目的:分析产后抑郁的研究分布、主题分布、刊登期刊、发文机构、引用率等,为今后研究者的研究方向提供参考依据.方法:检索2003-2012年Web of Science数据库收录的有关产后抑郁的文献,采用标题检索的方法,检索词为“depress*”和“postpartum OR postnatal OR post partum OR post natal OR maternal OR paternal”.结果:共检索到1391篇产后抑郁的文献,文献数呈逐年递增趋势;研究领域主要集中在精神病学和心理学.10个最受欢迎的杂志中,6个杂志来自美国,最受欢迎的杂志是Journal of Affective Disorders.美国的研究机构发表的文献数量最多;中国共发表文献40篇,排名第7.产后抑郁的研究在国内外已形成核心研究团队.2003-2007年间和2008-2012年间,引用率最高的10篇文献分别集中在关于母亲抑郁的危险因素和对孩子的不良影响的研究、母亲抑郁的基因和生物分子学因素的研究.结论:对产后抑郁的重视度在不断提高,对抑郁的生物分子因素分析以及父亲抑郁和以家庭为单位的整体预防或干预措施是今后研究的方向.
Bibliometric analysis of papers on postpartum depression subject indexed in Web of Science during 2003-2012
Objective:To investigate the research distribution,theme distribution,published journals,publishing organizations,citing rate of papers on postpartum depression (PPD) subject.Methods:Papers on postpartum depression were retrieved in Web of Science from 2003-2012 by using title words "depress * " and "postpartum OR postnatal OR post partum OR post natal OR maternal OR paternal".Results:Totally 1391 papers were retrieved.The number of publications on PPD gradually increased over the past 10 years.The subject area was centered in psychiatry and psychology.Of the top 10 journals,six journals were from USA,and the Journal of Affective Disorders seemed to be the most popular journal.The largest number of papers were published by the American research institutions.There were 40 papers on PPD published from China.Study of postpartum depression had formed the core research team around the world.From 2003-2007 and 2008-2012,the top 10 highly-cited papers were mostly focused on risk factors,negative effects on offspring of maternal PPD,and gene and biomolecular science study of matemal PPD,respectively.Conclusion:It suggests that PPD subject is being highly emphasized around the world.More researches focused on gene and biomolecular science analysis,patemal PPD and interventions based on family unit should be conducted.