Ma Chi, Wang Xuedan, He Xiang, Li Yidan, Yang Mengyu, Qian Qiuxia, Ma Yuxia
Evidence-Based Nursing Center, School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, No. 28 Yanxi Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou 730011, Gansu Province, China.
The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, No. 199 Donggang West Road, Donggang District, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China.
Transl Behav Med. 2025 Jan 16;15(1). doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibaf037.
In recent years, the concept of adaptive interventions (AIs) has attracted the attention of researchers in the medical field. Our study aimed to visualize the publications to determine the hotspots and frontiers in research on AIs and provide guidance and reference for further study.
We searched the Web of Science Core Collection up to December 2024, and only articles and review articles about AIs were included. The countries of origin, authors, co-citation references, hotspots, and frontier were analyzed by VOSviewer V.1.6.20, CiteSpace V.5.7.R5, and Scimago Graphica.
A total of 429 publications were identified, including 399 original studies and 30 reviews. The number of studies has proliferated since 2016. The United States, especially the University of Michigan, made significant contributions to this field. There was a closer collaboration among author teams and more frequent AIs research development and collaboration in Europe, the United States, and Australia. Just-in-time adaptive interventions are the predominant intervention design of concern at this stage, with addictive behavior and mental health as the main fields of research in medicine. AIs utilizing mobile health, combining ecological momentary assessment tools, may represent an emerging trend in future research.
Researchers' understanding of AIs has improved dramatically over the past 20 years. At present, the emphasis of research on AIs is gradually transitioning from initial theoretical development to practical application and effectiveness evaluation, and we look forward to seeing it applied in more areas.
近年来，适应性干预（AIs）的概念引起了医学领域研究人员的关注。我们的研究旨在可视化相关出版物，以确定适应性干预研究的热点和前沿，并为进一步研究提供指导和参考。
我们检索了截至2024年12月的Web of Science核心合集，仅纳入了关于适应性干预的文章和综述文章。通过VOSviewer V.1.6.20、CiteSpace V.5.7.R5和Scimago Graphica分析了文献的来源国家、作者、共被引参考文献、热点和前沿。
共识别出429篇出版物，其中包括399项原创研究和30篇综述。自2016年以来，研究数量不断增加。美国，尤其是密歇根大学，对该领域做出了重大贡献。欧洲、美国和澳大利亚的作者团队之间合作更为紧密，适应性干预研究的发展和合作也更为频繁。即时适应性干预是现阶段主要关注的干预设计，成瘾行为和心理健康是医学领域的主要研究方向。利用移动健康并结合生态瞬时评估工具的适应性干预可能代表了未来研究的一个新兴趋势。
在过去20年里，研究人员对适应性干预的理解有了显著提高。目前，适应性干预研究的重点正逐渐从最初的理论发展转向实际应用和效果评估，我们期待看到它在更多领域得到应用。
