Abstract
<p class="0abstractCxSpFirst"><span lang="EN-US">Purpose: The purpose of the paper was to explore the central keyword searched (<em>e.g., mobile healthcare</em>). It also aimed at identifying the valuable contributions made by authors, journals, countries, and institutions and their associations in ‘<em>mobile healthcare</em>’ search around the world. </span></p><p class="0abstractCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-US">Methodology: Data was extracted from 2012 to 2020 by using Scopus database and analysed through VOSviewer software and MS Excel. PRISMA guidelines were used to screen the records. </span></p><p class="0abstractCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-US">Analysis: Co-authorship, Co-occurrence, Bibliographic Coupling and Co-citation analysis were executed to identify the links and collaborations among the authors, countries, author keywords and documents globally. </span></p><p class="0abstractCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-US">Findings: Results showed that <em>Yang X</em>. had the highest association with other authors and <em>Sood, S.K.</em> had published more documents than others. <em>Australia</em> was found to have the highest association with other countries, and <em>India</em> was leading other countries in publications. <em>Computers and Electrical Engineering</em> was found to be the leading journal in publication of documents. </span></p><p class="0abstractCxSpLast"><span lang="EN-US">Originality:<em> </em>This study, to best of our knowledge, was the first of its kind in mapping the ‘<em>mobile healthcare</em>’ search which was designed till 2020. This will aid in shaping and understanding the central theme and set the future research directions for the researchers.</span></p>
Highlights
The current study presents the bibliometric mapping of ‘mobile healthcare’
Mobile healthcare is considered as providing healthcare services by means of technological devices for example, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PADs), tablet computers, smart devices and so on
It was based on bibliometric analysis only by executing all possible tools of VOSviewer software and the focus that was purely on services
Summary
The current study presents the bibliometric mapping of ‘mobile healthcare’. Mobile healthcare is considered as providing healthcare services by means of technological devices for example, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PADs), tablet computers, smart devices and so on (ref). Pai & Alathur, (2020) analysed the literature on ‘mobile health’ in Indian context. They used Scopus database for the published works in India between January 2008 to June 2019. They reviewed the methodologies used by the different researchers in mobile health search. The current study was different from the previous works by extending the analysis till 2020. It was based on bibliometric analysis only by executing all possible tools of VOSviewer software and the focus that was purely on services (e.g., mobile healthcare services). What are the links and collaborations among authors, countries, keywords and documents related to ‘mobile healthcare’?
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