This study was conducted using the bibliometric analysis method to investigate general trends in studies on individualized developmental care practices in neonatal intensive care units, to reveal the current state of global research, and to identify unexplored areas and various variables. The research includes publications from 1990 to 2024 that investigate the concepts of "premature" and "individualized developmental care."The data were collected on December 22, 2024, using the Web of Science (WoS) database. The search keywords were “premature”, “developmental care”, “individualized care”, “neonatal nursing” and “nursing care”. Data analysis was performed using the “biblioshiny” interface, a web application of the Bibliometrix R package, along with RStudio software. The keyword search identified 715 studies by 3,157 authors. More than half of the articles (n = 375) were published after 2017. It was found that Als et al. conducted the largest number of studies and The Journals Advances in Neonatal Care and Early Human Development (n = 35) published the most articles on the topic. Since 2022, the use of the concept of “neurodevelopmental outcomes” in publications has increased. The most frequently used keywords were “premature infants” and “developmental care” and the majority of studies on the subject were conducted in the United States.
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