Discrepancy between countries most mentioned in earthquake-related articles and those most affected by major earthquakes since 1965: A bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major earthquakes are commonly visualized using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with bubble maps scaled according to magnitude, depth, or casualty counts. This study investigates the hypothesis that countries most frequently mentioned in earthquake-related academic articles (CMEAs) correspond to those most impacted by significant seismic events.

Methods

Data on 27,100 major earthquakes (magnitude ≥ 5.5) from 1965 to March 2025 were obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Earthquake magnitudes were visualized using GIS bubble maps, and temporal trends were analyzed based on magnitude and year. In parallel, 24,974 earthquake-related articles published between 2015 and 2024 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). Ten key metadat

SUBMITTER: Kao WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12459510 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature