Publication trends related to schizophrenia, mental health, and depression during COVID-19

The aim of this article is to analyze publication trends related to schizophrenia, mental health, and depression during COVID-19 in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry. In 2020, 576 articles were identified using bibliometric analysis from scopus.com. According to the results, India had the most articles on schizophrenia, mental health, and depression, followed by China, Australia, Bangladesh, and Japan, during COVID-19. Meanwhile, the most frequently used keywords were schizophrenia (n = 39), COVID-19 (n = 35), mental health (n = 23), depression (n = 22), and adolescents (n = 12). These represent the trend of publications related to the topics discussed in 2020. Moreover, alternative research themes such as life quality, obsessive-compulsive disorder, metabolic syndrome, prevalence, and mental illness can be used in the future.