Mapping the Cost of Illness Publications in Five Decades: A Bibliometric Analysis and Publications Landscape

Autor: Nazife Öztürk
Jazyk: English<br />Turkish
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Uluslararası Ekonomi, İşletme ve Politika Dergisi, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 460-475 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2587-2559
DOI: 10.29216/ueip.1529533
Popis: The study aims to map the "cost-of-illness" publications over five decades, identify research areas and conduct a bibliometric analysis of publications on the cost of illness. Study data was obtained from Web of Science database in April 2024. The basic information such as the number of citations, and yearly distribution of publications was extracted with Microsoft Excel, and the VOSviewer version 1.6.15 software program was used for maps. The publications were published between 1975 and 2024; total 879 publications were published from 2015 to 2024 April. A total of 7601 authors have contributed to advancing the literature on cost of illness. A total of 36369 citations have been cited by authors; 2022 was most cited year with 3032 citations; Boncz I. is the prominent author based on publications and total link strength and Leigh, JP is the most cited author; followed by Sebestyen, A. and Koenig, H.H. The top 10 publications have a total of 5352 citations. There has been significant increase in publications and citations related to the cost of the disease in the last five decades. Understanding the context of these publications is essential for researchers who want to work in this field.
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