Scientific research on verbal fluency tests: A bibliometric analysis

Verbal fluency tests are easy and quick to use in neuropsychological assessments. The aim of this study is to explore their relevance through a bibliometric analysis. We performed a search in the Web of Science, involving documents published between 1960 and 2021. We used bibliometric indicators to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of neurolinguistics Jg. 63; S. 101082
Hauptverfasser: Villalobos, Dolores, Povedano-Montero, Javier, Fernández, Santiago, López-Muñoz, Francisco, Pacios, Javier, del Río, David
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Tokyo Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2022
Elsevier Science Ltd
Schlagworte:
Assessment
Bibliometric
Bibliometrics
Bradford's Law of Scatter
Brain
Brain mapping
Citations
Clustering
Comorbidity
Fluency
Implementation
Law
Mapping
Neuroimaging
Neuropsychological assessment
Neuropsychology
Verbal fluency
Visualization
Verbal fluency
Neuropsychology
Bibliometric
Assessment
ISSN:0911-6044, 1873-8052
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Zusammenfassung:Verbal fluency tests are easy and quick to use in neuropsychological assessments. The aim of this study is to explore their relevance through a bibliometric analysis. We performed a search in the Web of Science, involving documents published between 1960 and 2021. We used bibliometric indicators to explore articles distribution, doubling time, and annual growth. We calculated the participation index of the different countries and institutions. Through bibliometric mapping, we explored the co-occurrence networks for the most frequently used terms in verbal fluency research. 1718 articles were found, distributed in two different periods (1960–1995 and 1995 to 2021), the second one containing more than 88% of the documents. Price's law shows an exponential growing. Literature on verbal fluency has grown at a rate of 6,7% per year, doubling its size every 10.7 years. Bradford's law shows a high concentration of articles published in a small core of specialized journals. Finally, the map network visualization shows a change in the most important topic related to verbal fluency during the most recent period analysed. Verbal fluency task has undergone an exponential growth. Its easy application, its sensitivity to different brain dysfunction, the possibility of implementation with neuroimaging studies, and the potential analysis of more complex components (clustering or switching) might have played a key role in its growing interest. •Verbal fluency test is a simple and quick task usually included in neuropsychological assessment.•Verbal fluency test requires activation of multiple cognitive processes.•Verbal Fluency tests is typically used in clinical and research practice.•Research on verbal fluency test has undergone an exponential growth.
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ISSN:0911-6044
1873-8052
DOI:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2022.101082