Global research trends and evolving perspectives in presbyopia: A bibliometric analysis (2015–2025)

Abstract

Purpose: To perform a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of global study productivity, collaboration trends, and topic development in the domain of presbyopia over the last ten years. Design: A bibliometric analysis. Materials and Methods: A systematic search was conducted in the Scopus database with the keyword “presbyopia.” Only original research publications published in English were included; review papers, conference abstracts, editorials, letters, and proceeding papers were excluded. We checked the accuracy and significance of records by manually by looking at the titles, abstracts, and keywords. We used VOSviewer (version 1.6.20) to see and map bibliometric networks, such as trends in publications, co-authorship, keyword co-occurrence, and citation analysis. Results: There were 778 publications found, 687 of which were original articles and 91 of which were review papers published between 2015 and 2025 after screening we took 199 in this study. The trend in publications shows constant rise, with the most in 2024. The United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom were the biggest donors. Ayaki Masahiko, Bradley Arthur, and Negishi Kazuno wrote the most, whereas Kaufman Paul L. and Davies Leon Nicholas had the largest impact on citations. The most common keywords were ”presbyopia” (178 times) and ”accommodation” (155 times) out of 1,951. The Clinical and Experimental Optometry magazine became the most important source because it has the most articles and citations. Conclusion: There has been significantly more study on presbyopia, which shows that more people around the world are interested in age-related vision loss, new ways to fix it, and ways to help people recover their vision. This analysis discusses the principal factors, developing research issues, and developing trends in presbyopia, providing significant insights for clinicians and researchers in optometry and visual science.