Kar Sujita Kumar, Tripathi Adarsh, Jeswani Pritanshi, Patel Vikrant
Dept. of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dept. of Clinical Psychology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2025 Aug 15:02537176251364384. doi: 10.1177/02537176251364384.
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive technique of neuromodulation used in the treatment of various psychiatric and neurological conditions. This bibliometric analysis aimed to comprehensively capture the trends in tDCS research with India as the affiliation country.
A bibliometric analysis was conducted. Data for studies conducted on tDCS in India were extracted using Scopus from January 1, 2011, to March 27, 2025. Articles were analyzed for publication count, citation trends, institutional affiliations, contributing authors, and the journals in which they were published.
The findings indicate a growing number of studies being published on tDCS in India. The maximum number of articles was original research studies, followed by review articles. The Asian Journal of Psychiatry and the Indian Journal of Psychiatry were the leading journals that published articles on tDCS. NIMHANS (Bangalore), AIIMS (Delhi), and King George's Medical University (KGMU) (Lucknow) were the institutes with the highest number of publications on the subject matter.
There is a rise in tDCS research; however, a discrepancy exists between the number of articles being published in various parts of the country. An inter-institutional collaboration is suggested to promote further research and provide a comprehensive understanding of the clinical applicability and standardized procedures for tDCS administration in various psychiatric and neurological conditions.
经颅直流电刺激（tDCS）是一种用于治疗各种精神和神经疾病的非侵入性神经调节技术。本文献计量分析旨在全面了解以印度为所属国的tDCS研究趋势。
进行了文献计量分析。使用Scopus提取了2011年1月1日至2025年3月27日在印度开展的关于tDCS的研究数据。对文章的发表数量、被引趋势、机构隶属关系、主要作者以及发表这些文章的期刊进行了分析。
研究结果表明，印度发表的关于tDCS的研究数量不断增加。文章数量最多的是原创研究，其次是综述文章。《亚洲精神病学杂志》和《印度精神病学杂志》是发表tDCS相关文章的主要期刊。印度国家精神卫生和神经科学研究所（班加罗尔）、全印度医学科学研究所（德里）和乔治国王医学院（勒克瑙）是该主题发表文章数量最多的机构。
tDCS研究呈上升趋势；然而，该国不同地区发表的文章数量存在差异。建议开展机构间合作，以促进进一步研究，并全面了解tDCS在各种精神和神经疾病中的临床适用性及标准化操作程序。
