Analysis of research fronts in medical education based on Web of Science (2024)

doi:10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20240411-00383

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To understand the research fronts, the status of China′s international scientific research cooperation, and the distribution of the Chinese authors with outstanding contributions in the field of medical education. Methods Based on the Web of Science database, with medical education as the theme, CiteSpace and HistCite were used for co-citation cluster analysis and external characteristic analysis of the included literature. Results In 2023, the research fronts of medical education focus on seven themes, including equity of medical education, reform of medical teaching mode in the post-COVID era, entrustable professional activities, professional identity formation, educational technology and anatomy teaching, application of artificial intelligence, and reconstruction of medical education assessment. From 2014 to 2023, Chinese authors published 1 703 papers on medical education, including 465 (27.3%) were papers with international research cooperation, which involved 90 cooperating countries or regions. There was a statistically significant difference in the number of citations per paper between international and non-international collaborative papers, 4.0 (1.0, 10.0) vs. 2.0 (1.0, 2.0), (Z=-6.75, P<0.001). The contribution value of the publications ranges from 1.8 to 6.8, and the contribution value of the citations ranges from 15.4 to 246.9 for Chinese authors with outstanding contributions. Conclusions The application of artificial intelligence and the reconstruction of medical education evaluation become the emerging research fronts of medical education in 2023. The participation of Chinese authors in international scientific research cooperation in medical education is still insufficient, and the comprehensive contribution value of Chinese authors with outstanding contributions needs improvement.

Key words: Education,medical, Research fronts, Bibliometrics, Cluster analysis

CLC Number:

R-05

Wen Deliang, Li Honghe, Song Xinzhi. Analysis of research fronts in medical education based on Web of Science (2024)[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2024, 44(10): 726-732.

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