Quality of Life as a Subject of Study in the Social Sciences: An Analysis of Recent Literature in Scopus

This bibliometric analysis examines the recent evolution of quality of life studies within the field of social sciences. A corpus of 7,259 scientific articles indexed in Scopus and published between 2020 and 2024 was processed. The results demonstrate a sustained growth in academic output, primarily in the last year of the analyzed period. This pattern confirms the increasing relevance of this research field. The intellectual structure of the field is articulated around health and psychological well-being, sociodemographic research on aging, and public policies and urban environments, frequently within the context of sustainability. The marked influence of empirical methodologies is noteworthy, with a predominance of controlled cross-sectional designs. Concurrently, there is a significant dedication to the psychometric validation of measurement instruments.

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