Grief counseling research in at home and abroad based on CiteSpace:a visual analysis
HUANG Yan
GAO Huan
ZHANG Junfeng
LIU Xingling
Abstract：Objective:To understand the status quo and development trend of grief counseling research at home and abroad in the past 20 years,and to provide reference for grief counseling clinical nursing work and related research.Methods:The relevant literature included in the core collection databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI)and Web of Science(WOS)were selected.The retrieval time limit was from January 1,2003 to December 31,2023.The visualization map of the included literatures was constructed using the visualization software CiteSpace 6.3.R1.Results:A total of 239 Chinese literature and 328 English literature were included.The overall number of published articles showed a fluctuating growth trend.There is close cooperation among foreign institutions,while there is a lack of cooperation among domestic research institutions.The main issuing institution in English is the University of Memphis,and the one in Chinese is Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology.Conclusions:Grief counseling has increasingly attracted the attention of researchers,but there is a lack of cooperation and communication among the publishing institutions and authors.Intervention for different groups of bereaved families and the implementation of palliative care are hotspots and development trends in nursing research.
Keywords：grief counselinggrief careresearch hotspotsvisual analysisCiteSpace
Publication Date：2025-06-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 1989-1995 )