Intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: bibliometric review

The restrictive measures used during the COVID-19 pandemic altered the global landscape, consequently leading to repercussions in intimate partner violence. This study aimed to conduct a bibliometric review to identify scientific productions from March 2020 to July 2022 related to intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. From June to August 2022, databases such as Web of Science, BVS (MedLine, LiLacs, MedRsiv, BDENF, PAHO), Science Direct, SciELO, Capes Periodical, and Redalyc were consulted. A total of 294 articles were included, categorized by article types (empirical, rapid communication, documentary, theoretical, review), language, country of origin, and productivity and collaboration indices. Articles were identified from the United States of America (n=108) and other 56 countries in English (n=283), Portuguese, Spanish/Croatian, German, Turkish, Malay, Egyptian, and Serbo-Croatian, with approximately 75% of publications having more than 3 authors. Regarding the types of articles: 147 were empirical, 57 were short communications, 46 were documentary, 28 were literature reviews, 14 were systematic reviews, and 2 were integrative reviews.