Maritime Safety Bibliometric Mapping and Analysis using VOSviewer

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine the unique characteristics of publications, show the scope of knowledge, and chart research directions in the field of maritime safety. This was achieved through a reference search made in the Scopus database using the keyword “maritime safety” based on the criteria that the research articles were open-access and published in English. The search led to the retrieval of 476 articles stored in RIS format followed by the completion of the data using Mendeley. The data were subsequently analysed using VOSviewer software and a total of 3349 authors were found including a minimum of 5 used in most of the articles and another 99 with full co-author relationships in addition to being counted. Moreover, 99 authors had the largest total link strength and were further divided into 9 clusters.