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The Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization Mapping of Research on Maritime Accidents
Summary
This bibliometric analysis of maritime accident research from 2000 to 2022 used VOSviewer to map publication trends, citation networks, and research themes, finding increasing output and identifying collision, grounding, and human error as the dominant research topics in the maritime safety literature.
The purpose of the study was to assess the output of research on maritime accidents and citations from 2000 to 2022 through a bibliometric analysis. Utilizing the visualization and mapping program VOSviewer 1.6.18, the relevant data was extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database and analyzed. The findings indicated important study fields, country contributions, productive journals, as well as the most cited authors’ articles. The primary findings were as follows: The most influential journal was Safety Science. One of the most common topics of study for maritime accidents was the human factor. The most productive country was the People’s Republic of China. The findings of the study can assist researchers in conducting their studies more effectively by providing information about the journals they may use, the authors who contributed to it, current research trends, countries, and keywords.
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