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. 2022 Nov 23:13:985866.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.985866. eCollection 2022.

Knowledge mapping of students' mental health status in the COVID-19 pandemic: A bibliometric study

Yang Yang  1 , Qingtai Cao  2 , Mingyi Zhao  1 , Quan Zhuang  2   3   4
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Knowledge mapping of students' mental health status in the COVID-19 pandemic: A bibliometric study

Yang Yang et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the international scientific output on mental health of students during COVID-19 from 2020 to 2022 through a bibliometric analysis and to explore trend and research hotspots in this field.

Methods: We searched the Web of Science Core Collection for publications and used a variety of software to analyze and visualize the data such as R, CiteSpace, VOSviewer and Scimago.

Results: A total of 2,734 publications were retrieved as of June 4, 2022, published by 3,894 institutions from 120 countries/regions. China and the United States lead in the quantity and quality of publications in this field. According to Bradford's Law, 16 journals are considered core journals in the field. Co-cited references indicate the main psychological problems of students under the epidemic revolve around anxiety, poor sleep and financial difficulty. Their behavior might also be influenced by increased internet and alcohol use.

Conclusion: Mental health of students during COVID-19 is attracting increasing attention. It is identified that the research hotspots in this field continue to revolve around emotional anxiety and unhealthy behaviors. Due to the different troubles faced by different groups under COVID-19, further exploration of the relevant factors specific for students are needed, with a hopeful view to providing ideas for intervention measures.

Keywords: COVID-19; bibliometrics; mental health; psychology stress; student.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
The overall distribution of publications. (A) The annual accumulative publications were exhibited by year and discipline. (B) The total number, average cited time and H-index of publications in countries.
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Figure 2
Collaboration visualization between countries/regions or institutions. (A) Collaboration analysis of countries/regions. (B) Collaboration analysis of instructions.
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Figure 3
CiteSpace network visualization map of co-cited authors and their cluster results. (A) The co-cited author analysis. (B) Clusters of co-cited authors.
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Figure 4
Cluster analysis of co-cited references.
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Figure 5
Timeline view of co-cited references related to mental health of students during COVID-19.
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Figure 6
Keyword analysis of the research on mental health of students during COVID-19. (A) CiteSpace network visualization map of co-occurring keywords. (B) Top 10 burst keywords.
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Figure 7
Conceptual analysis of mental health of students during COVID-19. (A) Thematic map of related research. (B) Word map of factorial analysis. (C) Topic dendrogram of factorial.
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