Abstract—To explore the intellectual structure of health and cosmetic research in the last decade, this study identified the most important publications and the most influential scholars as well as the correlations among these scholar’s publications. In this study, bibliometric and social network analysis techniques are used to investigate the intellectual pillars of the health and cosmetic literature. By analyzing 95,367 citations of 1,914 articles published in SSCI journal in health and cosmetic area between 2007 and 2016, this study maps a knowledge network of health and cosmetic studies. The results of the mapping can help identify the research direction of health and cosmetic research and provide a valuable tool for researchers to access the literature in this area.

Index Terms—citation, co-citation, health and cosmetic, social network, ethnic bulling, diffusion innovation

Cite: Yi-Tsun Ho, Hsing-Chau Tseng, Chen-Hsien Lin, and Jen-Hwa Kuo, "Ten Years of Health and Cosmetic Studies: Themes, Concepts and Relationships" Journal of Advanced Management Science, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 413-418, September 2017. doi: 10.18178/joams.5.5.413-418