Van Tıp Dergisi (Jul 2023)
Bibliometric Analyses of Digitalization Studies in Health after the Pandemic
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study aims to analyses the bibliometric analysis of digitalization trends in health after the pandemic. Bibliometric analyses can help us understand global digitalization trends and guide future work. These analyses can provide guidance for researchers and healthcare professionals and can be used to drive faster and more effective change in the digitalization of the healthcare industry. METHODS: In this bibliometric study, research on digitalization in health carried out globally between the years 2020-2023 was examined. As a result of the searches using the keyword "digitalization in health' and 'Covid-19", 1670 studies were found and 400 articles were used by eliminating the unsuitable and non-article studies. The articles in the database were analyzed using information such as titles, author names, publication year, journal name and the number of citations. Web of Science and Scopus databases was used for systematic data collection and all text data of the publications included in the study were evaluated with 'VOSviewer software'. These analyses were performed using text mining and data visualization methods (bubble maps and other graphical) to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the study. RESULTS: In this article, information is given about 400 articles taken from the databases and 1847 citations to these articles. The average number of citations per article was calculated as 5 and the H index as 22. As of 2021, both the number of articles and the number of citations have increased. Most of the articles (55%) are devoted to health and economics. Germany is the country that publishes the highest number of articles (17.3%) on this subject. Most of the articles (58%) were published by publishers such as MDPI, Springer Nature, Elsevier, Sage and Wiley. Most of the articles (47%) are in the SCI-Expanded category. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The findings of our study show that many researchers are active in the field of digitalization in health and that the research in this field is increasing. This bibliometric analysis reveals global trends and key studies in healthcare digitalization and provides important insights into the future directions of research in this area. Since this analysis only aims to identify trends and trends in the literature, it is not intended to evaluate the applicability of this topic.
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