Disaster management has emerged as a critical area of inquiry within the discipline of social work, reflecting the increasing vulnerability of communities to natural and human-induced hazards. This chapter presents a bibliometric study on the research trends of disaster management in social work, highlighting the evolution and intellectual structure of this emerging interdisciplinary field. The study employed a bibliometric research design, which applies quantitative techniques to examine publication patterns, thematic evolution, and knowledge networks within the domain. Data were retrieved from the leading academic database Scopus, yielding a dataset of 1469 documents across different sources, including peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. The analysis employed bibliometric techniques using RStudio, which includes publication volume, authorship patterns, citation metrics, and keyword co-occurrence to examine the structural and thematic development of the field. The findings reveal a steadily expanding body of scholarly work, characterized by interdisciplinary linkages and a gradual shift toward practice-oriented research addressing resilience and community engagement. The annual scientific production shows a steady growth over the period from 1990 to 2024. This upward trajectory highlights the growing recognition of disaster management as a pressing social issue. This chapter contributes to the understanding of how social work scholarship addresses disaster management, offering insights into its past developments, current trajectories, and future research directions.

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Exploring the Research Trends and Insights on the Role of Social Work in Disaster Management

  • T. Adarsh,
  • K. P. Haneena Sulthana

摘要

Disaster management has emerged as a critical area of inquiry within the discipline of social work, reflecting the increasing vulnerability of communities to natural and human-induced hazards. This chapter presents a bibliometric study on the research trends of disaster management in social work, highlighting the evolution and intellectual structure of this emerging interdisciplinary field. The study employed a bibliometric research design, which applies quantitative techniques to examine publication patterns, thematic evolution, and knowledge networks within the domain. Data were retrieved from the leading academic database Scopus, yielding a dataset of 1469 documents across different sources, including peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. The analysis employed bibliometric techniques using RStudio, which includes publication volume, authorship patterns, citation metrics, and keyword co-occurrence to examine the structural and thematic development of the field. The findings reveal a steadily expanding body of scholarly work, characterized by interdisciplinary linkages and a gradual shift toward practice-oriented research addressing resilience and community engagement. The annual scientific production shows a steady growth over the period from 1990 to 2024. This upward trajectory highlights the growing recognition of disaster management as a pressing social issue. This chapter contributes to the understanding of how social work scholarship addresses disaster management, offering insights into its past developments, current trajectories, and future research directions.