To identify and via bibliometric analysis visualize the studies conducted in the field of health equity and ethics. Data were obtained from the ''Web of Science Core Collection'' database. VOSviewer (1.6.15) software program was used for performance analysis, scientific mapping and bibliometric analysis. For bibliometric data, the WoS database was searched with the keywords ''Health Equality'' and ''Ethical'' and analyzed with the data of 284 publications. As a result of the analysis, the most used keywords in the Web of Science category are ''Health equity'', ''Ethics'', ''Social Justice'', ''Health Policy'', ''Equity'', ''Global Health''. The journal with the most publications (n=11 publications) is ''British Medical Journal Open''; the most articles (n=52 articles) were published in 2022; the most active institution (n=20 articles) is ''University of California System''; the country with the most publications (n=144 publications) is ''United States''; the largest funding agency (n=35 funding agencies) was the ''United States Department of Health Human Services''; and the author who published the largest number of articles (n=9 articles) was Bernard Pratt. The results of the bibliometric analysis showed that studies on equity and ethics in health have gradually increased in recent years since 2019. It is recommended to focus on the field of nursing on these issues.
Keywords: Bibliometric; ethics; equity; health equality; nursing
Bu çalışmanın amacı, sağlıkta eşitlik ve etik alanında yapılan çalışmaları tespit etmek ve bibliyometrik analiz ile görselleştirmektir. Veriler ''Web of Science Core Collection'' veri tabanından elde edilmiştir. Performans analizi, bilimsel haritalama ve bibliyometrik analiz için VOSviewer (1.6.15) yazılım programı kullanılmıştır. Bibliyometrik veriler için Web of Science veri tabanı ''Health Equity'' ve ''Ethical'' anahtar kelimeleri ile taranmış ve 284 yayının verileri ile analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda WoS kategorisinde en çok kullanılan anahtar kelimeler ''Health equity'', ''Ethics'', ''Social Justice'', ''Health Policy'', ''Equity'', ''Global Health'' olmuştur. En çok yayın yapılan dergi (n=11 yayın) ''British Medical Journal Open''; en çok makale (n=52 makale) 2022 yılında yayımlanmış; en aktif kurum (n=20 makale) ''University of California System''; en çok yayın yapılan ülke (n=144 yayın) ''United States''; en çok fon sağlayan kurum (n=35 fon sağlayan kurum) ''United States Department of Health Human Services''; en çok makale yayımlayan yazar (n=9 makale) Bernard Pratt'tir. Bibliyometrik analiz sonuçları, sağlıkta eşitlik, hemşirelik ve etik alanındaki çalışmaların 2019 yılından bu yana son yıllarda giderek arttığını göstermiştir. Bu konularda hemşirelik alanına odaklanılması önerilmektedir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Bibliyometrik; etik; hakkaniyet; sağlıkta eşitlik; hemşirelik
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