Bibliometric and visual analyses of vaccine literacy research from 1982 to 2023

Figures & data

Figure 1. Annual publication outputs for vaccine literacy research.

Table 1. Top 10 countries with the most publications and citations.

Rank	Country	Publications	%/of Publications	Country	TC
1	USA	586	36.35%	USA	18659
2	England	131	8.13%	England	4505
3	China	120	7.44%	Canada	3598
4	Australia	117	7.26%	Australia	2415
5	India	98	6.08%	India	1644
6	Canada	79	4.90%	Netherlands	1593
7	Italy	73	4.53%	China	1547
8	Netherlands	49	3.04%	Italy	1431
9	Germany	46	2.85%	Switzerland	1134
10	France	45	2.79%	France	880

TC, the total number of citations for a country.

Figure 2. Co-authorship network among countries with more than five publications.

Table 2. Top 10 authors with the most publications and citations.

Rank	Authors	Articles	%/of Articles	h-index	Author	Citations
1	BONACCORSI G	21	1.30%	13	BONACCORSI G	550
2	LORINI C	20	1.24%	11	LORINI C	529
3	LEE HY	13	0.81%	6	OKAN O	309
4	DALEY EM	12	0.74%	7	BIASIO LR	290
5	BIASIO LR	10	0.62%	8	RUTJENS BT	287
6	THOMPSON EL	10	0.62%	7	DADACZYNSKI K	268
7	GRINER SB	9	0.56%	7	MCELFISH PA	242
8	LEE J	9	0.56%	5	VELDWIJK J	219
9	OKAN O	9	0.56%	5	BHUTTA ZA	207
10	RUTJENS BT	9	0.56%	6	BONNER C	184

Figure 3. Three-field plot between the top 20 most productive authors (left), countries (center), and organizations (right).

Figure 4. Source dynamics of the top five productive journals.

Figure 5. The citation network of the most-cited publications.

Figure 6. Co-occurrence analysis of keywords. The network (a), density (b), and overlay (c) visualization map of keywords of vaccine literacy research.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, upon reasonable request.