Here are 9 scientometric and visual analytic reviews of various aspects of mind-body health. Using CiteSpace, each of them depicts thematic trends and concentrations based on tens of thousands of relevant publications.

Note: I will gradually add more detailed comments on the methodology and major findings.

Mind-Body Interventions

Sabé, M., Chen, C., Vancampfort, D. et al. Half a Century of Research for Mind–Body Interventions: A Scientometric Analysis. Mindfulness 16, 1765–1779 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02592-x

Dataset: 16,310 publications (1973-2023)

CiteSpace: 5.8.R3

This study analyzed 50 years of research on mind–body interventions such as mindfulness, yoga, tai-chi, qi-gong, Zen, vipassana, loving-kindness, and transcendental meditation. The aim was to map how the field evolved, identify influential works and research clusters, and reveal emerging trends.

This is more than a study of meditation—it’s a roadmap for using scientometric methods to understand and direct an entire research domain. You could adapt this methodology to:

• Map any discipline’s historical and current research landscape.

• Identify emerging trends and under-researched areas ripe for exploration.

• Find influential works and authors for collaboration or literature grounding.

• Support grant applications and policy proposals with evidence of field maturity and gaps.

Suicide

Greiner, C., Chen, C., Sabé, M., & Prada, P. (2024). Half a century of research on suicide: a scientometric analysis of trends and knowledge maps with insights into recent patterns. Cogent Psychology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2024.2411868

Dataset: 30,625 publications (1990-2024)

CiteSpace: 6.3.R3

This study included Structural Variation Analysis (SVA). The most transformative article, i.e., the one with the most potential in the near future, is “Risk of Suicide Ideation and Attempt Associated With Long COVID” (DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.4063). It highlights neurological consequences of long COVID and increased suicidal behavior risk.

CiteSpace enables identification of evolving themes, such as “preventive strategies,” “depression treatment,” and “healthcare access.”

PTSD

Sabé M., Chen C., El-Hage W., Leroy A., Vaiva G., Monari S., Premand N., Bartolomei J., Caiolo S., Maercker A., Pietrzak R., Cloître M., Kaiser S., Solmi M. Half a Century of Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Scientometric Analysis // Current Neuropharmacology. - 2024. - Vol. 22. - N. 4. - P. 736-748. doi: 10.2174/1570159X22666230927143106

Dataset: 42,170

Neuromodulation Interventions

Michel Sabé, Adi Sulstarova, Chaomei Chen, Joshua Hyde, Emmanuel Poulet, André Aleman, Jonathan Downar, Valerie Brandt, Luc Mallet, Othman Sentissi, Michael A. Nitsche, Marom Bikson, André Russowsky Brunoni, Samuele Cortese, Marco Solmi (2023) A century of research on neuromodulation interventions: A scientometric analysis of trends and knowledge maps, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 152, 105300, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105300.

Dataset: 47,681 publications (1990-2022)

CiteSpace: 6.1.R2

The co-citation references network (1990–2022) shown below highlights clusters obtained with CiteSpace. The two major research trends are delimited with distinct colors, orange for ‘non-invasive brain stimulation’ trend, green for the ‘invasive brain stimulation’ trend. The position of the node (article) corresponds to the year of publication. The size of a node is proportional to the number of times the node has been co-cited. For each cluster, a single color is attributed.

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Michel Sabe, Chaomei Chen, Natacha Perez, Marco Solmi, Armida Mucci, Silvana Galderisi, Gregory P. Strauss, Stefan Kaiser (2023) Thirty years of research on negative symptoms of schizophrenia: A scientometric analysis of hotspots, bursts, and research trends, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Volume 144, 104979, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104979.

Dataset: 27,568 publications (1966-2022)

CiteSpace: 5.8.R2

Here is a video of a link walkthrough process:

Psychedelics

Marco Solmi, Chaomei Chen, Charles Daure, Anne Buot, Michael Ljuslin, Vincent Verroust, Luc Mallet, Yasser Khazaal, Stephane Rothen, Gabriel Thorens, Daniele Zullino, Gabriella Gobbi, Joshua Rosenblat, Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Danilo De Gregorio, David Castle, Michel Sabé (2022) A century of research on psychedelics: A scientometric analysis on trends and knowledge maps of hallucinogens, entactogens, entheogens and dissociative drugs, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 64, Pages 44-60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.09.004

Dataset: 31,687

CiteSpace: 6.1.R3

Physical activity, mental health, and wellbeing

Sabe M, Chen C, Sentissi O, Deenik J, Vancampfort D, Firth J, Smith L, Stubbs B, Rosenbaum S, Schuch FB and Solmi M (2022) Thirty years of research on physical activity, mental health, and wellbeing: A scientometric analysis of hotspots and trends. Front. Public Health 10:943435. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.943435

ADHD

Samuele Cortese, Michel Sabé, Chaomei Chen, Nader Perroud, Marco Solmi (2022) Half a century of research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A scientometric study, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Volume 140, 2022, 104769, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104769

Dataset: 28,381 publications (1980-2022)

CiteSpace: 5.8.R3

Antipsychotics and schizophrenia

Michel Sabe, Toby Pillinger, Stefan Kaiser, Chaomei Chen, Heidi Taipale, Antti Tanskanen, Jari Tiihonen, Stefan Leucht, Christoph U. Correll, Marco Solmi (2022) Half a century of research on antipsychotics and schizophrenia: A scientometric study of hotspots, nodes, bursts, and trends, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Volume 136, 104608, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104608.

Dataset: 32,240 publications (1955-2021)

CiteSpace: 5.8.R3

Acknowledgements

Thank you to all contributors of these studies. In particular, specially thank you Michel Sabé for all your efforts and initiatives.