@article{ref1,
title="Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) research: a bibliometric analysis of publication trends over the first 20 years",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2020",
author="Asmundson, Aleiia J. N. and Struck, Shannon and Afifi, Tracie O. and Asmundson, Gordon G. J. and Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley",
volume="112",
number="",
pages="e104895-e104895",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The relative health and robustness of a field of research can be approximated by assessing peer reviewed journal publication trends for articles  pertinent to the field. To date, there have been no such assessments of the  burgeoning research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The overall  goal of this study was to examine ACEs research trends using bibliometric methods. More specifically, we sought to describe observed publication trends of the ACEs  literature from its inception in the late 1990s. We also analyzed the nature of ACEs  publications with regard to key characteristics of main outcomes, levels of  analysis, and populations of primary focus. <br><br>METHODS: A search was conducted using  Scopus to identify English language papers on ACEs published in peer-reviewed  journals between 1998 and 2018. The primary field of research was determined by  having independent raters code the title of the publishing journal into distinct  categories. Main research outcomes were similarly coded. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 789  articles on ACEs appearing in 351 different academic journals were published between  1998 and 2018. There was considerable growth in the number of ACEs papers published  over the past several years. General medicine and multidisciplinary research were  the most frequent of 12 primary fields of research characterizing ACEs research. Of  16 primary outcomes on which ACEs research focused, the most common were mental  health and physical health. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Significant growth in ACEs research over the  past several years suggest the field is thriving. Observed publication trends and  publication characteristics are discussed briefly.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104895",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104895"
}