Bibliometric profile and density visualizing analysis of yoga intervention in type 2 diabetes: a 44-year study on global scientific research output from 1975 to 2019
journal contribution
posted on 2021-07-06, 00:59 authored by Ramya Ramamoorthi, Daniel Gahreman, Timothy Skinner, Simon Moss<p>The aim of the paper is to provide an in-depth evaluation of
the research output of yoga intervention on type 2 diabetes mellitus from 1975
to 2019 using large-scale data analysis, bibliometric indicators, and density
equalizing mapping. Data related to yoga-diabetic research, as search descriptors
were retrieved using the Scopus database. The most common bibliometric
indicators were annual research output, total citations, productive countries
and leading authors, journals and institutions, and frequently cited articles.
The number of global research articles retrieved for yoga-diabetic research
over the study period 1975–2019 was 411. The growth rate of global publications
in 2015–2019 is four times as high as in 1975–2003. The total number of
citations for the retrieved articles was 7189, and the average number of
citations per article was 23.82. Of these journals, the Journal of Alternative
and Complementary Medicine has published the highest number of papers, which
accounts for 2.9% of total publications. This study showed a wide variety of journals
in which yoga-diabetic articles are published; these bibliometric indicators
provide useful information on performance assessment of productivity and
quality of research output. Therefore, this study provides a helpful reference
for endocrinologists, yoga therapists, policy decision-makers, and diabetes
researchers.</p>
