Wu Qingfang, Feng Xiaorong, Shen Chao, Liu Ying, Yang Shiwen, Su Na
Department of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Department of Pharmacy, The First People's Hospital of Shuangliu District, West China (Airport) Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2025 Mar 28;12:1489720. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1489720. eCollection 2025.
This study aimed to systematically review the research on home pharmaceutical care and to identify emerging trends and research hotspots using bibliometric methods.
Publications related to home pharmaceutical care, published from inception to 6 February 2025, were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). The bibliometric tool CiteSpace was employed to analyze various metrics, including the number of publications, contributing countries, institutions, authors, keywords, cited references, and research trends in the field of home pharmaceutical care.
A total of 812 relevant articles were retrieved from the WoSCC. The most prolific contributors were Hughes CM, Nishtala, PS, and Lapane KL. The United States emerged as the leading country in the field, with Queen's University Belfast identified as the most productive institution. The keyword with the highest frequency was "pharmaceutical care." The research hotspots in this field were centered around "polypharmacy," "medication reconciliation," and "drug-related problems."
This study utilized CiteSpace to analyze research trends and hotspots in the field of home pharmaceutical care. The findings suggest that "polypharmacy" and "care homes" are likely to become focal points of future research. Additionally, the development of research in developing countries lags behind that in developed countries. Therefore, it is crucial for developing countries to learn from the advances made by developed nations in this field, and to foster greater international collaboration and research efforts.
本研究旨在系统回顾家庭药学服务的相关研究，并运用文献计量学方法识别新兴趋势和研究热点。
从科学网核心合集（WoSCC）中提取自起始至2025年2月6日发表的与家庭药学服务相关的出版物。使用文献计量工具CiteSpace分析各种指标，包括出版物数量、贡献国家、机构、作者、关键词、被引参考文献以及家庭药学服务领域的研究趋势。
从WoSCC中总共检索到812篇相关文章。贡献最多的是休斯CM、尼斯塔拉PS和拉帕内KL。美国成为该领域的领先国家，贝尔法斯特女王大学被确定为最具生产力的机构。出现频率最高的关键词是“药学服务”。该领域的研究热点集中在“多重用药”“用药核对”和“药物相关问题”。
本研究利用CiteSpace分析家庭药学服务领域的研究趋势和热点。研究结果表明，“多重用药”和“养老院”可能成为未来研究的重点。此外，发展中国家的研究发展落后于发达国家。因此，发展中国家借鉴发达国家在该领域取得的进展并加强国际合作与研究努力至关重要。
