Bibliometric Analysis of Safety Behaviour Research

Abstract

Individuals may be able to deal with their apprehension, but it was revealed that positive emotional states about safe acts are interrelated to how they act. Accordingly, it is necessary to understand how individuals behave to be safe and evolve their behaviour. This study examines publication trends and delves into information on authors’ keywords pertinent to safety behaviour in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The metadata collected in this study is processed using the ScientoPy and VOSviewer software. The results designated that since 2008, the literature on safety behaviour has risen at a favourable rate in both databases. The top three research areas were acknowledged as (i) Psychology, (ii) Environmental Science and Ecology, and (iii) Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health. The United States contributed the most publications, followed by China and the United Kingdom. Safety behaviour has been investigated extensively and has been found to be knottily linked to the keywords of “COVID-19”, “Social anxiety”, “Assessment”, and “Mental health”. The keywords “COVID-19” and “Patient safety” have been used most frequently by prior studies in the last five years (2017 to 2021). This study highlighted the scholarly communication practices prevalent in safety behaviour research. These trends will aid researchers from various fields in identifying the core areas, core authors, and core source titles that publish this knowledge. Moreover, the result of this study encourages researchers to work together and develop new ways to study safety behaviour by glancing at the most popular keywords.