Asian Journal Of Social Pharmacy

Abstract: Objective To analyze the current research status and development trend of active surveillance of drug safety in China, and to provide reference and suggestions for future research. Methods Using bibliometric methods and with the help of the CiteSpace 6.1.R6, the literature on active surveillance of drug safety in CNKI from 2010 to 2022 was visualized and analyzed in terms of authors, institutions and keywords. Results and Conclusion The research on active surveillance of drug safety in China started late and is in a stable development period. Some Chinese scholars have done more work on active surveillance of drug safety. Additionally, a number of institutions have published some articles and surveillance objects, surveillance methods, and surveillance results are the main research content. However, the cross-institutional cooperation is not close. The traditional Chinese medicine injection, centralized surveillance, and automatic surveillance are the hot spots of research. It is the latest research frontier to use the Chinese hospital pharmacovigilance system to actively monitor drug safety. At present, the research related to active surveillance of drug safety in China is still in the early stage, and more in-depth research is needed to follow up.

Key words: drug safety, active surveillance, CiteSpace, research status, visual analysis