Yoga Therapy for Non-Communicable Diseases: A Bibliometric Analysis of Published Research Studies from 1995 to 2024

Abstract Bibliometric analysis is a widely used technique for analyzing large quantities of academic literature and evaluating its impact in a particular academic field. This paper used bibliometric analysis to analyze the academic research on yoga therapy for non-communicable diseases from 1995 to 2024. This study used SCOPUS to find related publications on yoga therapy for non-communicable diseases. “Yoga Therapy”, “Therapeutic Yoga”, “Pranayama”, “Yoga”, “NCDs”, “Non-Communicable Diseases”, and keywords related to various Non-Communicable Diseases were used for gathering the relevant articles. 2313 publications in total were selected for this research. In this study, four different bibliometric parameters, performance analysis, trend analysis, citation analysis, and network analysis, were used to evaluate the performance of these articles. According to this analysis, the three countries with the highest number of publications and citations regarding Yoga Therapy for Non-Communicable Diseases are the USA, India, and Canada. The three most significant researchers in this field are Nagendra, H.R., Cohen L. and Nagarathna, R. 'Yoga,' 'cancer,' 'breast cancer,' and ‘quality of life,' and 'exercise are the three most frequently used keywords. A further finding of the study indicates that the popular topics for Yoga Therapy for Non-Communicable Diseases are mind-body therapy, COVID-19, and Psycho-oncology. This research provides insight into the origins, current status, and future direction of Yoga Therapy for Non-Communicable Diseases research.