Bibliometric analysis in Scopus 2022–2026 on factors associated with job satisfaction in health workers in Peru
Keywords:
Job satisfaction; healthcare workers; bibliometric analysis; Scopus; burnout; healthcare workforce.Abstract
The aim of this study was to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the scientific production on factors associated with job satisfaction among healthcare workers indexed in Scopus from 2022 to 2026. A descriptive, retrospective, and documentary bibliometric review was conducted. Records were retrieved using a search equation applied to titles, abstracts, and keywords, and then processed in R using the bibliometrix package. Indicators of productivity, impact, scientific collaboration, relevant sources, influential documents, conceptual structure, thematic evolution, and the intellectual basis of the field were analyzed. The corpus comprised 1,611 documents, with 15,955 citations, an average of 9.90 citations per document, and an h-index of 43. The findings showed a higher concentration of scientific production in China and the United States, as well as a prominent presence of journals related to nursing, public health, health services, and organizational management. Conceptually, the field was structured around terms such as job satisfaction, burnout, cross-sectional studies, questionnaires, engagement, and healthcare workforce. Trend topics suggest a shift from research focused on COVID-19 toward emerging lines related to emotion regulation, work engagement, and the sustainability of the healthcare workforce. It is concluded that job satisfaction is a strategic construct for understanding well-being, retention, and quality of care within health systems.
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