Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis of the Term “Planetary Health” in the Peer-Reviewed Literature

Frontiers in Public Health

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Verena Rossa-Roccor¹  Emily Sohanna Acheson²  Federico Andrade-Rivas¹  Michelle Coombe¹  Saori Ogura⁴  Laura Super⁵  Andy Hong⁶ 

[1] School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia;Department of Geography, University of British Columbia;Universidad El Bosque;Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia;Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia;The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom;Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, United States

关键词: planetary health themes;    holistic health fields;    interdisciplinary research;    planetary health collaborations;    keyword network analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2020.00343

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Planetary health is an emerging holistic health field to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, integrate Indigenous knowledge, facilitate education, and drive public and policy engagement. To understand to what extent the field has successfully met these goals, we conducted a scoping review and bibliometric analysis. Methods: We searched 15 databases from 2005 to 2019 for peer-reviewed publications with the term “planetary health” in the title, abstract and/or keywords, with no language or geographical location limitations. We classified results into four categories (commentaries, comprehensive syntheses, educational material, and original research) and categorized original research according to expert-derived planetary health themes. Our bibliometric analysis highlighted publications over time, collaborations, and networks of keywords. Findings: Only 8.1% ( n = 22) were research articles. Publications rose rapidly from 8 to 64 publications per year in 2015–2018. The top five author affiliation countries for most publications were the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and the top five collaborations were a subset of pairwise combinations between the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. The most common author keywords were the following: planetary health, climate change, ecology, and non-communicable diseases. Keyword co-occurrences clustered around high-level concepts (e.g., Anthropocene) and food system-related topics; two clusters lacked a theme. Interpretation: We show that the term planetary health is used mainly in commentary-like publications, not original research. Additionally, more global collaborations are lacking. Interdisciplinary work, as represented by keyword co-occurrence networks, is developing but could potentially be extended. The planetary health community should promote more worldwide research and interdisciplinary collaborations.

【 授权许可】

CC BY