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Abstract
BackgroundThough social sciences are expectedly instrumental in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR), their research on AMR has been historically lacking.ObjectivesThis study aims to understand the current academic literature on AMR within the social science field by investigating international contributions, emerging topics, influential articles, and prominent outlets, to identify research gaps and future directions.MethodsBibliometric data of 787 peer-reviewed journal articles published in the period of 2010 to 2019 were extracted from the Social Science Citation Index in the Web of Science database. Bibliographic networks of the extracted articles were examined.ResultsSocial science research on AMR has grown rapidly in the past 5 years. While western developed countries contributed the most to the field in the past decade, research within developing regions such as Asia and Africa have increased in the last 2 years. Social sciences have been contributing to AMR research in several different domains from surveillance and risk assessment of AMR, to promotions of appropriate use of antimicrobials in primary care and clinical settings. Though the idea of one health has been incorporated into research on AMR within the medical and microbial science fields, it has not been well recognized by social sciences.ConclusionSocial science research on AMR is a new, while rapidly developing, research area that requires continued and intense global efforts from an interdisciplinary and one health approach. Research on social issues surrounding AMR transmissions between human, animal, and environments should be emphasized in the future.
Highlights
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms develop resistance to antimicrobial medications such as antivirals and antibiotics
A quadric function fitted the growing patter well and it is expected that the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) social science research will continue to grow in this new decade
The findings indicate that high income countries were leading the AMR social science research, and there is a lack of research in less developed countries
Summary
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms develop resistance to antimicrobial medications such as antivirals and antibiotics. In the past AMR research has focused on direct public consumption of antimicrobial drugs, drugs use in livestock are an increasingly concerning issue. Antibiotics are an integral part of industrial agriculture to ensure healthy livestock and promotion of growth [8]. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expects that two-third of the future growth of antimicrobial use will be linked to animal production [9]. Human consumption of these animals can lead to resistant microorganism transmission between hosts. This can in turn impact the wider environment through animal and human waste affecting soil and land. Though social sciences are expectedly instrumental in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR), their research on AMR has been historically lacking
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