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Thirty Years of Human Rights Study in the Web of Science Database (1990–2020)

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  • Priscilla Paola Severo

    (Graduate Program in Law, University of Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul 96816-501, Brazil)

  • Leonardo B. Furstenau

    (Graduate Program of Industrial Systems and Processes, University of Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul 96816-501, Brazil)

  • Michele Kremer Sott

    (Graduate Program of Industrial Systems and Processes, University of Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul 96816-501, Brazil)

  • Danielli Cossul

    (Department of Psychology, University of Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul 96816-501, Brazil)

  • Mariluza Sott Bender

    (Multiprofessional Residency Program in Urgency and Emergency, Santa Cruz Hospital, Santa Cruz do Sul 96810-072, Brazil)

  • Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

    (Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada)

Abstract

The study of human rights (HR) is vital in order to enhance the development of human beings, but this field of study still needs to be better depicted and understood because violations of its core principles still frequently occur worldwide. In this study, our goal was to perform a bibliometric performance and network analysis (BPNA) to investigate the strategic themes, thematic evolution structure, and trends of HR found in the Web of Science (WoS) database from 1990 to June 2020. To do this, we included 25,542 articles in the SciMAT software for bibliometric analysis. The strategic diagram produced shows 23 themes, 12 of which are motor themes, the most important of which are discussed in this article. The thematic evolution structure presented the 21 most relevant themes of the 2011–2020 period. Our findings show that HR research is directly related to health issues, such as mental health, HIV, and reproductive health. We believe that the presented results and HR panorama presented have the potential to be used as a basis on which researchers in future works may enhance their decision making related to this field of study.

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  • Priscilla Paola Severo & Leonardo B. Furstenau & Michele Kremer Sott & Danielli Cossul & Mariluza Sott Bender & Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, 2021. "Thirty Years of Human Rights Study in the Web of Science Database (1990–2020)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-23, February.
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