Outdoor air pollution and respiratory health: a bibliometric analysis of publications in peer-reviewed journals (1900 - 2017).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outdoor air pollution is a major threat to global public health that needs responsible participation of researchers at all levels. Assessing research output is an important step in highlighting national and international contribution and collaboration in a certain field. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze globally-published literature in outdoor air pollution - related respiratory health.

Method

Outdoor air pollution documents related to respiratory health were retrieved from Scopus database. The study period was up to 2017. Mapping of author keywords was carried out using VOSviewer 1.6.6.

Results

Search query yielded 3635 documents with an h-index of 137. There was a dramatic increase in the number of publications in the last decade of

SUBMITTER: Sweileh WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984296 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature