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Table 3 References output indicators and citation impact related to stage 2 and Fig. 3

From: Reducing maritime accidents in ships by tackling human error: a bibliometric review and research agenda

Cluster

Cluster label

No. of articles

Top 5 most cited articles*

Average citation (based on top 10 articles in each cluster)

Cluster 1 (Red)

Task analysis and cognitive approaches to improve human reliability

51

Swain and Guttmann (1983), Kirwan (1994), Hollnagel (1998), Shorrock and Kirwan (2002) and Chang and Mosleh (2007)

18.7

Cluster 2 (Green)

Theories and concepts to better understand human error

51

Norman (1981), Rasmussen (1983), Reason (1990), Endsley (1995) and Reason (2000)

23.07

Cluster 3 (Blue)

Human Factor Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) to improve safety

48

Hetherington et al. (2006), Trucco et al. (2008), Celik and Cebi (2008), Chauvin et al. (2013) and Chen et al. (2013)

15.02

Cluster 4 (Orange)

Normal Accident Theory (NAT) vs HRO (High-Reliability Organisations) to explain the cause of the accident

41

Rasmussen (1997), Perrow (1999), Dekker (2006), Leveson (2011) and Hollnagel (2016)

20.39

Cluster 5 (Purple)

Classification of accidents in several industries due to human error

34

Shappell and Wiegmann (1997), Reinach and Viale (2006), ElBardissi et al. (2007), Patterson and Shappell (2010) and Lenné et al. (2012)

49.88

  1. *Total citation impact of 225 articles