Bibliometric Study of tDCS in Depression Research from 2000 to 2025

A bibliometric dataset analyzes publication trends for transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) research in depression from 2000 to 2025. It was created by Dongyu Feng and last updated in May 2026. The data was compiled from systematic searches of Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed, focusing on articles and reviews.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication growth trends for tDCS in depression based on the described annual publication counts.
• Map international collaboration networks based on described contributions by countries and institutions.
• Identify thematic shifts in research focus based on described keyword co-occurrence and burst term analyses.
• Assess the influence of key journals and authors based on described citation and publication venue data.

Strengths

• Data spans a 25-year period (2000-2025), providing longitudinal coverage.
• Aggregates records from three major bibliographic databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed).
• Analysis includes multiple dimensions: publication trends, collaboration networks, keyword co-occurrence, and citation analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect language and publication source bias inherent to the selected databases.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, and PubMed.

Collection Method

Systematic search and deduplication using DOI and title matching, analyzed with Bibliometrix, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace.

Time Range

2000-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 05:28:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with specific mentions of the United States, Germany, and Brazil as central contributors.