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Exploration of the state-of-the-art of maritime transport safety research: a bibliometric and visualised analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2024

Pengfei Chen ,
Yu Luo ,
Junmin Mou ,
Linying Chen  and
Mengxia Li
Pengfei Chen*
Affiliation:
School of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Inland Shipping Technology, Wuhan, China
Yu Luo
Affiliation:
School of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Inland Shipping Technology, Wuhan, China
Junmin Mou
Affiliation:
School of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Inland Shipping Technology, Wuhan, China
Linying Chen
Affiliation:
School of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Inland Shipping Technology, Wuhan, China
Mengxia Li
Affiliation:
Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China State Key Laboratory of Maritime Technology and Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
*
*Corresponding author: Pengfei Chen; Email: chenpf@whut.edu.cn
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Abstract

Maritime traffic risk is increasing rapidly with the growth of marine traffic volume and construction of marine facilities, water bridges, port development, marine wind farm, etc. Given this emerging trend, this paper presents a bibliometric analysis and mapping of the broad academic literature related to maritime traffic safety, focusing on the influences of international collaborations and knowledge sources on the developments of this research domain. To identify trends, patterns and the knowledge distribution of the research on maritime traffic safety, the visualisation of similarities (VOS) viewer software, the bibliometric analysis, and scientometric mapping of the literature have been performed from the perspectives of publication and citation distribution over time, leading authors, countries (regions), institutions, the corresponding collaboration networks, most cited publications and references, focused research fields and topics, research trend evolution over time, etc. The paper provides a comprehensive and quantitative overview and significant picture representation of the domain's leading and evolutionary trends by employing specific aforementioned bibliometric analysis factors. In addition, by reviewing the evolutionary trends of the journals and the proposed investigated factors, such as the influential works, main research topics, and the research frontiers, this paper reveals the scientific literature's main research objectives and directions that could be addressed and explored in future studies.

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bibliometricsmaritime safetymaritime trafficscientometrics
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Review Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 76 , Issue 6 , November 2023 , pp. 750 - 772
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Royal Institute of Navigation

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