Abstract
With the development and deepening of the process of global integration, global health is gaining increasing attention. An increasing number of studies have examined global health from diverse perspectives to promote the realization of global public health. The purpose of this research is to systematically and comprehensively evaluate the knowledge structure, knowledge domain, and evolution trend in the field of global health research. Based on the 14,692 document data retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection from 1996 to 2019, this article carried out a visual analysis of global health research from the perspective of scientific output characteristics, scientific research cooperation networks, keywords, and highly cited literature. The results show that scholars’ interest in global health research is increasing, especially after the outbreak of SARS. USA, England, Canada, Australia, and China have the most prominent contributions to global health research. Significant authors, high impact journals and core institutions also identified. The study found that “global health governance”, “global health diplomacy”, “medical education”, “global health education” and “antimicrobial resistance” are the research frontiers and hot spots. This study provides an overview and valuable guidance for researchers and related personnel to find the research direction and practice of global health.
Highlights
Globalization has accelerated the spread of health risks, and the health threats of a certain country or region may become a global problem in a short time
Figure shows the details of the scientific output
In the analysis of scientific output, we find that the literature on global health research shows a trend of increasing nominally year by year
Summary
Globalization has accelerated the spread of health risks, and the health threats of a certain country or region may become a global problem in a short time. In a broad context, refers to improving public health worldwide, reducing disparities, and protecting against global threats that do not consider national borders [2]. The new coronavirus epidemic has brought tremendous harm and threat to the health of the global public and exposed many problems in global health governance [5]. In this context, the global experts and scholars’ attention to global health likely will further increase. To promote the deepening of research in global health, it is essential to comprehensively summarize and review the current research results in the field of global health
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