Abstract
The field of social sciences has become increasingly important in eHealth. Patients currently engage more proactively with health services. This means that eHealth is linked to many different areas of Social Sciences. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the state-of-the-art research on eHealth from the perspective of social sciences. To this end, a bibliometric analysis was conducted using the Web of Science database. The main findings show the evolution of publications, the most influential countries, the most relevant journals and papers, and the importance of the different areas of knowledge. Although there are some studies on eHealth within social sciences, most of them focus on very specific aspects and do not develop a holistic analysis. Thus, this paper contributes to academia by analyzing the state-of-the-art of research, as well as identifying the most relevant trends and proposing future lines of research such as the potential of eHealth as a professional training instrument, development of predictive models in eHealth, analysis of the eHealth technology acceptance model (TAM), efficient integration of eHealth within public systems, efficient budget management, or improvement in the quality of service for patients.
Highlights
The Internet is a phenomenon that no one could have predicted [1]
The main objective of this research was to analyze the research on eHealth from the perspective of the social science areas of knowledge
The bibliometric analysis was based on the qualification and parameterization of scientific production as well as the influence of authors, publications, and institutions on a certain topic
Summary
The Internet is a phenomenon that no one could have predicted [1]. It has changed the way we access and use the information [2]. A few years ago, textbooks were the only source of medical information. Anyone can find medical information by accessing the Internet from almost anywhere in the world [3]. People have changed the way they search for information and make decisions about their health [4]. The interest of people in the Internet as a tool for searching for health information is rising rapidly and online searches about health have increased in recent years [5]. It has been found that for pediatric consultations, mothers tend to use Internet resources frequently [6,7]
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