Purpose

The purpose of the study is to explore the bibliometric features of scientific publications in the area of domestic violence (an important global social problem) for the period 2011–2020; thus, enabling the scientific community to understand the research progress on the topic.

Design/methodology/approach

The data of the scientific publications were retrieved from the Scopus database. The keyword “Domestic Violence” was applied as a topic term to search articles published during the study period. The statistical analysis was conducted by using the RStudio and VOSviewer tools along with MS Excel.

Findings

A total of 11,899 scientific works were published during the study period. The annual percentage growth of publication in the area of domestic violence in the study period is 74.97%. The majority of the papers (74.72%) were published as journal articles. USA and UK have the highest numbers of scientific publications and citations. Together they account for more than half of the publications (58.38%) and citations (67 per pub). However, the highest average citation per publication has been recorded by Switzerland (34 per pub). Feder G. (UK) is the most cited author, and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence (Sage publications) has the highest number of publications, citations and source title impact ratio in the domain of domestic violence.

Practical implications

One can find numerous bibliometric studies in the domain of natural science, but not many studies have been conducted in the field of social sciences. In this light, the scientific community can gain from the bibliometric information regarding the scientific publications in the area of domestic violence, which is one of the dominant areas of study in social sciences.

Originality/value

The study will provide significant information on the trends of academic publications in the study area. It is one of the most comprehensive studies on domestic violence, which will aid the potential researchers in identifying the most prominent contributions, county-wise research distribution, author and journal productivity and other related indicators. The findings of the study will be also helpful to library authorities in reviewing and updating collection development policy.

中文翻译：

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评估全球家庭暴力研究生产力：文献计量可视化分析

目的

该研究的目的是探索 2011-2020 年期间家庭暴力（一个重要的全球社会问题）领域科学出版物的文献计量特征；因此，使科学界能够了解该主题的研究进展。

设计/方法/途径

科学出版物的数据是从 Scopus 数据库中检索的。关键字“家庭暴力”被用作主题词来搜索研究期间发表的文章。使用 RStudio 和 VOSviewer 工具以及 MS Excel 进行统计分析。

发现

研究期间共发表科学著作11899篇。研究期内家庭暴力领域的出版物年增长率为74.97%。大多数论文 (74.72%) 以期刊文章的形式发表。美国和英国的科学出版物和引用次数最多。它们合计占出版物 (58.38%) 和引用次数（每个酒吧 67 次）的一半以上。然而，瑞士记录了每份出版物的最高平均引用次数（每家酒吧 34 次）。Feder G.（英国）是被引用次数最多的作者，Journal of Interpersonal Violence（Sage 出版物）在家庭暴力领域的出版物数量、引用次数和来源标题影响比最高。

实际影响

人们可以在自然科学领域找到大量的文献计量学研究，但在社会科学领域进行的研究并不多。有鉴于此，科学界可以从有关家庭暴力领域科学出版物的文献计量信息中获益，家庭暴力是社会科学研究的主要研究领域之一。

原创性/价值

该研究将提供有关研究领域学术出版物趋势的重要信息。这是关于家庭暴力的最全面的研究之一，它将帮助潜在的研究人员确定最突出的贡献、县级研究分布、作者和期刊生产力以及其他相关指标。该研究的结果也将有助于图书馆当局审查和更新馆藏发展政策。