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Evolutionary Analysis of International Scientific Output in Occupational Therapy from 1917 to 2020

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  • Maria Cristina Espinosa-Sempere

    (Pathology and Surgery Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain)

  • Virtudes Pérez-Jover

    (Health Psychology Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

  • Jose A. Quesada

    (Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain)

  • Adriana López-Pineda

    (Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain)

  • Concepción Carratalá-Munuera

    (Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain)

Abstract

Published evidence on the progress of occupational therapy research from a broad perspective is limited. The purpose of this study was to analyze the international research productivity on occupational therapy from 1917 to 2020. This was a bibliometric study including articles indexed on MEDLINE, Scopus, and CINAHL. The literature search was conducted in June 2021 using the descriptor “occupational therapy” and the term “Ergotherap*”, and was limited to citable documents. Price’s law and Bradford’s law were applied to analyze a number of bibliometric indicators. Research on occupational therapy had an average annual growth rate of 26.4% and followed an exponential model. The top producing countries were the USA (21.52%) and the UK (6.07%). There is a high transience index of 74.81%. The top producing author was Kielhofner, G. ( n = 132). Studies with the highest reported scientific evidence accounted for 1.13% ( n = 638) of the total number of publications. More randomized controlled trials are necessary to increase the quality of the evidence base. Moreover, a greater collaboration between authors is needed for the professionalization of this research field.

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  • Maria Cristina Espinosa-Sempere & Virtudes Pérez-Jover & Jose A. Quesada & Adriana López-Pineda & Concepción Carratalá-Munuera, 2021. "Evolutionary Analysis of International Scientific Output in Occupational Therapy from 1917 to 2020," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:23:p:12740-:d:693982
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