Kratko priopćenje
Recent Trend and Perspectives in Forensic Anthropology: A Bibliometric Analysis
Emanuela Gualdi-Russo
orcid.org/0000-0002-7274-547X
; University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Ferrara, Italy
Giulia Fonti
; University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Ferrara, Italy
Sažetak
This paper evaluates research in Forensic Anthropology (FA) in order to report on the state of this field of science. In particular, we carried out a review of all PubMed-listed scientific studies in the past decades using »forensic anthropology « as the keyword. In our »meta-analysis«, we observed variation in the number of publications per 2-year interval throughout the study period. In total, 1589 studies were found in the database and 1292 of them were published in the period
2000–2009. There was a significant positive correlation between the number of published articles and time (subdivided into 2-year intervals). The rate of increase was lower in the last decade. Based on the observed trend, we expect thatthe phenomenon will continue in the near future, reaching a number close to 400 FA publications in PubMed in the biennium 2012–13. We also carried out a specific content analysis of all FA papers published in the journal Forensic Science International in the last decade. During this period, the majority of FA papers concerned skeletal biology, although there
was a positive shift toward virtual anthropological studies.
Ključne riječi
forensic anthropology; bibliometrics; content analysis; research trend
Hrčak ID:
104732
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Datum izdavanja:
1.7.2013.
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