Easy-to-Read: Evolution and Perspectives-A Bibliometric Analysis of Research, 1978-2021

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 14;20(4):3359. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043359.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to observe the use of the Easy-to-Read term in the international scientific literature. Therefore, a bibliometric analysis was carried out using the Web of Science database, focusing on the period between 1978 and 2021. From this, 1065 records that met the search criteria were further identified. After applying the PRISMA model, the final analysis was performed on a corpus of 102 documents, comprising an analysis of the keywords and expressions where the term was found, an authorship analysis, a citation analysis, as well as a co-occurrence analysis. The publications were grouped based on the research area, with the field of Computer Science standing out with most of the occurrences (25), followed by Education & Educational Research (14 occurrences) and Linguistics (9 occurrences). The results suggest that interest in this field of research is limited, as the maximum number of publications related to this topic was 16 in 2020 and 14 in 2021. The study is important as it sheds light on the current state of the topic and seeks to identify future trends in this field.

Keywords: accessibility; bibliometric analysis; easy read; easy-to-read; inequities; intellectual (learning) disabilities; social exclusion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Authorship
  • Bibliometrics*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Linguistics
  • Publications*

Grants and funding

This research was funded by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, project number PFE 26/30.12.2021, PERFORM-CDI@UPT100The increasing of the performance of the Polytechnic University of Timișoara by strengthening the research, development and technological transfer capacity in the field of “Energy, Environment and Climate Change” at the beginning of the second century of its existence, within Program 1—Development of the national system of Research and Development, Subprogram 1.2—Institutional Performance-Institutional Development Projects-Excellence Funding Projects in RDI, PNCDI III”.