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Vaccine hesitancy before and after the COVID-19 pandemic- Connections and trends through a bibliometric analysis
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Vaccine hesitancy before and after the COVID-19 pandemic- Connections and trends through a bibliometric analysis
Type
thesis
Date Issued
2023-05-30
Author(s)
Levent Öztürk
Advisor
高志文
Subjects
系所名稱：全球衛生暨發展碩士學位學程
Description
學位別：碩士
語文別：英文
口試委員：MATTIA SANNA MATTIA SANNA;ALEX WAITS ALEX WAITS;WAYNE GAO WAYNE GAO
授權範圍：網際網路,開放日期為2023-07-14
語文別：英文
口試委員：MATTIA SANNA MATTIA SANNA;ALEX WAITS ALEX WAITS;WAYNE GAO WAYNE GAO
授權範圍：網際網路,開放日期為2023-07-14
Abstract
Background: Vaccine hesitancy (VH) refers to a delay or refusal of vaccine uptake and is noted as one of the Top 10 Global Health threats. The current study aims to analyze worldwide research trends and patterns of scholarly productivity and identify indicators that could be associated with publications on VH before and after the occurrence of COVID-19.
Method: This is a descriptive bibliometric study using the Scopus database to retrieve relevant publications. The comparative research used keywords in the titles and abstracts of original articles. The study included the years 1967 - 2019 and 2020 - 2023. The VosViewer program visualized key terms, country productivity, and collaborative ties.
Results: 5,309 publications were identified, with 82.5% (4,379) published during the pandemic and 17.5% (930) pre-COVID. The USA remains the country with the most
publications on VH throughout the research period, with China gaining momentum in
research activity. Before COVID, 60 countries published on the topic, this number increased to 114 post-COVID, with a clear trend to a more active collaboration network among countries. Before the pandemic, publications on VH mainly circulated around terms such as "influenza," "hpv" or vaccines in general. During the pandemic, these terms faded into the background, and most publications focused on VH regarding COVID-19.
Conclusions: Alongside a diversification of publishing countries, strengthened international collaboration, and easier accessibility to publications, the study found that the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to shift the overall interest in vaccine hesitancy, especially toward the impacts of the pandemic.
Method: This is a descriptive bibliometric study using the Scopus database to retrieve relevant publications. The comparative research used keywords in the titles and abstracts of original articles. The study included the years 1967 - 2019 and 2020 - 2023. The VosViewer program visualized key terms, country productivity, and collaborative ties.
Results: 5,309 publications were identified, with 82.5% (4,379) published during the pandemic and 17.5% (930) pre-COVID. The USA remains the country with the most
publications on VH throughout the research period, with China gaining momentum in
research activity. Before COVID, 60 countries published on the topic, this number increased to 114 post-COVID, with a clear trend to a more active collaboration network among countries. Before the pandemic, publications on VH mainly circulated around terms such as "influenza," "hpv" or vaccines in general. During the pandemic, these terms faded into the background, and most publications focused on VH regarding COVID-19.
Conclusions: Alongside a diversification of publishing countries, strengthened international collaboration, and easier accessibility to publications, the study found that the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to shift the overall interest in vaccine hesitancy, especially toward the impacts of the pandemic.