The Journal of Nursing Regulation at Age 6: A Bibliographic Analysis

Thirty-Five Years of Knowledge in Transcultural Nursing: A Bibliometric Analysis of Journal of Transcultural Nursing

INTRODUCTION

This bibliometric analysis aims to examine articles published in Journal of Transcultural Nursing (JTCN), between 1989 and 2024.

METHOD

This study analyzed 1,675 JTCN publications from 1989 to 2024 using Scopus as a data source. Performance analysis and scientific mapping techniques were used for bibliometric metadology. Analyses were performed with VOSviewer and Bibliometrix software.

RESULTS

In total, 1,675 articles were included in the study. The most prolific authors are Leininger, M., Boyle, J.S., Pacquiao, D.F., and Zoucha, R. The leading countries in terms of number of publications are the United States, Canada, and Australia. According to the co-occurrence analysis, six research themes emerged. In addition, it was determined that "nursing care," "COVID-19," "social determinants of health," "health equity," and "refugees" were trending topics.

DISCUSSION

Our findings can provide nurses and academicians with ideas on the subject by identifying trending topics and leading researchers in JTCN.

How does nursing research differ internationally? A bibliometric analysis of six countries

BACKGROUND

International nursing research comparisons can give a new perspective on a nation's output by identifying strengths and weaknesses.

AIM

This article compares strengths in nursing research between six mainly English-speaking nations (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States).

METHODS

Journal authorship (percentage of first authorship by nationality) and article keywords were compared for Scopus-indexed journal articles 2008-2018. Three natural language processing strategies were assessed for identifying statistically significant international differences in the use of keywords or phrases.

RESULTS

Journal author nationality was not a good indicator of international differences in research specialisms, but keyword and phrase differences were more promising especially if both are used. For this, the part of speech tagging and lemmatisation text processing strategies were helpful but not named entity recognition. The results highlight aspects of nursing research that were absent in some countries, such as papers about nursing administration and management.

CONCLUSION

Researchers outside the United States should consider the importance of researching specific patient groups, diseases, treatments, skills, research methods and social perspectives for unresearched gaps with national relevance. From a methods perspective, keyword and phrase differences are useful to reveal international differences in nursing research topics.