2000~2025年童年不良经历研究动态的文献计量学分析

Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends in Adverse Childhood Experiences from 2000 to 2025

Abstract: Objective: This study aims to conduct a bibliometric and visual analysis of the relevant literature on childhood adverse experiences to better reveal the current situation, hotspots, and future development trends in this field. Method: Based on the data from the Web of Science Core Collection, this study utilized CiteSpace (version 6.2.4R), VOS-viewer (version 1.6.18), and Graphpad (version 8.0.2) software to conduct bibliometric analysis of the results and draw visual maps covering authors, countries, institutions, journals, references, keywords, etc. Result: A total of 3858 articles were included in this study. The number of publications in the related thematic field has shown a rapid increase since 2009 and reached its peak in 2021. The research results show that the United States has the highest number of publications, with a total of 1514. The University of London has the most publications (183). The Journal of Affective Disorders is the journal with the highest number of publications in this field (109). AM J PSYCHIAT is the journal with the highest citation frequency (a total of 2133 times). Arntz Arnoud has 20 publications and is the most productive author. Bernstein DP has a high reputation and influence in this field and is the author with the highest citation frequency (a total of 971 times). Filippo Varese’s article “Childhood adversities increase the risk of psychosis: a meta-analysis of patient-control, prospective- and cross-sectional cohort studies” published in SCHIZOPHRENIA BULL is the article with the highest citation frequency. In the keyword analysis, 611 keywords were found, and “childhood trauma”, “depression”, “posttraumatic-stress-disorder”, “abuse”, and “early-life stress” are the keywords with the highest frequency. The keyword emergence analysis reveals that “gut microbiota”, “interventions”, “opioid use disorder”, and “suicidal ideation” may be future research directions. Conclusion: This study is a visual analysis of the dynamics of childhood adverse experiences research through bibliometrics, obtaining the current situation, research hotspots, and possible future development trends in this field, providing a basis for the next scientific research.