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Comparing Bibliometric Analysis Using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Databases
Published on: October 24, 2019
General, Conceptual, and Social Structure of Environmental Health Literacy Studies: Bibliometric Analysis
İlgün Özen Çınar1, Edanur Özkaya Bozkurt1
1Department of Public Health Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Pamukkale University, Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey.
Aim:
This study aimed to conduct a bibliometric analysis and scientific mapping of publications on environmental health literacy.
Methods:
The Web of Science and Scopus databases were searched using the following keywords: "environmental health literacy" or "environmental health litera*" or "environmental and health literacy." A total of 149 articles published from 1993 to July 2024 were identified and analyzed. The bibliometrix package of the R programming language was used to analyze the metrics and conduct scientific mapping.
Results:
The annual growth rate of environmental health literacy research was 5.95%. Environmental health literacy was associated with main themes such as environmental health, risk communication, public health, health education, and communication. In research trends, the tendency towards the terms "environmental health literacy" in 2022, "urban area," "reproductive health," and "pollutant" from 2024 onwards was more evident.
Conclusion:
Environmental health literacy is an important developing interdisciplinary topic.
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