Background：As an important international journal in the field of school health,the Journal of School Health has drawn wide attention from researchers and readers around the world.Therefore,it is important to conduct ...Background：As an important international journal in the field of school health,the Journal of School Health has drawn wide attention from researchers and readers around the world.Therefore,it is important to conduct a systematic retrospective study of the journal.With the aim of understanding the development of the journal and the evolutionary process of cooperative study of this field comprehensively,we employed bibliometric analysis using the articles published in the Journal of School Health from 1965.Methods：Using bibliometrics,5242 articles published in the journal were extracted and then analyzed using the visualization software CiteSpace Ⅲ.Results：The annual published amount of literature showed a declining tendency;however,the frequency of citation displayed an increase year by year.Among prolific authors,the number of reports published by JH Price,L Kann and RJ McDermott are at the top.Among the high frequency keywords used in the research journal, ＂adolescents＂, ＂children＂ and ＂programs＂ have become popular in the journal＇s vocabulary.CDCP,Univ Texas and Univ Calif are positioned in the forefront of the involved institutions when ranked by degree of contribution.Conclusions：The Journal of School Health provides an important platform for sharing research achievements and promoting cooperation in this field.The amount of articles published in the journal is continually improving;its cooperative research network promoted by famous scholars and institutions is forming.As more researchers and institutions join,the network will grow and relationships will become increasingly close.However,limitations to cooperation at the regional or interagency scope remain.展开更多
基金supported and funded by MOE(Ministry of Education,China)the research projects of Humanities and Social Sciences(No.13YJCZH239)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.71403155)supported by Shanxi Federation of Social Science Circles(No.SSKLZDKT2014084)
文摘Background：As an important international journal in the field of school health,the Journal of School Health has drawn wide attention from researchers and readers around the world.Therefore,it is important to conduct a systematic retrospective study of the journal.With the aim of understanding the development of the journal and the evolutionary process of cooperative study of this field comprehensively,we employed bibliometric analysis using the articles published in the Journal of School Health from 1965.Methods：Using bibliometrics,5242 articles published in the journal were extracted and then analyzed using the visualization software CiteSpace Ⅲ.Results：The annual published amount of literature showed a declining tendency;however,the frequency of citation displayed an increase year by year.Among prolific authors,the number of reports published by JH Price,L Kann and RJ McDermott are at the top.Among the high frequency keywords used in the research journal, ＂adolescents＂, ＂children＂ and ＂programs＂ have become popular in the journal＇s vocabulary.CDCP,Univ Texas and Univ Calif are positioned in the forefront of the involved institutions when ranked by degree of contribution.Conclusions：The Journal of School Health provides an important platform for sharing research achievements and promoting cooperation in this field.The amount of articles published in the journal is continually improving;its cooperative research network promoted by famous scholars and institutions is forming.As more researchers and institutions join,the network will grow and relationships will become increasingly close.However,limitations to cooperation at the regional or interagency scope remain.
