Delineating the field of medical education: Bibliometric research approach(es).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The field of medical education remains poorly delineated such that there is no broad consensus of articles or journals that comprise 'the field'. This lack of consensus indicates a missed opportunity for researchers to generate insights about the field that could facilitate conducting bibliometric studies and other research designs (e.g., systematic reviews) and also enable individuals to identify themselves as 'medical education researchers'. Other fields have utilised bibliometric field delineation, which is the assigning of articles or journals to a certain field in an effort to define that field.

Process

In this Research Approach, three bibliometric field delineation approaches-information retrieval, core journals, and journal co-citation-are introduced. For e

SUBMITTER: Maggio LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298433 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature