Bibliometric analysis of national scientific production in ergonomics and safety: SIMPEP 2010-2015

Abstract

Ergonomics and safety is an area of great importance for industrial activities, because they seek to offer the worker ergonomic, physical and psychological comfort. This study seeks to analyze quantitatively the tendency of how the scientific production in the area is developing, noting the differences within the sub-areas that compose the field of Ergonomics. The sample was taken from the articles published in the period from 2010 to 2015 in SIMPEP. For an objective interpretation of the data, the statistical methods of correlation of Spearman, Anova and Kruska Wallis were used. These methods were chosen after verifying the linearity of the data. The results showed that the production of ergonomics and work safety have an irregular tendency, such as the case of existing inequalities in the publications within the sub-areas of Occupational Biomechanics and analysis and prevention of risks and Accidents, which show significant differences (p = 0.020). The article contributes to observe that we need a breakthrough in research in the area of ergonomics and that this must involve all of its subareas, for this scientific discipline to develop in an equitable manner.

Keywords

• Ergonomics
• Occupational Safety
• Bibliometric
• SIMPEP