İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ VE SAĞLIK: BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZ ÇALIŞMASI

An Erratum to this article was published on January 5, 2026. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/arsagbil/article/1856743

Abstract

Amaç: İklim değişikliği, aşırı hava olayları, kuraklık ve doğal afetlere sebep olarak çeşitli sağlık sorunlarına yol açmaktadır. Bu çalışma, iklim değişikliğinin sağlık üzerine etkilerini bibliyometrik analiz yöntemiyle inceleyerek literatür eğilimlerini göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Yöntem: Çalışma, iklim değişikliğinin mental sağlık, kardiyovasküler sağlık ve bulaşıcı hastalıklar üzerindeki etkisini inceleyen yayınları ayrı ayrı ele alacak şekilde tasarlanmıştır. Veri tabanı olarak Web of Science (WOS) kullanılmıştır. Veriler VOSviewer (1.6.20, CWTS, Leiden, Hollanda) programına aktarılarak analiz edilmiştir. Yayın yıllarına ait bilgiler WOS üzerinden elde edilmiştir. Bulgular: Her üç kategori için de en fazla yayın yapan ve atıf alan ülke ABD olmuştur. En fazla kullanılan anahtar kelime “Climate Change’dir”. İklim değişikliği ve mental sağlıkla ilgili yayınlar en fazla İnternational Journal of Environmental Research And Public Health dergisinde yayınlanmıştır. İklim değişikliği ve kardiyovasküler sağlık ilişkisini inceleyen yayınlar en fazla Science of the Total Environment dergisinde yayınlanırken, İklim değişikliği ve bulaşıcı hastalıkların ilişkisini inceleyen çalışmalar ise en fazla Plos one dergisinde yayınlanmaktadır. Her üç kategori için de en fazla yayın yapılan yıl 2024 yılıdır. Tartışma ve Sonuç: iklim değişikliğinden daha çok etkilenen ülkeler ve bilimsel ilerlemeye yönelik son yıllarda daha fazla yatırım yapan Çin, bu alanda daha fazla çalışma yapmaktadır. Ayrıca, son 10 yılda çalışma sayısının giderek artması alanın popülerliğinin arttığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Bibliyometrik analiz
• çevre sağlığı
• iklim değişikliği

Climate change and health: a bibliometric analysis

An Erratum to this article was published on January 5, 2026. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/arsagbil/article/1856743

Abstract

Climate change, by causing extreme weather events, droughts, and natural disasters, leads to various health problems. This study aims to examine the effects of climate change on health through a bibliometric analysis and to reveal trends in the literature. The study is designed to address publications that investigate the impact of climate change on mental health, cardiovascular health, and infectious diseases separately. The Web of Science (WoS) database was used as the data source. The data were analyzed using VOSviewer (version 1.6.20, CWTS, Leiden, the Netherlands). Information regarding the years of publication was obtained from WoS. For all three categories, the United States was identified as the country with the highest number of publications and citations. The most frequently used keyword was “Climate Change.” Publications on climate change and mental health were most commonly published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Studies on the relationship between climate change and cardiovascular health were primarily published in Science of the Total Environment, whereas those on climate change and infectious diseases appeared most frequently in PLOS ONE. For each category, the year with the highest number of publications was 2024. Countries more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as China—which has also invested increasingly in scientific advancement in recent years—were observed to produce more research in this field. Moreover, the steady increase in the number of studies over the past decade indicates the growing prominence and popularity of this research area.

Keywords

• Bibliometric analysis
• climate change
• environmental health

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