GENERAL BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ON CIVIL PROTECTION AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN UKRAINE

Abstract

Purpose. Is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on civil protection and occupational safety in Ukraine to assess the overall state of the issue and identify development trends.

Methodology. The research tool used is the specialized software VOSviewer, applying keyword searches in the scientometric database Scopus.

Results. The results of the first stage of the study revealed the dynamics of changes in the number of publications from 1952 to 2025, the main countries of the authors addressing the mentioned issue, the authors with the highest number of publications, and the institutions with the highest publication rates. In the second stage, the relationships between the co-occurrence of keywords, their temporal frequency, and the density of occurrences were visualized. Furthermore, the distribution of co-authors by country was analyzed, and the main trends in the development of the research area were identified.

Novelty. Lies in the fact that this is the first general bibliometric analysis of scientific publications in the field of civil protection and occupational safety using VOSviewer, with the identification of four clusters based on the co-occurrence of keywords and four clusters based on the countries of the authors. The further development of the issue in the field of civil protection and occupational safety is shown, including a shift from research on radiation effects related to the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, and an intensification of studies on humanitarian crises, pandemics, refugees, mental and physical health, the consequences of war, sustainable development, and stronger collaboration with European scientists.

Practical significance. Lies in providing a comprehensive assessment of the state of the issue in the analyzed scientific publications and in the reasoned identification of directions for future research. In turn, the information gathered will allow specialists to make well-informed decisions and effectively allocate resources when conducting research in the field of occupational safety and civil protection.