Transcendental meditation: A bibliometric retrospection from years 1955-2022

Abstract

This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of extant publications on transcendental meditation through an extensive bibliometric retrospection of the area of transcendental meditation based on a sample of 8776 articles extracted from Dimensions database spanning across the years ranging from 1955 to 2022 and further analysed using VOSviewer. The study analysed 8776 articles published in 3054 journals by 18133 authors from 3505 organisations which were extracted from Dimensions database using VOSviewer software. The research study has identified the most influential journals, authors, institutions, countries, and research papers focusing on the area of transcendental meditation. This study will be of immense help to researchers and practitioners working in the area of meditation and transcendental meditation.