Global research trends of home pharmaceutical care: a bibliometric analysis via CiteSpace.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to systematically review the research on home pharmaceutical care and to identify emerging trends and research hotspots using bibliometric methods.

Methods

Publications related to home pharmaceutical care, published from inception to 6 February 2025, were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). The bibliometric tool CiteSpace was employed to analyze various metrics, including the number of publications, contributing countries, institutions, authors, keywords, cited references, and research trends in the field of home pharmaceutical care.

Results

A total of 812 relevant articles were retrieved from the WoSCC. The most prolific contributors were Hughes CM, Nishtala, PS, and Lapane KL. The United States emerged as the leadin

SUBMITTER: Wu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11985810 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature