Construction health and safety: A topic landscape study

Cao Xiaorui, Lu Ruodan (), Guo Liang and Liu Jianya
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Cao Xiaorui: Data Science institute, Shandong University, China
Lu Ruodan: Darwin College, University of Cambridge, UK
Guo Liang: Data Science institute, Shandong University, China
Liu Jianya: Data Science institute, Shandong University, China

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 2472-2483

Abstract: We aim to draw in-depth insights into the current literature in construction health and safety and provide perspectives for future research efforts. The existing literature on construction health and safety is not only diverse and rich in sight, but also complex and fragmented in structure. It is essential for the construction industry and research community to understand the overall development and existing challenges of construction health and safety to adapt to future new code of practice and challenges in this field. We mapped the topic landscape followed by identifying the salient development trajectories of this research area over time. We used the topic modeling algorithm to extract 10 distinct topics from 662 abstracts (filtered from a total of 895) of articles published between 1991 and 2020. In addition, we provided the most cited references and the most popular journal per topic as well. The results from a time series analysis suggested that the construction health and safety would maintain its popularity in the next 5 years. Research efforts would be devoted to the topics including “Physical health and disease”, “Migrant and race”, “Vocational ability and training”, and “Smart devices.” Among these topics, “Smart devices” would be the most promising one.

Keywords: construction health and safety; occupational health; topic landscape; content analysis; time series analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/otmcj-2021-0027

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