The main directions of scientific and practical research on the problem of occupational health maintaining (scientometric analysis data)

Abstract

Introduction. In recent decades, to assess the importance of trends in the development of areas of scientific research, various means of expert assessment have been used using the latest developments in the field of information technology, in particular, computer systems for scientometric analysis. The aim of the study is to analyze the dynamics of the formation of scientific directions in occupational medicine. Materials and methods. A scientometric analysis of materials from publications of the largest domestic scientific and practical event - the Russian National Congress "OCCUPATION and HEALTH" was carried out. For the analysis, materials from three different Congresses were taken: the 1st (2002), the 8th (2009) and the 15th (2019), a total of 968 publications were analyzed. During the study, a quantitative calculation of publications was carried out, grouped by topic, keywords and annotations. The main areas of research on occupational medicine covered in publications were divided into 3 thematic groups, in which several subgroups were additionally identified. Results. As a result, the most significant areas of scientific research and the main interests of Russian scientists were identified. The authors additionally compared the topics of the oral reports of ICOH-2018 participants with scientific publications within the framework of the 15th Russian National Congress "OCCUPATION and HEALTH" 2019. Conclusion. In the course of the comparison, the main thematic areas of oral reports of ICOH-2018 participants, popular questions with the largest number of speeches were identified, and the most significant problems were identified, equally addressed by international and Russian specialists.