Automatic Extraction of Research Themes in Epidemiological Criminology From PubMed Abstracts From 1946 to 2020: Text Mining Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emerging field of epidemiological criminology studies the intersection between public health and justice systems. To increase the value of and reduce waste in research activities in this area, it is important to perform transparent research priority setting considering the needs of research beneficiaries and end users along with a systematic assessment of the existing research activities to address gaps and harness opportunities.

Objective

In this study, we aimed to examine published research outputs in epidemiological criminology to assess gaps between published outputs and current research priorities identified by prison stakeholders.

Methods

A rule-based method was applied to 23,904 PubMed epidemiological criminology abstracts to extract the study de

SUBMITTER: Karystianis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559193 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature