TY - JOUR
T1 - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Radiation Oncology
T2 - A Bibliometric Analysis and Critical Review
AU - Franco, Pierfrancesco
AU - De Felice, Francesca
AU - Kaidar-Person, Orit
AU - Gabrys, Dorota
AU - Marta, Gustavo Nader
AU - Banini, Marco
AU - Livi, Lorenzo
AU - Jagsi, Reshma
AU - Coles, Charlotte Elizabeth
AU - Poortmans, Philip
AU - Meattini, Icro
PY - 2023/6/1
Y1 - 2023/6/1
N2 - The promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is being increasingly pursued in health care, both in gen-eral and within radiation oncology. Because bibliometrics is a powerful tool to reveal the scientific literature on a specific topic during a certain timespan, a systematic bibliometric analysis of the documents published on EDI in radiation oncol-ogy was performed, aiming at exploring common patterns in research and emerging trends, tracking collaborations and networks, and anticipating future directions in clinical research. Standard descriptive statistics and bibliometric techni-ques were used in the analysis. A collaboration network and thematic map were generated from the data. Four domains were represented: (1) motor themes, including themes well developed and important for the structuring of the research field; (2) niche themes, representing the isolated topics that do not share important external links with other themes; (3) emerging themes, referring to still weakly developed topics; and (4) basic themes, including the essential topics. EDI in the profession of radiation oncology is essential to ensure that the workforce delivering radiation oncology care both draws from the full talent pool of human capital and delivers the highest quality science and clinical care to all patients. The burgeoning literature on EDI in radiation oncology suggests that a large and growing cohort of scholars within radiation oncology are dedicated to addressing these important challenges. & COPY; 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - The promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is being increasingly pursued in health care, both in gen-eral and within radiation oncology. Because bibliometrics is a powerful tool to reveal the scientific literature on a specific topic during a certain timespan, a systematic bibliometric analysis of the documents published on EDI in radiation oncol-ogy was performed, aiming at exploring common patterns in research and emerging trends, tracking collaborations and networks, and anticipating future directions in clinical research. Standard descriptive statistics and bibliometric techni-ques were used in the analysis. A collaboration network and thematic map were generated from the data. Four domains were represented: (1) motor themes, including themes well developed and important for the structuring of the research field; (2) niche themes, representing the isolated topics that do not share important external links with other themes; (3) emerging themes, referring to still weakly developed topics; and (4) basic themes, including the essential topics. EDI in the profession of radiation oncology is essential to ensure that the workforce delivering radiation oncology care both draws from the full talent pool of human capital and delivers the highest quality science and clinical care to all patients. The burgeoning literature on EDI in radiation oncology suggests that a large and growing cohort of scholars within radiation oncology are dedicated to addressing these important challenges. & COPY; 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KW - MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
KW - EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
KW - COST-EFFECTIVENESS
KW - RADIOTHERAPY CAPACITY
KW - GLOBAL RADIOTHERAPY
KW - IMPROVING DIVERSITY
KW - HEALTH ECONOMICS
KW - CERVICAL-CANCER
KW - GENDER EQUITY
KW - THERAPY
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.02.026
DO - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.02.026
M3 - (Systematic) Review article
C2 - 36841344
SN - 0360-3016
VL - 116
SP - 232
EP - 245
JO - International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
JF - International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
IS - 2
ER -