A Bibliometric Overview (2004-2024) of Mapping Scientific Production on Dalit Women Empowerment Research

Abstract

Violence against women is a global public health problem. Although there has been much research done on violence against women there are few studies to provide of the current scientific production.  In this study, bibliometric analysis has been used to evaluate the 4,022 documents from 2004 to 2024 based on SCOPUS databases. These documents were analyzed quantitatively by Bibliometric R Package and VOSviewer software. In addition, the top-cited papers were analyzed qualitatively.The research findings show that the United States is a leader in this field with the most highly cited articles and also the most number of publications followed by the India, UK,  Canada, Australia, and South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany . A total of 4,022 documents were collected from the Scopus database and were analyzed in bibliometric R Package and  VOSviewer. Results showed that the average citations per year for each document were 5.429% and the annual scientific production growth rate was 6.86%. Keywords analysis indicates that most articles focus on Dalit women empowerment”,  " Dalit women" OR "marginalized women" ) AND ( "untouchable" OR "scheduled caste" OR "socio" OR "economic " OR "discrimination" OR "moderation" OR " meditation" OR "Psychology" OR "Perceived Stigma" OR "Health"  Sources such as the “Contemporary Voice of Dalit”, “Journal of international Women S Studies”, “Journal of family Violence”, “Violence Against of Women”, “Economic and Political Weekly” are the top most productive in this field. Examining the articles showed that the vast majority of women have experienced Discrimination, perceived stigma.