Bibliometric analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of college students Authors Jianxiang Tian College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China Huilin Yang College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China Linshu Luo 1st Year MBBS Student, College of Public Administration and Law, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China Libo Dai College of Information and Intelligence, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China Junyu Pan College of Public Administration and Law, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.11284 Keywords: Depression, Mental health, Pandemic, COVID-19, Bibliometrics, Anxiety Abstract The current narrative review was planned to summarise research on the effects of coronavirus disease-2019 on the mental health of college students. A total of 1,695 studies from the Web of Science Core Collections database were accessed using VOSviewer software. China and the United States jointly contributed almost half of the overall publications, while the United States and the United Kingdom demonstrated the strongest collaborative network, and the University of Toronto was the research institution with the highest number of publications; 34(2%) papers and 2,330 citations. The current hotspots could be categorised into four areas, with stress, anxiety and depression being the most prominent. Those effects varied based on their academic major, gender, learning status and social support. The findings underscored the immediate need to cultivate international collaboration and interdisciplinary authorship, alongside the implementation of tailored preventive measures. Key Words: Depression, Mental health, Pandemic, COVID-19, Bibliometrics, Anxiety. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2025-01-26 How to Cite Tian, J., Huilin Yang, Linshu Luo, Libo Dai, & Junyu Pan. (2025). Bibliometric analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of college students. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 75(02), 265–268. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.11284 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 75 No. 02 (2025): FEBRUARY Section NARRATIVE REVIEW License Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.