A Bibliometric Analysis on Research Regarding Residential Segregation and Health Based on CiteSpace

Yanrong Qiu, Kaihuai Liao (), Yanting Zou and Gengzhi Huang
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Yanrong Qiu: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510060, China
Kaihuai Liao: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510060, China
Yanting Zou: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510060, China
Gengzhi Huang: School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-21

Abstract: Considerable scholarly attention has been directed to the adverse health effects caused by residential segregation. We aimed to visualize the state-of-the-art residential segregation and health research to provide a reference for follow-up studies. Employing the CiteSpace software, we uncovered popular themes, research hotspots, and frontiers based on an analysis of 1211 English-language publications, including articles and reviews retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database from 1998 to 2022. The results revealed: (1) The Social Science & Medicine journal has published the most studies. Roland J. Thorpe, Thomas A. LaVeist, Darrell J. Gaskin, David R. Williams, and others are the leading scholars in residential segregation and health research. The University of Michigan, Columbia University, Harvard University, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and the University of North Carolina play the most important role in current research. The U.S. is the main publishing country with significant academic influence. (2) Structural racism, COVID-19, mortality, multilevel modelling, and environmental justice are the top five topic clusters. (3) The research frontier of residential segregation and health has significantly shifted from focusing on community, poverty, infant mortality, and social class to residential environmental exposure, structural racism, and health care. We recommend strengthening comparative research on the health-related effects of residential segregation on minority groups in different socio-economic and cultural contexts.

Keywords: residential segregation; health; disparity; CiteSpace; research hotspot; research frontier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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