Global Long-Term Care Research: A Scientometric Review

Since the early 1960s, long-term care (LTC) has attracted a broad range of attention from public health practitioners and researchers worldwide and produced a large volume of literature. We conducted a comprehensive scientometric review based on 14,019 LTC articles retrieved from the Web of Science...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2019-06, Vol.16 (12), p.2077
Main Authors: Fu, Liping, Sun, Zhaohui, He, Lanping, Liu, Feng, Jing, Xiaoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bibliometrics
Biomedical Research - statistics & numerical data
Biomedical Research - trends
Citation analysis
Citation indexes
Cocitation
Collaboration
Data collection
Demographics
Developing countries
Europe
Female
Forecasting
Geriatrics
Gerontology
Global Health - statistics & numerical data
Health services
Health status
Humans
Industrialized nations
Infectious diseases
Keywords
LDCs
Long term health care
Long-term care
Long-Term Care - organization & administration
Male
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nursing
Occupational health
Older people
Psychiatry
Public health
Research Design - statistics & numerical data
Research Design - trends
Researchers
Review
Scientometrics
Studies
Systematic review
Trends
Workforce
World population
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Summary:Since the early 1960s, long-term care (LTC) has attracted a broad range of attention from public health practitioners and researchers worldwide and produced a large volume of literature. We conducted a comprehensive scientometric review based on 14,019 LTC articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database from 1963 to 2018, to explore the status and trends of global LTC research. Using CiteSpace software, we conducted collaboration analysis, document co-citation analysis, and keyword co-occurrence analysis. The results showed a rapid increase in annual LTC publications, while the annual citation counts exhibited an inverted U-shaped relationship with years. The most productive LTC research institutions and authors are located primarily in North American and European countries. A simultaneous analysis of both references and keywords revealed that common LTC hot topics include dementia care, quality of care, prevalence and risk factors, mortality, and randomized controlled trial. In addition, LTC research trends have shifted from the demand side to the supply side, and from basic studies to practical applications. The new research frontiers are frailty in elderly people and dementia care. This study provides an in-depth understanding of the current state, popular themes, trends, and future directions of LTC research worldwide.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph16122077