Identification of the research on warfare and health, 1946-2017

TY - CHAP

T1 - Identification of the research on warfare and health, 1946-2017

AU - Lewison, Grant

AU - Abouzeid, Marian

AU - Sabouni, Ammar

AU - Zalabany, Manal El

AU - Jabbour, Samer

AU - Sullivan, Richard

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

N2 - In order to characterise the scope, thematic content and evolution of the field of literature on health and armed conflict, we undertook a preliminary study to identify the body of research undertaken since the Second World War. This involved the iterative development of a complex filter which was applied to the Web of Science. We included papers on the effects of war on both soldiers and on civilian populations, both in the combat zone and when displaced. In total, we found 10,467 papers, after manual removal of many irrelevant ones. The large majority came from the USA, but several countries were much more active in research on warfare and health than in biomedical research overall, notably the small countries that had suffered most from recent warfare. Because of the much-increased volume of biomedical research since year 2000, there were many papers in the last two decades, especially on mental disorders rather than physical wounds, and their effects on soldiers rather than civilians and refugees. Japanese papers were the most highly cited; many were on the effects of ionising radiation.

AB - In order to characterise the scope, thematic content and evolution of the field of literature on health and armed conflict, we undertook a preliminary study to identify the body of research undertaken since the Second World War. This involved the iterative development of a complex filter which was applied to the Web of Science. We included papers on the effects of war on both soldiers and on civilian populations, both in the combat zone and when displaced. In total, we found 10,467 papers, after manual removal of many irrelevant ones. The large majority came from the USA, but several countries were much more active in research on warfare and health than in biomedical research overall, notably the small countries that had suffered most from recent warfare. Because of the much-increased volume of biomedical research since year 2000, there were many papers in the last two decades, especially on mental disorders rather than physical wounds, and their effects on soldiers rather than civilians and refugees. Japanese papers were the most highly cited; many were on the effects of ionising radiation.

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M3 - Conference paper

VL - 1

SP - 271

EP - 282

BT - 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings

A2 - Catalano, Giuseppe

A2 - Daraio, Cinzia

A2 - Gregori, Martina

A2 - Moed, Henk F.

A2 - Ruocco, Giancarlo

PB - International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

T2 - 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019

Y2 - 2 September 2019 through 5 September 2019

ER -