Hsieh Ming-Hsuan, Lin Wei-Chih, Yeh Te-Chun, Liu Chia-Jen, Chen Mingchih, Liu Chih-Kuang
Development and Planning Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Omega (Westport). 2025 Nov;92(1):378-394. doi: 10.1177/00302228231184301. Epub 2023 Jun 16.
Quantitative analysis via bibliometric field analyses is a recent, gradually emerging method. We conducted a bibliometric study to investigate the authors' scientific influence and contributions and evaluate trends and research foci in good death-related literature using the Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection. A total of 1,157 publications were selected for the analysis. There was a significant increase in annual publications per year ( = 0.79). The publication (317, 27.4%) and average citation (29.2) numbers were highest in the USA. Controlling for population number and GDP, the Netherlands had the highest number of articles per million persons (5.89) and US$ 10 GDP (1.02). North American and Western European countries are leaders in the field, but some East Asian countries (Japan and Taiwan) perform well. Current research focuses on patient perspectives of good death and advance care planning among patients, families, and health care providers.
