摘要

Through the analysis of 17 international and domestic journals, this paper is to find the development trend of philosophy of medicine by using scientometric methods and visualization tool. The 17 journals include medical journals, philosophy journals, as well as journals bridging medicine and philosophy. The analysis involves such indicators as the Citing Half-Life and author affiliation. From the citation network maps derived from citation matrix, one can observe the development trend in philosophy of medicine, and the changing role played by philosophy or medicine in the development of an interdisciplinary field, namely philosophy of medicine.