Latest Trends in Suicide Research: a Bibliometric Analysis from SCOPUS Database

Nasar Khan; Sohima  Aznak; Mehwish  Zeeshan

doi:10.56508/mhgcj.v9i1.357

Authors

Nasar Khan University of Buner, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-184X
Sohima Aznak Baharia University, Islamabad, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3761-5983
Mehwish Zeeshan PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2484-2088

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56508/mhgcj.v9i1.357

Keywords:

Mental Health, Suicidality, Research, Trends, Bibliometric, Depression

Abstract

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Introduction: As a public health problem, suicidality is impacting the young generation significantly, considering the statistical prevalence. There are trends in researching suicidality from multiple perspectives.

Purpose: Recent trends in research impact a researcher’s intention to explore an aspect of suicidality. This bibliometric analysis aimed to identify the latest trends in suicide research.

Methodology: A total of 296 results were obtained from the SCOPUS database whereby the search was delimited to 2025, with the aim of identifying the latest trends. Filter was applied, i.e., peer-reviewed articles only. VOS Viewer has been used to extract clusters from CSV files extracted from SCOPUS. Different clusters are discussed and contrasted with peer-reviewed literature.

Results: with 18 clusters, multifaceted dimensions of suicidality were researched in 2025.

Conclusion: depression and childhood experiences are the core focus of researchers on suicidality in 2025 and can be labelled as the most recent focus of researchers. Proteomics and DNA-V have been found in separate clusters, indicating a focus on biological factors contributing to suicidality. Critically ill patients, i.e., cancer survivors, are at increased risk of suicidality which is focused on by researchers recently

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