Abstract
ObjectiveThe present study aimed to identify and analyze the bibliometric characteristics of the 100 top-cited studies on neuropsychology.MethodsWe searched the Web of Science Core Collection database to collect studies on neuropsychology from inception to 31st December 2019. Two authors independently screened the literature and extracted the data. Statistical analyses were performed using R software.ResultsThe 100 top-cited articles were cited a total of 166,123 times, ranging from 736 to 24,252 times per article. All of the studies were published from 1967 to 2014 in 47 journals. Neuropsychologia had the highest number of articles (n = 17), followed by Neurology (n = 8). The top three most productive countries were the USA (n = 60), England (n = 13), and Canada (n = 8). Eight authors contributed the same number of studies as the first author (n = 2) or corresponding author (n = 2). The most productive institute was the University of California (n = 9), followed by the University of Pennsylvania (n = 4). Of the 100 top-cited publications, 64 were original articles, and 36 were reviews. The top three Web of Science categories were clinical neurology (n = 28), behavioral sciences (n = 19), and psychiatry (n = 11).ConclusionThis study provides insight into the impact of neuropsychology research and may help doctors, researchers, and stakeholders to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of trends and most influential contributions to the field, thus promoting ideas for future investigation.
Highlights
Neuropsychology was recognized as a discipline distinct from applied areas of psychology or neurology in the 1960s (Klove, 1963)
The 100 top-cited articles were cited a total of 166,123 times with a median citation number of 1,661, ranging from 736 to 24,252
Bibliometric analysis has been used to examine various research fields (Shadgan et al, 2010; Ho, 2012; Zhang et al, 2019b), few citation analyses have focused on neurology (Sharma and Lawrence, 2014; Lucena et al, 2019) or psychiatry
Summary
Neuropsychology was recognized as a discipline distinct from applied areas of psychology or neurology in the 1960s (Klove, 1963). Ideas about the connection between behavior and brain function can be traced back to Pythagoras, systematic studies of brain–behavior relationships only began in the 19th century Neuropsychology research encompasses both healthy and disordered states, such as consciousness (Berlucchi and Marzi, 2019), aging (Lu and Lee, 2017; Cohen et al, 2019), memory (Ruchinskas and Cullum, 2018), brain injury. The frequency of citation indicates the relative significance of an article in a particular discipline, and identifying the top-cited studies in a field can help to understand research achievements and guide investigators toward new directions. It can provide insights about the main interests in certain fields, with an emphasis on the journals and authors that have the greatest impact worldwide
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