Research on hotspots and frontier trends of medical students' empathy based on CiteSpace visualization analysis software
Lifeng Wei, Yong Li, Libo Liang, Jingjing Liu, Gangyu Zhang, Haonan Jia, Yameng Wang, Huiying Fang, Kexin Jiang, Mingli Jiao
Published 2019-10-01
Cite as Chin J Med Edu, 2019, 39(10): 789-794. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2019.10.014
Abstract
ObjectiveThrough the visual analysis of the medical students' empathy field from 1999 to 2019, the research hotspots and frontier trends in this field are described to provide data support and results reference for China's research in the field.
MethodsBibliometrics was used. Using CiteSpace visual analysis software as a research tool, statistical analysis was carried out on research power, high-impact authors, high-impact journals, high-frequency keywords and mutation words of 1 146 literatures in the field of empathy of medical students retrieved from the core collection of Web of Science on February 25, 2019.
ResultsThe research strength in the field of empathy of medical students was mainly concentrated in the United States, accounting for 45.20%(518/1 146) of the total number of papers published in the past 20 years. The first of high-yield and high-cited authors were Hojat M, published 36 articles and cited 573 times. Acad Med was ranked first in the cited frequency, cited 899 times in 20 years. The high-frequency keywords included empathy, medical student, education, gender and so on. The mutation words included communication-skills, internal-medicine and personal-qualities.
ConclusionsFrom 1999 to 2019, the research hotspots in the field of empathy of medical students cover empathy education, gender differences in empathy. The frontier trends mainly focus on empathy communication skills, empathy of internal medicine students, empathy and personal qualities.
Key words:
Medical students; Empathy; Visual analysis software; Research hotspots; Frontier trend
Contributor Information
Lifeng Wei
Master Degree Candidate, Social Medicine and Public Administration Major, Public Health College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
Yong Li
Academic Affairs Office, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
Libo Liang
Department of Social Medicine, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
Jingjing Liu
Master Degree Candidate, Social Medicine and Public Administration Major, Public Health College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
Gangyu Zhang
Master Degree Candidate, Social Medicine and Public Administration Major, Public Health College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
Haonan Jia
Master Degree Candidate, Social Medicine and Public Administration Major, Public Health College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
Yameng Wang
Master Degree Candidate, Social Medicine and Public Administration Major, Public Health College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
Huiying Fang
Office of the Dean, Qingdao Women and Children Hospital, Qingdao 266000, China
Kexin Jiang
Medical Department, General Hospital of Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation, Harbin 150088, China
Mingli Jiao
Health Policy Research and Hospital Management Center, Public Health College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
