IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6732: Bibliometric Study of Technology and Occupational Health in Healthcare Sector: A Worldwide Trend to the Future

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6732: Bibliometric Study of Technology and Occupational Health in Healthcare Sector: A Worldwide Trend to the Future International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186732 Authors: Esther Vaquero-Álvarez Antonio Cubero-Atienza Pilar Ruiz-Martínez Manuel Vaquero-Abellán María Dolores Redel Mecías Pilar Aparicio-Martínez Since the eighties, technological tools have modified how people interact in their environment. At the same time, occupational safety and health measures have been widely applied. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work considers that information and communication technologies are the main methods to achieve the goals proposed to improve working life and the dissemination of good practices. The principal objective was to determine the trends of publications focused on these technologies and occupational safety in the healthcare sector during the last 30 years. A bibliometric study was carried out. The 1021 documents showed an increased trend per country, especially for the United States (p < 0.001) and year (p < 0.001). The citations per year showed significant differences between citations of articles published before 2007 (p < 0.001). The year was also linked to the increase or decrease of articles (72.2%) and reviews (14.9%) (p < 0.001). The analysis of journal co-citations also showed that the main journals (such as Inf...
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