Child abuse is defined as physical and emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, neglect and exploitation that cause actual or potential harm to the child's health, development, or dignity. Bibliometrics analyses works produced in a particular field, period and region. It is used to determine the studies carried out in any field, their development and changes in the process, and possible trends. The Web of Science Core Collection database was preferred due to the vast amount of high-quality and effective scientific articles accepted in academic environments worldwide. The data obtained from the database were extracted and filtered. The Bibliometrix program was used to perform a bibliometric analysis of the data obtained from the database. In our research, 2684 articles were analysed. The first scientific study on child abuse research was entered into the database in 1980. It was used in 786 sources and 2684 documents between 1980 and 2021. Child Abuse & Neglect is the journal with the most publications, representing 15.05 per cent (404/2684) of the total articles. The publication of articles on child abuse in journals started in the 1980s. An increase was observed in the number of articles published in the following years.

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用科学制图法分析儿童虐待情况

虐待儿童的定义是对儿童的健康、发育或尊严造成实际或潜在伤害的身体和情感虐待、性虐待、忽视和剥削。文献计量学分析特定领域、时期和地区产生的作品。它用来确定任何领域所开展的研究、它们的发展和变化过程以及可能的趋势。Web of Science 核心合集数据库因其大量高质量、有效的科学文章被全球学术环境所接受而受到青睐。从数据库中获得的数据被提取和过滤。Bibliometrix 程序用于对从数据库获得的数据进行文献计量分析。我们的研究分析了 2684 篇文章。第一份关于儿童虐待研究的科学研究于 1980 年进入数据库。1980 年至 2021 年间，它被用于 786 个来源和 2684 个文件。《儿童虐待与忽视》是发表论文最多的期刊，占 15.05% (404/2684) ）的文章总数。期刊上发表有关虐待儿童的文章始于 20 世纪 80 年代。接下来几年发表的文章数量有所增加。