''Dissemination of knowledge promotes advances in nursing and strengthens professional organisation'': a bibliometric analysis of the slovenian nursing review (2015-2020)
Abstrakt
Introduction: The Slovenian Nursing review is the main Slovenian scientific journal in the field of nursing and midwifery. Over the years, it has made a significant contribution to the dissemination of knowledge in this field and has had a significant impact on the professionalization of both professions. The journal has established international standards in the field of publishing and has been included in several international databases over the years. The aim of this study, which is part of a large-scale study, was to examine the characteristics of the journal in the period 2015-2020.
Methods: A bibliometric analysis of the journal's publications between 2015-2020 was performed. Data were collected partly manually and partly obtained from the Open Journal Systems platform used by the journal. The analysis was done using
SPSS version 26 and VOSviewer.
Results: The study showed a steady trend in the number of papers, with the lowest number in 2018 (n = 24). Of the 157 papers, 99 were original scientific papers. The thematic analysis showed that the topics corresponded to the basic objectives of the journal, but the most frequent topic was related to nursing education. The most frequent keywords were 'nursing', 'health', 'care' and 'education'. Of all the authors, most were from Slovenia (n = 146) and the first author was most often female (n = 123).
Discussion and conclusion: Research in nursing and midwifery is crucial for the development of evidence-based practice.
At the same time, it is of paramount importance that scientific evidence is accessible in the mother tongue. The Slovenian
Nursing Review provides nurses and midwives with high quality evidence that is generated in their own cultural context and contributes to more informed decision-making and guides nursing and midwifery practice.