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Table 5 Sixty most frequent author keywords across the titles of cannabis and cannabinoid publications

From: A bibliometric analysis of the cannabis and cannabinoid research literature

Author keyword

Frequency

%

Cannabis

5171

17.35%

Marijuana

2876

9.65%

Cannabinoids

1998

6.70%

Cannabinoid

1417

4.75%

Cannabidiol

1237

4.15%

THC

604

2.03%

Alcohol

571

1.92%

Schizophrenia

529

1.78%

Cannabis Sativa

486

1.63%

Anandamide

467

1.57%

Synthetic Cannabinoids

448

1.50%

Adolescents

436

1.46%

Cannabinoid Receptors

434

1.46%

Cannabinoid Receptor

419

1.41%

Adolescence

409

1.37%

Psychosis

395

1.33%

Endocannabinoids

383

1.29%

Medical Marijuana

356

1.19%

Tetrahydrocannabinol

350

1.17%

Cannabis Use

348

1.17%

Pain

343

1.15%

Tobacco

327

1.10%

Anxiety

313

1.05%

Endocannabinoid System

311

1.04%

Endocannabinoid

307

1.03%

Substance Use

304

1.02%

Marijuana Use

299

1.00%

Inflammation

292

0.98%

CBD

280

0.94%

CB1 Receptor

275

0.92%

Hemp

275

0.92%

CB1

272

0.91%

Rat

268

0.90%

Depression

256

0.86%

Adolescent

248

0.83%

Cognition

244

0.82%

Addiction

242

0.81%

Medical Cannabis

236

0.79%

Hippocampus

226

0.76%

Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol

223

0.75%

Dependence

214

0.72%

Rimonabant

212

0.71%

Cannabis Use Disorder

211

0.71%

Cocaine

207

0.69%

Epilepsy

191

0.64%

Treatment

191

0.64%

Synthetic Cannabinoid

179

0.60%

Epidemiology

178

0.60%

Multiple Sclerosis

178

0.60%

Legalization

177

0.59%

Neuroprotection

170

0.57%

Dopamine

163

0.55%

Young Adults

160

0.54%

CB2

158

0.53%

Obesity

158

0.53%

Pregnancy

156

0.52%

Memory

150

0.50%

Smoking

149

0.50%

Cancer

144

0.48%

Withdrawal

139

0.47%

  1. The most common author keywords for this subset of publications (n = 29 802). All data was downloaded from Scopus and analyzed in VOSviewer