title: Spirituality, religion, and health: over the last 15 years of field research (1999-2013).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although several studies have examined the contribution of specific countries, journals, and authors in different scientific disciplines, little is known about the contribution of different world countries, journals, and authors to scientific research in the field of "Spirituality, religion, and health" (S/R). The present study aims to analyze the last 15 years of research in the field of spirituality and religiousness (S/R) through a bibliometric analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the Pubmed database, we retrieved all articles related to S/R field for the period 1999-2013. We then estimated the total number of publications, number of articles published per year, articles published per country, journals with most publications in S/R field, most productive authors, and most used keywords.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found a growth of publications in the last years, most from the United States and the United Kingdom and published in the English language. Noteworthy, some developing countries such as India, Brazil, Israel, and Iran are at higher positions in this list. The S/R articles were published in journals embracing all fields of research, including high impact journals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the present study, we took a closer look at the field of "Spirituality, religion, and health," showing that this field of research has been constantly growing and consolidating in the scientific community.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil Brazilian Medical Spiritist Association, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucchetti
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil Brazilian Medical Spiritist Association, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alessandra Lamas Granero
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lucchetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000639:trends; D011643:Publishing / Q000639:trends; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
keywords: bibliometric; religion and medicine; research; spirituality