Elham Shirled - Master oF Midwifery (Author)School of Nursing & MidwiferyTehran University of Medical Sciences

Background: Child marriage is a global health issue.Achieving global health, development, and gender equalityrequires understanding the social, economic, and culturalcontexts for effective interventions. The aim of the present studyis bibliometric analysis of global research on the subject of childmarriage in during the years ۱۹۹۰ to ۲۰۲۲.Methods: In the present study, the data were extracted fromthe web of science database and analyzed on the social network,which includes a review of the number of articles, journals,authors, leading countries, and finally a review of frequentlyused keywords.Results: The results show that a total of ۱۱,۸۴۱ articles havebeen published in ۲۷۳۴ journals in which the fields of family,sociology, and public health have received the most attention.The leading country was the United States of America. Thelargest number of articles was published in ۲۰۲۰. There was anincreasing trend in the number of articles published during thelast five years, which indicates an increase in attention toachieving the goals of sustainable development.

Child marriage, early marriage, the bibliometricanalysis.