Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing, China.
China Academic Journals (CD Edition) Electronic Publishing House Co. Ltd, Beijing, China.
Int J Nurs Pract. 2022 Oct;28(5):e13063. doi: 10.1111/ijn.13063. Epub 2022 May 22.
Bibliometric analysis of the nursing literature can provide insights into the current state and dynamics of the nursing profession. This study aimed to assess global nursing-related research activity from 2009 to 2020.
The corpus of nursing papers was harvested from the Web of Science Core Collection database. The bibliometric indicators and VOSviewer mapping of the retrieved papers were presented.
The search found 109,782 papers, and 39.0% of papers reported funded studies. Publication numbers were increasing. The USA was the most prolific country in literature production and international collaboration in nursing studies. International cooperation in nursing research was dominated by developed regions. Among the 20 most cited articles, 75% were published in first quartile journals, and review papers received a higher number of citations than original research articles. Author keyword analysis identified 'quality of life', 'mental health', 'nursing students' education' and 'adolescent' as common nursing focus topics.
The publication trend of nursing papers was positive. However, several problems were associated with nursing research activity, including low research funding, regionally centred research activity and inactivity of developing regions in terms of international collaborations, which need to be addressed by policy makers, nursing managers and scholars.
对护理文献进行计量分析可以深入了解护理专业的现状和动态。本研究旨在评估 2009 年至 2020 年期间全球与护理相关的研究活动。
从 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中提取护理论文的语料库。呈现检索论文的计量指标和 VOSviewer 图谱。
搜索共发现 109782 篇论文，其中 39.0%的论文报告了资助研究。论文数量呈上升趋势。美国在护理研究文献产出和国际合作方面最为活跃。护理研究的国际合作主要由发达地区主导。在被引频次最高的 20 篇文章中，75%发表在第一四分位期刊上，综述论文的被引频次高于原始研究论文。作者关键词分析确定了“生活质量”、“心理健康”、“护理学生教育”和“青少年”等常见的护理重点主题。
护理论文的发表趋势呈积极态势。然而，护理研究活动存在一些问题，包括研究资金不足、研究活动集中在某些地区以及发展中地区在国际合作方面缺乏积极性，这些问题需要政策制定者、护理管理人员和学者加以解决。
