Table 1.

Top 25 research areas in mindfulness (1966–2015 and 2016–2021)

1966–2015			2016–2021
Research area	Number of publications	%	Research area	Number of publications	%
1. Psychology	2776	50.5	1. Psychology	5044	45.2
2. Psychiatry	1083	19.7	2. Psychiatry	2386	21.4
3. Neurosciences neurology	424	7.7	3. Neurosciences neurology	790	7.1
4. Education educational research	328	5.9	4. Education educational research	677	6.1
5. Integrative complementary medicine	252	4.6	5. Public environmental occupational health	584	5.2
6. Business economics	200	3.6	6. Nursing	499	4.5
7. Nursing	181	3.3	7. Integrative complementary medicine	398	3.6
8. Public environmental occupational health	181	3.3	8. Social sciences other topics	390	3.5
9. Religion	180	3.2	9. General internal medicine	389	3.5
10. Social sciences other topics	169	3.1	10. Health care sciences services	382	3.4
11. Substance abuse	153	2.8	11. Business economics	371	3.3
12. Health care sciences services	130	2.4	12. Science technology other topics	262	2.3
13. General internal medicine	123	2.2	13. Rehabilitation	239	2.1
14. Rehabilitation	114	2.0	14. Oncology	219	1.9
15. Social work	103	1.9	15. Family studies	207	1.8
16. Oncology	99	1.8	16. Substance abuse	200	1.8
17. Family studies	93	1.7	17. Environmental sciences ecology	195	1.7
18. Science technology other topics	81	1.5	18. Social work	193	1.7
19. Behavioral sciences	78	1.4	19. Religion	192	1.7
20. Philosophy	59	1.1	20. Behavioral sciences	158	1.4
21. Geriatrics gerontology	53	0.96	21. Geriatrics gerontology	124	1.1
22. Research experimental medicine	53	0.96	22. Research experimental medicine	116	1.0
23. Anesthesiology	50	0.90	23. Pharmacology pharmacy	115	1.0
24. Biomedical social sciences	41	0.74	24. Pediatrics	111	0.99
25. Pediatrics	41	0.74	25. Medical informatics	97	0.86