Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran

en Secondhand Smoking and the Fetus: A Bibliometric Analysis Midwifery and Reproductive Health Original Research Original Research <h1 style="text-align:justify">Background: Bibliometric analysis may indicate the most active specialist, authors, and journals in a given research field. To the authors' knowledge, there is no bibliometric analysis to provide a macroscopic overview in the field of secondhand smoke that harms non-smoker.    Methods: Using the bibliometric method, 644 articles that were present in the Scopus database between 1973-2020 on the subject were considered. The data were analyzed by two visualization and science-mapping software called Bibliometrix and VoS Viewer. Also, reference publication year stereoscopy and Co-Citation historiography were used. In the qualitative analysis, 52 articles were selected that had the most citation and were analyzed.    Results: In this paper, the findings show that the documents were published in 364 sources with an average citation per document of 25.14 and more than 3 authors or nearly 4 authors per document. The peak reference publication year stereoscopy happened in the year 199 with 974 references. The countries with the highest number of MCP were the USA, China, and Spain. The “International Journal of Environmental Research” and “Public Health”, has raised their publications in the field of secondhand smoke and pregnancy rapidly since 2003. Among the titles, "passive smoking" was the most used.    Conclusion: The study highlights the importance of understanding the harmful effects of secondhand smoke on the developing fetus. The findings also shed light on key research trends, influential authors, and active research areas, which can guide future studies and support evidence-based decision-making in the field of maternal and child health.  </h1> Tobacco, Secondhand smoking, Pregnancy, Fetus, Health, Environmental smoke, Bibliometric 1042 1054 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-7125-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Afsaneh Tavassoli afsaneh_tavassoli@alzahra.ac.ir 200319475328460081081 200319475328460081081 Yes Department of Women and Family Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran Sara Modares Gharejedaghi info.modarres@gmail.com 200319475328460081082 200319475328460081082 No Department Business Administration, Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus Maliheh Abedi maliheh.abedi@student.pnu.ac.ir 200319475328460081083 200319475328460081083 No Department of Sociology, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran Seyedh Mahboobeh Jamali mahjamali@gmail.com 200319475328460081084 200319475328460081084 No Eshragh Institute, Ministry of Education District 7, Tehran, Iran Nader Ale Ebrahim aleebrahim@gmail.com 200319475328460081085 200319475328460081085 No Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran