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. 2022 Apr 15;19(8):4837.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084837.

Bibliometric and Density Visualisation Mapping Analysis of Domestic Violence in Australia Research Output 1984-2019

Chloe Charlton  1 , Ravishankar Ram Mani  2 , Sasikala Chinnappan  2 , Ashok Kumar Balaraman  2 , Thangavel Muthusamy  3 , Chitraabaanu Paranjothy  4 , Deepa Suresh  5 , Sunil Krishnan  6 , Kartik Lokhotiya  7 , Gothandam Kodiveri Muthukaliannan  7 , Siddhartha Baxi  8 , Rama Jayaraj  9
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Bibliometric and Density Visualisation Mapping Analysis of Domestic Violence in Australia Research Output 1984-2019

Chloe Charlton et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Domestic violence is highly prevalent in Australia and has serious and complex impacts. This study aimed to analyse research outputs on domestic violence in Australia from the period of 1984 to 2019. Articles relevant to domestic violence in Australia that met specified inclusion criteria were retrieved using the Scopus database. Bibliometric analysis of the output was conducted to examine trends in publications. A trend of an increase in publications relating to domestic violence in Australia over time was identified, with the majority published in institutions located in densely populated capital cities. Significant diversity was found in the subject matter of highly cited articles, reflecting the far-reaching impacts of domestic violence. The increase in social attention to domestic violence over time was reflected in an increase in publications. Future research would benefit from examining trends in the reporting of domestic violence, and analysing the effectiveness of interventions for perpetrators and victims.

Keywords: VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; domestic violence; family violence; intimate partner violence.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no competing interests.

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Figure 1
The number of publications and citations relating to search terms per year, between 1983 (grouped as prior to 2004) and 2018.
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Figure 2
Density visualisation map of search terms encountered in the retrieved publications.
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Figure 3
Density visualisation map of prolific authors encountered in the retrieved publications.
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