Application of GoPubMed in bibliometric analysis of literature on stigma / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the status of literature overview and research trend in stigma,so as to provide reference for researchers of stigma.Methods:Using the GoPubMed database on-line analysis software,we searched the stigma articles by making bibliometric analysis of years,country and city distribution,source journals,research topics and the authors.Results:Totally 14 742 related literatures for stigma were collected to get the distribution of the top 20 high frequency words,core authors,core journals and the published countries (regions).They were retrieved with an increasing number year by year,among which the United States ranked the first in countries.The leading country in stigma research was the United States (5350,36％),followed by England (1338,9％),and China ranked the sixth (331,2％).Most of the 20 top journals about stigma research were from the United States and European countries.Conclusion:Further improvements are needed both in the quality and quantity of management in stigma in China.Domestic mental health workers do not pay enough attention to the study of shame,researchers need to study stigma further in patients with chronic disease.