REVIEW article
Front. Glob. Women’s Health
Sec. Maternal Health
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1590412
CiteSpace-based visualization and analysis of hotspots and development trends in childbirth experience research
Provisionally accepted
- 1Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Shanghai Municipality, China
- 2Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, China
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Objective: To explore and analyze the current research status, hotspots, and development trend of labor and delivery experience, to provide a reference for subsequent related research and clinical practice. Methods: We searched the Web of Science database for literature related to labor and delivery experience published between its establishment and December 20, 2024, and conducted bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace software. Results: After screening, 1089 papers were included in the analysis, and the number of annual publications showed a growing trend, reaching its highest in 2024. The United States and Sweden dominated the list. The research hotspots focused on maternal mental health, delivery methods, and quality of Intrapartum care. Conclusion: The field of birth experiences is currently undergoing rapid development, with leading trends including innovations in delivery methods, prenatal care, research in the cognitive neuroscience of childbirth, and a focus on mothers undergoing induced labor and those in low-income areas to optimize the overall birth experience.
Keywords: Maternity, Birth experience, Citespace, knowledge graph, Visual Analytics
Received: 21 Mar 2025; Accepted: 15 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Jie, Yan, Jieling, Hailong, Xiaoting, Mengyuan and Shuying. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Li Shuying, lishuying0919@outlook.com
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