Bibliometric and visual analysis of Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation
- VernacularTitle:Theta爆发式经颅磁刺激的文献计量学和可视化分析
- Author:
Wenyan GAO
1
;
Zhaoyan ZHENG
;
Shang PAN
;
Peipei WANG
;
Chunhui JI
;
Shaoping LYU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation; bibliometrics; CiteSpace; visual analysis; plasticity; long-term potentiation; long-term depression
- From: Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2025;29(20):4389-4400
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: BACKGROUND:Compared with conventional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation,Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation(TBS)has attracted extensive attention from scholars in various fields due to its advantages of short stimulation time,high efficiency,good safety and long-lasting effect,and the research popularity continues to rise.OBJECTIVE:Through the visual bibliometrics analysis of international TBS research in the past 20 years,to sort out the development context of TBS research,summarize the research status,reveal research hotspots and development trends,and provide reference for subsequent research.METHODS:Relevant studies on TBS from January 2005 to June 2024 were searched in the Web of Science Core Collection database.CiteSpace software was used to perform annual publication volume analysis,co-occurrence analysis of countries,institutions and authors,and co-citation analysis of references,journals and authors,keywords co-occurrence,clustering,time evolution and emergence analysis,and so on,and draw the visual knowledge map.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)After screening,a total of 1914 papers were included in the study,and the amount of TBS research has shown an overall increasing trend over the past 20 years,and it is expected to continue to be a hot topic of research in the future.(2)The top three countries in terms of number of publications are the United States,China and Italy,and the top three institutions are the University of Toronto,the University of London and Harvard Medical School.Pascual-leone Alvaro from Harvard Medical School has the most research achievements,and HUANG YZ from Chang Gung University has the most citations.NEURON is the most influential core journal.(3)Analyses of high-frequency keywords,highly cited references and clustering topics showed that the research hotspots of TBS in the past 20 years mainly focus on the mechanism of TBS on synaptic plasticity and neurophysiological activity,the effect of TBS on stimulating targets in different brain regions(including the motor cortex,dorsolateral prefrontal cortex,anterior cingulate cortex and cerebellum,etc.),and the therapeutic effect of TBS on neurological and psychiatric diseases(including depression,Parkinson's disease movement disorder,post-stroke movement disorder and cognitive impairment,and Alzheimer's disease memory disorders).(4)Keyword burst,literature emergence and keyword temporal evolution analyses showed that"major depression,application guidelines,rating scale,efficacy,disorder,refractory depression,meta-analysis,etc."are not only current research hotspots,but also future research trends.(5)In the future,TBS research should strengthen the regional cooperation of core authors and institutions,explore the clinical application in the treatment of refractory diseases,and realize the precision,personalization and optimization of TBS application by combining cutting-edge technologies and optimizing stimulus parameters,so as to solve more clinical problems.
