Advancing Emergency Preparedness in Nursing Education: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Trends, Knowledge Networks, and Future Directions

ABSTRACT : Background: Emergency preparedness is an essential component of nursing education, equipping future nurses with the knowledge, competencies, and clinical skills required to respond effectively to disasters, public health emergencies, and other critical situations. Understanding research development in this field is important for identifying established knowledge, emerging themes, and gaps that may guide nursing education and practice. Aim: This study aimed to map the global research landscape of emergency preparedness in nursing education by examining publication trends, intellectual structures, collaborative knowledge networks, and emerging research themes. Methods: The researcher conducted a bibliometric analysis of 9,258 Scopus-indexed records published between 2000 and 2026. Descriptive publication and citation analyses were performed, while VOS viewer was used to examine the intellectual structure through co-citation analysis and the conceptual structure through author keyword co-occurrence analysis.