MAPPING OF LABORATORY SAFETY RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW

Khairul Hafezad Abdullah; Fadzli Shah  Abd Aziz

doi:10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.1/art.864

Khairul Hafezad Abdullah School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
Fadzli Shah Abd Aziz School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.1/art.864

Keywords: Bibliometrics, laboratory safety, publication trends, Scopus database

Abstract

Laboratory safety has become a priority for the reduction of occupational health risks among public health workers in developed countries. Analysing this scientific domain’s evolution and creation is essential. This review discusses the bibliometric data of scholarly research performed in laboratory safety in seven decades (1949 to 2020). The review uses the Scopus database and a wide variety of bibliometric metrics, that include publications, citations, and publishing patterns. A graphical visualisation of bibliographic details using the VOSviewer software is also presented. Results show that the number of studies covering this subject has fluctuated with the highest number of publications was 47 in 2016. Often, by reviewing publications and research areas, it can be construed that laboratory safety research is diverse. The bibliometric review conducted offers a rigorous and thorough view of laboratory safety research that may be beneficial to occupational safety and health practitioners and researchers keen in the pursuit of enhancing or discovering new knowledge in this field.

Author Biography

Fadzli Shah Abd Aziz, School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

School of Business Management

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