Conflict in nursing studies: A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited papers

This study aimed to identify and investigate the main characteristics of the top 100 most cited studies on conflict in published in nursing category in the Web of Science database using bibliometric and social network analysis methods.A retrospective bibliometric analysis was used.The study data were obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The top 100 studies with the highest number of citations were included in the study. The study data were analysed with Excel and SPSS and they were visualized with VOSviewer.It was concluded that the studies in the research were published in 38 different journals between 1974-2019 and they were conducted by 245 different authors from 24 different countries. It was further reported that the Journal of Advanced Nursing was the most productive journal and the USA was the most productive country. The most commonly used keywords were "nurse," "conflict," "nursing," "job satisfaction," "work-family conflict" and "ethical conflict."The issue of conflict is a growing field of scientific study for nursing researchers. The quality of researches will be certainly enhanced in future with the studies published in journals with high impact factors.The research of the top 100 most cited paper is a new and innovative bibliometric approach to understand nursing literature. There is very little information about the development, structure and characteristics of the existing mass of knowledge on conflict in nursing studies. The study findings establish a basis of information for planning further studies and providing guidance. In addition, this study provides researchers, scientific journals, institutions and countries with an opportunity to assess and compare their own performance in conflict literature in nursing studies. However, the fact that the most cited studies in the field of conflict in nursing is in demand by journals with high impact factor is a source of motivation for researchers studying in this field.目标: 本研究采用文献计量学和社交网络分析方法，对科学网数据库中护理类文献中被引用最多的100项冲突研究的主要特征进行识别和调查。 设计: 使用回顾性文献计量分析。 方法: 研究数据来自科学网（WoS）数据库。本研究包括被引用次数最多的前100项研究。研究数据用Excel和SPSS进行分析，并用VOSviewer进行可视化。 结果：: 结论是，该研究的在1974-2019年间发表在38种不同的期刊上，由来自24个国家的245位作者进行。另据报道，《高级护理杂志》是最多产的杂志，而美国是最多产的国家。最常用的关键词是“护士”、“冲突”、“护理”“工作满意度”、“工作家庭冲突”和“伦理冲突”。 结论: 对于护理研究人员而言，冲突问题是科学研究领域中一个日益增长的领域。随着在具有高影响因子的期刊上发表研究成果，研究质量一定会进一步提高。 影响: 对被引用最多的100篇论文的研究是理解文献的一种新颖且创新的文献计量方法。在护理研究中，有关冲突的现有知识的发展、结构和特征方面的信息很少。研究结果为计划进一步研究和提供指导奠定了信息基础。此外，这项研究还为研究人员、科学期刊、机构和国家提供了一个机会，来评估和比较自己在护理研究中冲突文献中的表现。但是，高影响因子的期刊需要在护理冲突领域中被引用最多的研究，这为该领域的研究人员提供了动力。.