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A Science Mapping Analysis of Sixty-Seven Years of Scientific Evolution about the Transgender Population

Version 1 : Received: 3 July 2021 / Approved: 5 July 2021 / Online: 5 July 2021 (12:48:02 CEST)

How to cite: Sott Bender, M.; Kremer Sott, M.; Merten Fernandes, V.; München, M.A.B.; Gonçalves, I.F.; Areosa, S.V.C.; Bragazzi, N.L. A Science Mapping Analysis of Sixty-Seven Years of Scientific Evolution about the Transgender Population. Preprints 2021, 2021070099. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0099.v1 Sott Bender, M.; Kremer Sott, M.; Merten Fernandes, V.; München, M.A.B.; Gonçalves, I.F.; Areosa, S.V.C.; Bragazzi, N.L. A Science Mapping Analysis of Sixty-Seven Years of Scientific Evolution about the Transgender Population. Preprints 2021, 2021070099. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0099.v1

Abstract

Gender and identity issues permeate society as a whole. Therefore, the matters involving transgender individuals should be analised in order to understand the difficulties experienced by this population and the social practices implemented. In this sense, the objective of this study was to investigate the strategic themes and their evolution in relation to the theme. For this, a bibliometric performance and network analysis (BPNA) was carried out with the existing data in the Web of Science database between 1954 and march 2021. Twenty-three thousand and four hundred and seventy-one (23,471) articles were identified, which were included in the SciMAT software to perform a bibliometric analysis, resulting in the graph of the thematic evolution structure and the strategic diagram, in which 8 motor themes and a cross-cutting theme of great magnitude are highlighted, which are discussed in depth. The results show the relation between the transgender theme and gender, identity, sexual orientation, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery. It is concluded that, despite the large number of associated researches, some areas of study are still incipient, such as the inclusion of transgender people in the formal labor market and in the prison context, thus opening field for further studies.

Keywords

transgender; nonbinary; transsexual; queer; gender diversity; gender identity disorder; bibliometrics; science mapping

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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