This study contributes to the existing literature by providing a current picture of research on blood donation behavior. The methodology applied is a bibliometric analysis, based on scientific production and the science mapping analysis. The analysis is applied over a sample of 963 articles published between 1957 and 2017, in the Web of Science (WoS). Most active journals, authors, countries are identified as well as the main topics in this research area.
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