Bibliometric analysis of physical workload

An analytical study was carried out on the development of research in the field of physical workload published from 2003 to 2023 which was indexed on Scopus by authors worldwide. The amalgamation keywords implement to ascertain articles relevant to workload are "physical workload," "workload," "environment," and "risk assessment”. A review of these 33 documents shows that there is an increasing trend in the number of literature publications, number of artivles published each year, types of open access, publication sources, and major journals. Using VOS-viewer software, we will perform a bibliometric analysis to visualize how authors collaborate, how documents are cited, and how keywords co-occurance in these findings. This bibliometric analysis will use VOS-viewer software to describe patterns of co-authorship, documents citations, and co-occurrence of keywords in the findings. (1) Workload studies have developed in recent years, starting in 2004. Workload study articles have been published in 29 journals in 79 institutions and 17 countries. (2) This bibliometric analysis reveals that Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø has the most research publications related to workload, namely four documents indexed in Scopus. Sweden has the most publications of 9 documents, the United States is the second Country with the most publications of 6 documents, and the Netherlands is the third Country with the most publications of 5 Scopus-indexed documents. (3) There are several differences between studies, which can be seen from the use of different methods and the use of tools used, such as Surface Electromyography (sEMG), Electromyography (EMG), and Electrocardiogram (EKG). Psychosocial factors from several studies include work tension and significant work demands felt by workers. (4) So that the author's research design can be drawn with several aspects, namely the use of the Biomechanics method, SNI 9011: 2021 Work-related muscle and skeletal disorders (GOTRAK), Ergonomic Risk Factor (ERF) and the use of tools in the form of a Heart rate monitor and 4in1 Environmentalmeter