International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-7802962018062019251925ENDepartment of Knowledge and Information Science, Lorestan University, KhorramabadDepartment of Psychiatry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, IsfahanDepartment of Librarianship and Medical Information Sciences, Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan20180620<p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Background</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Reference citation analysis and reference publication year can help to demonstrate the historical context of a research feld. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the most important historical publications regarding depression prevention. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Methods</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">This was a bibliometric study carried out using reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS) method. Data gathering was carried<br />out using Thomson Reuters Web of Science in the period of 2007&ndash;2016. A total of 17,043 records were retrieved which were uploaded as full record and cited references in plain text format. Then modifed data were analyzed using RPYS.exe software. </span></p><p><strong></strong><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Results</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Distribution of cited references in the area of depression prevention based on publication year revealed nine peaks in the twentieth<br />century in years 1921, 1935, 1944, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1994, 1999, and 2000. Moreover, our analysis showed that some peaks occurred in the 21</span><span class="fontstyle2" style="font-size: 5pt;">st </span><span class="fontstyle2">century in years 2001&ndash;2005.</span></p><p><strong><span class="fontstyle2"> </span></strong><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Researchers have investigated depression prevention with physiological, epidemiological, biological as well as physical approaches. Furthermore, created criteria for measuring depression in different target<br />societies have played an important and vital role in depression prevention.<br /></span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0" style="color: #00652e;"><strong>Keywords</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle3">Bibliometrics, depression, preventive medicine, spectrum analysis</span> <br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /></p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/1925http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/1925/717717750