SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2024
Research on music therapy from 2013 to 2022: a bibliometric and visualized study.
Synthesis in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Music therapy for end-of-life care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- A dual-database bibliometric analysis of music-based interventions and pain from 2004 to 2024.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Resveratrol's bibliometric and visual analysis from 2014 to 2023.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Pooled it
- Embedding Music in Care at Mayo Clinic.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2026Article
- Study protocol for PIANo-1: Personalized Investigation of music's effect on Attention in a series of N-of-1 trials.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Music therapy in health care practice: promise, pitfalls, and policy implications.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- Global research trends in music therapy for surgery: a bibliometric analysis (2009-2023).Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Music therapy is a rapidly evolving multidisciplinary field. But there has been no research analyzing the latest research status and development trends in this research field from a macro perspective. We aim to identify hotspots, knowledge base, and frontiers in the field of music therapy through bibliometric analysis. Methods: All data were retrieved from the Web of Science core database from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2022.CiteSpace and Bibliometrix software were employed for bibliometric analysis and visualization analysis. Results: A total of 2,397 articles were included. In the past decade, there has been a consistent increase in the number of publications. The countries and institutions with the largest production in this field are the USA and the University of London. Based on the analysis of the total number of citations, centrality, and production, the results show that the most influential journals are Conclusion: In the past decade, the research focus in music therapy was the effect of music therapy on neurological diseases and the improvement of psychological symptoms such as pain and anxiety. The neurophysiological mechanisms that bring about these therapeutic effects need to be future researched.
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