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Tendency and foci of nurse practitioners: bibliometric analysis based on the CiteSpaceV†

Qi Huang
Qi Huang
, 
Qi-Rong Huang
Qi-Rong Huang
, 
Qiu-Xia Liu
Qiu-Xia Liu
, 
Si-Ping Yu
Si-Ping Yu
 et 
Hong-Yan Sun
Hong-Yan Sun
   | 03 août 2022
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Article Category: Original Article
Publié en ligne: 03 août 2022
Pages: 197 - 207
Reçu: 27 août 2021
Accepté: 28 nov. 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0027
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Figure 1

The tendency of publication records and citations related to Nurse Practitioners (2007–2018).
The tendency of publication records and citations related to Nurse Practitioners (2007–2018).

Figure 2

Knowledge map of institution related to Nurse Practitioners (2007–2018).
Knowledge map of institution related to Nurse Practitioners (2007–2018).

Figure 3

Knowledge map of country related to Nurse Practitioners (2007–2018).
Knowledge map of country related to Nurse Practitioners (2007–2018).

Figure 4

Knowledge map of co-cite reference in nurse practitioners.
Knowledge map of co-cite reference in nurse practitioners.

Figure 5

Knowledge map of keywords related to Nurse Practitioners. (2007–2018).
Knowledge map of keywords related to Nurse Practitioners. (2007–2018).

Figure 6

Keywords with the strongest citation burst. (2007–2018).
Keywords with the strongest citation burst. (2007–2018).

Figure 7

The knowledge transfer of nurse practitioners according to the Overlay Maps results.
The knowledge transfer of nurse practitioners according to the Overlay Maps results.

The top 10 funding institutions according to the frequency.

No. Funding institution Freq Proportion (%) Half-life
1 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 39 0.79 –
2 National Institute for Health Research 22 0.45 –
3 National Institutes of Health 17 0.35 9
4 National Institute of Nursing Research 15 0.31 –
5 National Institute on Aging 15 0.31 9
6 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 14 0.29 9
7 National Cancer Institute 12 0.24 –
8 NINR NIH HHS 12 0.24 –
9 AHRQ HHS 12 0.24 –
10 NCI NIH HHS 11 0.22 –

Publication and citation frequency of the top 10 productive countries and regions.

Ranking Country Publication count Proportion of publications (%) Citation freq Citations (per paper) Centrality
1 USA 2737 55.72 26229 9.58 0.35
2 England 398 8.10 4714 11.84 0.35
3 Canada 369 7.51 4579 12.41 0.09
4 Australia 356 7.25 3688 10.36 0.05
5 Netherlands 222 4.52 3174 14.30 0.11
6 Sweden 113 2.30 1182 10.46 0.05
7 Germany 112 2.28 914 8.16 0.04
8 Scotland 79 1.61 1019 12.90 0.08
9 Taiwan, China 73 1.49 626 8.58 0
10 Peoples Republic China 71 1.45 464 6.54 0.02

The top 10 co-cited journals of NPs according to the citation frequency.

No. Freq Journal IF Centrality Half-life
1 1386 JAMA: The Journal of The American Medical Association 47.661 0.10 7
2 1359 Journal of Advanced Nursing 2.267 0.18 7
3 1109 The New England Journal of Medicine 79.258 0.11 7
4 796 Journal of Clinical Nursing 1.635 0.03 8
5 796 British Medical Journal 23.259 0.03 6
6 699 Lancet 53.254 0.06 7
7 693 International Journal of Neural Systems 4.580 0.05 8
8 665 Annals of Internal Medicine 19.384 0.09 7
9 631 Pediatrics 5.515 0.09 6
10 621 Health Affairs 4.843 0.04 8

Publication and citation frequency of the top 10 productive institutions.

Ranking Institution Publication count Proportion of publications (%) Citation freq Citations (per paper) Centrality
1 University of Michigan 90 1.83 785 8.72 0.12
2 University of California San Francisco 88 1.79 1854 21.07 0.07
3 Duke University 83 1.69 863 10.40 0.03
4 University of Washington 81 1.65 881 10.88 0.19
5 University of Pennsylvania 75 1.53 1123 14.97 0.06
6 University of North Carolina 73 1.49 856 11.73 0.03
7 University of TORONTO 73 1.49 1178 16.14 0.17
8 Columbia University 68 1.38 786 11.56 0.29
9 Johns Hopkins University 66 1.34 903 13.68 0.03
10 University of Pittsburgh 64 1.30 626 9.78 0.04

Publication and citation frequency of the top 10 productive authors.

No. Author Publications counts Proportion of publications (%) Citation freq Citation freq (per paper) Burst Centrality
1 Gardner G 24 0.49 464 19.33 5.26 0
2 Gardner A 21 0.43 381 18.14 – 0
3 Hooker RS 20 0.41 205 10.25 4.54 0
4 Cashin A 16 0.33 134 8.38 – 0
5 Donald F 15 0.31 195 13.00 5.08 0
6 Hornor G 15 0.31 137 9.13 – 0
7 Martin-Misener R 15 0.31 229 15.27 5.44 0
8 Poghosyan L 14 0.29 76 5.43 – 0
9 Freed GL 13 0.26 130 10.00 – 0
10 Kilpatrick K 13 0.26 166 12.77 4.91 0

The top 10 co-cited journals of NPs according to the strength of burst.

No. Burst Freq Journal Centrality Half-life
1 41.35 209 Plos One 0 4
2 36.92 137 Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 0 2
3 36.76 108 Aisthesis 0 1
4 35.89 134 BMJ Open 0 2
5 32.42 185 The Journal for Nurse Practitioners: JNP 0.01 7
6 31.42 125 JAMA Internal Medicine 0 2
7 24.81 73 BMJ Quality & Safety 0 1
8 24.61 210 Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 0.03 4
9 21.59 56 Archives of Disease in Childhood 0 2
10 21.01 119 BMC Family Practice 0 3

The top 10 co-cited references in NPs according to the citation frequency.

No. Citation freq Author Title Year Source Burst
1 72 Naylor MD (Alston, Norton et al. 1995) The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Reinventing Primary Care 2010 Health affairs 11.32
2 62 Newhouse RR (Newhouse, Stanik-Hutt et al. 2011) Advanced Practice Nurse Outcomes 1990–2008: A Systematic Review 2011 Nursing economic$ 10.94
3 57 Horrocks S (Horrocks, Anderson et al. 2002) Systematic Review of Whether Nurse Practitioners Working in Primary Care Can Provide Equivalent Care to Doctors 2002 British medical journal 21.60
4 53 Kleinpell RM (Kleinpell, Ely et al. 2008) Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the Intensive Care Unit: An Evidence-Based Review 2008 Critical care medicine 12.57
5 47 Moote M (Moote, Krsek et al. 2011) Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization in Academic Medical Centers 2011 American journal of medical quality 9.44
6 42 Petterson SM (Petterson, Liaw et al. 2012) Projecting US Primary Care Physician Workforce Needs: 2010–2025 2012 Annals of family medicine 7.54
7 40 Kuo YF (Kuo, Loresto Jr et al. 2013) States with the Least Restrictive Regulations Experienced the Largest Increase in Patients Seen by Nurse Practitioners 2013 Health affairs 13.20
8 37 Auerbach DI (Auerbach 2012) Will the NP Workforce Grow in the Future: New Forecasts and Implications for Healthcare Delivery 2012 Medical care 11.51
9 36 Green LV (Green, Savin et al. 2013) Primary Care Physician Shortages Could Be Eliminated through Use of Teams, Nonphysicians, and Electronic Communication 2013 Health affairs 7.20
10 35 Martinez-Gonzalez NA Substitution of Physicians by Nurses in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2014 BMC health services research 11.53

The top 10 keywords according to the occurring frequency.

No. Occurring freq Keywords
1 982 Nurse practitioner
2 562 Care
3 555 Nurse
4 461 Primary care
5 376 Education
6 376 Management
7 326 Outcome
8 323 Physician
9 297 Impact
10 267 Health
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