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. 2022 Sep;30(6):1892-1902.
doi: 10.1111/jonm.13636. Epub 2022 May 2.

A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 publications in nursing by visual mapping method

Ayşe Çiçek Korkmaz  1 , Serap Altuntaş  1
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A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 publications in nursing by visual mapping method

Ayşe Çiçek Korkmaz et al. J Nurs Manag. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Aim: This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of nursing publications on the COVID-19 between 1 January 2020, and 24 October 2021.

Background: COVID-19 has been a hot research topic that has attracted many researchers from various disciplines. One of the ways to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is to produce knowledge and present it with a holistic approach. Therefore, it is crucial to make bibliometric and content analyses of scientific publications. Scientific data should be evaluated to keep up with the developments in the nursing profession and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Data were collected from the Web of Science database. The sample consisted of 1280 publications that met the inclusion criteria. The data were analysed using descriptive content and bibliometric analysis. The VOSviewer, a mapping and visualization software program, was used for bibliometric analysis.

Results: The United States is one of the countries with the highest number of publications, citations and international cooperation during the pandemic. Of all these publications, 1183 (92.42%) are original articles. The Journal of Nursing Management has the highest number of publications and citations. The publications focus primarily on the topics of COVID-19, pandemic, nursing, coronavirus and nurses. The current topics that the publications address are online education, online learning, practice, nursing student, perceived stress, stress, fear, quality of life and experience to determine the impacts of the pandemic on mental health nursing education.

Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on nursing, and the number of publications is increasing worldwide. In the early days of the pandemic, researchers focused on the topics of coronavirus infections, infection control, global health, health policy and nursing policy. Afterward, they addressed current topics, such as education and the psychological effects of the pandemic.

Implications for nursing management: Our results will help nurse managers identify issues related to COVID-19 that have not been researched yet and have not been adequately explained in their own institutions. They will also help them choose appropriate journals to get their studies published, appropriate countries to cooperate with and access information about the studies on the subject matter. Our results will also help them make evidence-based decisions about mental health and nursing education.

Keywords: COVID-19; VOSviewer; Web of Science; bibliometric analysis; content analysis; nursing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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Distribution of publications by year, type and language
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Geographical distribution of COVID‐19 publications (Note: regions with no colors in the map have no available data)
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Network of most cited authors
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Publications and citation network of journals
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Network of most cited countries
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Network of co‐author (author)
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Network of international cooperation
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Keywords network based on co‐occurrence and word clouds
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