RT Journal Article
T1 Where is occupational health and safety management research in small and medium-sized enterprises headed? A thematic evolution and bibliometric analysis
A1 Salguero-Caparrós, Francisco Miguel
A1 Sánchez-Teba, Eva María
A1 Bermúdez-González, Guillermo José
A1 Rubio-Romero, Juan Carlos
K1 Pequeñas y medianas empresas - Medidas de seguridad
K1 Seguridad industrial
AB Without a doubt, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are one of the European economy’s great strengths as they employ over half of the total workforce. As a result, the current EU-OSHA strategy for 2022–2027 emphasizes the need to pay special attention to the specific problems of SMEs in order to improve health and safety management in these organizations. The objective of this study is to analyze the existing research gaps and from this point to trace future research lines in terms of the thematic evolution in the field of research on health and safety management specifically in SMEs through an exhaustive bibliometric analysis, in terms of both structure and concept. We used the Science Mapping Analysis Software Tool (SciMAT) program, an open-source software tool that builds scientific maps in a longitudinal framework, to identify the main topics covered within this thematic area over time. This bibliometric analysis concludes that it is essential to broaden knowledge about conceptual models for workplace risk analysis and assessment in order to boost occupational health and safety management performance with a special interest among SMEs. The emphasis is on integrating the Resilience Engineering paradigm and the emerging Safety II approach to address these challenges effectively.
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2025
FD 2025-03-25
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40594
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40594
LA eng
NO Salguero-Caparrós, F. M., Sánchez-Teba, E. M., Bermúdez-González, G., & Rubio-Romero, J. C. (2025). Where is occupational health and safety management research in small and medium-sized enterprises headed? A thematic evolution and bibliometric analysis. Cogent Business & Management, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2025.2482021
NO Authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Chair of Innovation and Smart Management 8.07/5.14.6273 Cát. (University of Malaga) and from the Research Group SEJ‑314 (PAIDI).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026