Trends in high‐impact papers in nursing research published from 2008 to 2018: A web of science‐based bibliometric analysis

作者：Ruifang Zhu, Ya Ping Wang, Rui Wu, Xin Meng, Shifan Han, Zhiguang Duan · 发表于：Journal of Nursing Management · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1111/jonm.13038 · 被引用次数：32 · 研究领域：scientometrics and bibliometrics research、Health Sciences Research and Education、Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

OBJECTIVE: To assess the overall trends in the development and citation impact of high-impact papers in nursing research worldwide to gain insight into the focus areas of nursing research. BACKGROUND: Bibliometric method is proved to be effective in analysing the papers' characteristics, and it gained considerable interest from the scientific community in recent years. An analysis of the characteristics and intrinsic patterns of high-impact papers in nursing research will provide an objective reflection of the research hot spots. Nursing managers can pointedly increase funding amount and strengthen research cooperation in order to put the scientific results into management practice. METHODS: Bibliometric methods and visualization software were used to comprehensively analyse high-impact papers in nursing research in terms of development trends, countries/regions, distribution of subject areas, research institutes, collaborative networks and subject terms. RESULTS: There were 6,886 papers between 2008 and 2018. The number of papers increased from 528 in 2008 to 723 in 2015, and then remained above 600 in 2016 and 2017. These papers were mainly distributed in nursing, oncology, paediatrics, gynaecology, teaching and education, and cardiac and cardiovascular systems and were cited by 128,845 papers that came from 89 Web of Science subject areas. Papers in nursing research accounted for the largest share of these citations. The top five countries in the world in terms of the numb...