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TL;DR
The study found that while medical education research is inwardly focused, citing predominantly education and healthcare science categories, it displays increasing interdisciplinarity over time as the diversity of cited categories grows.
Perspectives on Medical Education · 5 authors, 4 centres
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The study found that while medical education research is inwardly focused, citing predominantly education and healthcare science categories, it displays increasing interdisciplinarity over time as the diversity of cited categories grows.
This conceptual replication study analyzed the cited references of 31,283 articles from 22 medical education journals published between 2001-2020. The analysis found that 68.3% of cited references were identified in 242 categories, covering 94% of all Web of Science categories. The top two categories, 'Education, Scientific Disciplines' and 'Health Care Sciences & Services,' accounted for nearly half of all citations, suggesting the field is inwardly focused. However, the number and diversity of categories represented increased over the study period, indicating a trend toward greater interdisciplinarity.