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. 2022 Mar 16;10(3):555.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare10030555.

Healthcare Management: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on the Citations of Research Articles Published between 1967 and 2020

Oana Păduraru  1 , Alina Moroșanu  2 , Călin Ștefan Păduraru  3 , Elena Mihaela Cărăușu  4
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Healthcare Management: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on the Citations of Research Articles Published between 1967 and 2020

Oana Păduraru et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyse the trends manifested in research literature from the field of healthcare management, with emphasis on bibliometric features and different influencing factors. For this, a search was conducted of nine academic databases between January and May 2021. Article features were registered in our database after first applying the validation criteria used for their inclusion. Then, data regarding the publication of the included articles were collected. The analysis focused on trends over time, topic, and journals in which they were published. Moreover, the effect of some factors on the citation of articles was analysed. Our results showed that the 250 analysed articles were published in 139 journals, and many of were by researchers affiliated with universities in the United States. Over time, the publication of analysed articles and their number of citations registered a continuous increase. The most common topics of focus were healthcare management systems and their challenges. In our study, we identified factors that significantly affect citation number, such as number of years since publication, the number of words in the title, and the number of authors of an article. In addition, major gaps were identified, as were new unresolved challenges that can trigger new research ideas.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; health management; healthcare.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Research strategy applied for the selection of articles included in analysis.
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Distribution of published articles in the domain of healthcare management worldwide.
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The number of articles and number of citations according to year.
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