| dc.description.abstract | Maritime transport is often associated with high risk. Accidents at sea can have major consequences, it can lead to the loss of ships, loss of cargo, loss of human life and pollution of the oceans. Human factors or human error is the leading cause of maritime accidents. The aim of this thesis is to obtain an overview of the bibliometric features from scientific publications on human factors in maritime accidents. The study uses various bibliometric methods to identify the most influential publications. Through the Web of Science database, 376 publications in the research field were identified. To analyse and visualize the data, the software tool VOS viewer was used. The study revealed a small number of influential journals, productive countries, and notable publications. This paper contributes to research on human factors in maritime accidents by identifying important publications and important concepts related to human error.
Keywords
Human factor, human error, maritime accidents, maritime safety, bibliometric analysis, co-author analysis, bibliometric coupling, co-occurrence analysis, text mining. | |
