Background: Developmental disabilities have been largely studied in the past years. Their etiological mechanisms have been underpinned to the interactions between genetic and environmental factors. These factors show variability across the world. Thus, it is important to understand where the set of knowledge obtained on developmental disabilities originates from and whether it is generalizable to low- and middle-income countries. Aims: This study aims to understand the origins of the available literature on developmental disabilities, keeping a focus on parenting, and identify the main trend of research. Methods and Procedure: A sample of 11,315 publications from 1936 to 2020 were collected from Scopus and a graphical country analysis was conducted. Furthermore, a qualitative approach enabled the clustering of references by keywords into four main areas: “Expression of the disorder”, “Physiological Factors”, “How it is studied” and “Environmental factors”. For each area, a document co-citation analysis (DCA) on CiteSpace software was performed. Outcomes and Results: Results highlight the leading role of North America in the study of developmental disabilities. Trends in the literature and the documents’ scientific relevance are discussed in details. Conclusions and Implications: Results demand for investigation in different socio-economical settings to generalize our knowledge.

What this paper adds?

The current paper tries to provide insight into the origins of the literature on developmental disabilities with a focus on parenting, together with an analysis of the trends of research in the field. The paper consisted of a multi-disciplinary and multi-method review. In fact, the review tried to integrate the analysis of the relation between developmental disabilities with a closer look at the scientific contributions to the field across the world. Specifically, the paper integrates a total of 11,315 papers published on almost a century of research (from 1936 to 2020). An initial qualitative analysis on keywords was combined to a subsequent quantitative approach in order to maximize the comprehension of the impact of almost a century of scientific contributions. Specifically, documents were studied with temporal and structural metrics on a scientometric approach. This allowed the exploration of patterns within the literature available on Scopus in a quantitative way. This method not only assessed the importance of single documents within the network. As a matter of fact, the document co-citation analysis used on CiteSpace software provided insight into the relations existing between multiple documents in the field of research. As a result, the leading role of North America in the literature of developmental disabilities and parenting emerged. This was accompanied by the review of the main trends of research within the existing literature.

背景：发育障碍在过去几年中得到了大量研究。它们的病因机制已被证实为遗传和环境因素之间的相互作用。这些因素显示了世界范围内的变化。因此，重要的是要了解所获得的关于发育障碍的知识的来源以及它是否可以推广到低收入和中等收入国家。目的：本研究旨在了解有关发育障碍的现有文献的起源，关注育儿问题，并确定研究的主要趋势。方法和程序：从 Scopus 收集了 1936 年至 2020 年的 11,315 份出版物样本，并进行了图形国家分析。此外，定性方法能够通过关键字将参考文献聚类到四个主要领域：“疾病的表现”、“生理因素”、“如何研究”和“环境因素”。对于每个领域，在 CiteSpace 软件上进行了文档共引分析 (DCA)。结果和结果：结果突出了北美在发育障碍研究中的主导作用。详细讨论了文献中的趋势和文献的科学相关性。结论和意义：结果需要在不同的社会经济环境中进行调查以概括我们的知识。结果突出了北美在发育障碍研究中的主导作用。详细讨论了文献中的趋势和文献的科学相关性。结论和意义：结果需要在不同的社会经济环境中进行调查以概括我们的知识。结果突出了北美在发育障碍研究中的主导作用。详细讨论了文献中的趋势和文献的科学相关性。结论和意义：结果需要在不同的社会经济环境中进行调查以概括我们的知识。

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本论文试图深入了解发育障碍文献的起源，重点是育儿，并分析该领域的研究趋势。该论文由多学科和多方法审查组成。事实上，该评论试图将发育障碍之间关系的分析与对世界各地该领域的科学贡献进行更深入的研究相结合。具体而言，该论文整合了近一个世纪（从 1936 年至 2020 年）发表的近 11,315 篇论文。对关键字的初步定性分析与随后的定量方法相结合，以最大限度地理解近一个世纪的科学贡献的影响。具体来说，使用科学计量方法的时间和结构度量来研究文档。这允许以定量的方式探索 Scopus 上可用的文献中的模式。这种方法不仅评估了网络中单个文档的重要性。事实上，CiteSpace 软件上使用的文档共引分析提供了对研究领域中多个文档之间存在的关系的洞察。结果，北美在发育障碍和育儿文献中的主导作用出现了。伴随着对现有文献中主要研究趋势的回顾。这种方法不仅评估了网络中单个文档的重要性。事实上，CiteSpace 软件上使用的文档共引分析提供了对研究领域中多个文档之间存在的关系的洞察。结果，北美在发育障碍和育儿文献中的主导作用出现了。伴随着对现有文献中主要研究趋势的回顾。这种方法不仅评估了网络中单个文档的重要性。事实上，CiteSpace 软件上使用的文档共引分析提供了对研究领域中多个文档之间存在的关系的洞察。结果，北美在发育障碍和育儿文献中的主导作用出现了。伴随着对现有文献中主要研究趋势的回顾。