Abstract
Healthy living habits (healthy eating, regular physical activity, abstinence from smoking, restrictions on alcohol consumption, and stress management) can help prevent a significant number of diseases. The purpose of this study is to use a bibliometric analysis to analyze the relationships between countries, institutions and authors through lifestyle studies from 2016 to 2020 to find out the latest research trends. This study utilized bibliometric data collected through Scopus including thesis titles, authors, agencies, countries/regions, publication years, and keywords. Data were analyzed using the VOS viewer (Vers. 1.6.13; Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands) and the findings were used to visualize similarity mapping techniques. Publication of lifestyle-related research papers has steadily increased between 2016 and 2020. The country/region most actively conducting such research was the United States, also home to the majority of institutions conducting work in the field. PloS ONE published the most lifestyle-related research under the field of Medicine. Identified keywords were related to risk measures, psychosocial factors, prevention, health promotion, and risk factors. Lifestyle research is a promising field of research worldwide and has great potential to improve human health, the environment, and quality of life. The findings are expected to promote future research and give direction to the advancement of the field of research by comprehensively analyzing and summarizing lifestyle research trends.
Highlights
The purpose of our study is to examine the latest trends in lifestyle-themed studies using bibliometric analysis
We show that the top institutions are consistent with the core countries of the study. These results show that the most productive countries and institutions are leading the trend in lifestyle research and have cooperative relationships
This study uses bibliometric quantitative analysis and visualization network maps of data extracted from Scopus to show the research status, trends, co-country, co-authors, and co-keyword networks of lifestyles
Summary
The rate of older adults (i.e., those aged 65 years and older) is expected to almost double over the 30 years, from 12% to 22% [1]. This phenomenon will increase the rate of chronic diseases, considering that the prevalence of diseases increases with age and that older people are severely affected [2]. Healthy living habits, including normal weight maintenance, smoking cessation, and regular exercise, contribute to reduced physical disability and mortality over time [3]. Such habits could help prevent a significant number of diseases [2]
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