@article{10272/21423,
year = {2022},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21423},
abstract = {Compassion fatigue is a common phenomenon among healthcare professionals
and includes several concepts that share a direct relationship with quality of life, with
consequences on both physical and emotional well-being but also at the economic and organizational
levels. Objectives: To analyze the profile of scientific publications on compassion fatigue, dissecting
trends, and highlighting research opportunities. Method: Bibliometric analysis based on Donthu’s
guidelines, data collection fromWeb of Science (Clarivate Analytics), and analytic techniques (performance
analysis and science mapping) with VOSviewer® and CiteSpace®. Results: We obtained
1364 articles and found that the concept emerged in 1995 and is frequently associated with areas of
general health. Through analysis, we identified the following research frontiers: “vicarious traumatization”,
“working”, “survivor”, “mental health”, and “impact”. Conclusion: There has been a
growing interest in this subject among researchers, with an increase in scientific production related to
areas of health such as nursing, providing a solid starting point for further investigation. Registration
number from the Open Science Framework: osf.io/b3du8},
publisher = {MDPI},
title = {Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Production on Compassion Fatigue},
doi = {10.3390/jpm12101574},
author = {Sousa, Luis and Ferreira, Bruno and Silva, Paulo and Tomás, Margarida and José, Helena and García Navarro, Esperanza Begoña and Ortega Galán, Ángela María},
}