Fatigue During Pregnancy: A Bibliometric Analysis

Objective This study uses a systematic review with bibliometric analysis methods to investigate the characteristics of the most cited research papers in the field of nursing fatigue and pregnancy. Methods In the Web of Science (WoS) database. We used the keywords “fatigue” and “pregnancy” to search...

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Published in:Maternal and child health journal 2023-05, Vol.27 (5), p.766-773
Main Authors: Yang, Chin-Lan, Chang, Ching-Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Databases, Factual
Demographic aspects
Fatigue
Female
Gynecology
Humans
Maternal & child health
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Pediatrics
Physiological aspects
Population Economics
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Public Health
Retrospective Studies
Review Paper
Risk factors
Sociology
Systematic review
United States
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Summary:Objective This study uses a systematic review with bibliometric analysis methods to investigate the characteristics of the most cited research papers in the field of nursing fatigue and pregnancy. Methods In the Web of Science (WoS) database. We used the keywords “fatigue” and “pregnancy” to search for articles published from 2000 to 2020, limited to SSCI and Science Citation Index (SCI) journal-type articles. This study identifies the most cited studies in the WoS database based on PRISMA guidelines (Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses). These studies form the research data, then visualized and analyzed using a retrospective bibliometric analysis and VOSviewer. Results The studies in the dataset were analyzed in 319 different journals in 51 countries between 2000 and 2020. The study was found that the United States (US) was the country with the highest yield. The most frequent keywords were postpartum, depression, sleep, and postpartum depression. Conclusion The research results further laid the foundation of bibliometrics for scholars and identified researchers, scientific journals, countries, and hot topics for fatigue-related pregnancy literature. Journals with high impact factors contain the most cited research and open new horizons for research in the nursing field of pregnancy-related fatigue, thus providing research inspiration for investigators in this field.
ISSN:1092-7875
1573-6628
DOI:10.1007/s10995-023-03609-4