIM) considers manuscripts from a wide range of complementary and integrative health care disciplines, with a particular focus on whole systems approaches, public health, self management and traditional medical systems. The journal strives to connect conventional medicine and evidence based complementary medicine. We encourage submissions reporting research with relevance for integrative clinical practice and interprofessional education. EuJIM aims to be of interest to both conventional and integrative audiences, including healthcare practitioners, researchers, health care organisations, educationalists, and all those who seek objective and critical information on integrative medicine. To achieve this aim EuJIM provides an innovative international and interdisciplinary platform linking researchers and clinicians. The journal focuses primarily on original research articles including systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, other clinical studies, qualitative, observational and epidemiological studies. In addition we welcome short reviews, opinion articles and contributions relating to health services and policy, health economics and psychology.