Research Trends of Mobile Health: A Bibliometric Mapping Study

• Main Authors: WU, WAN-NING, 吳婉寧
• Other Authors: TING, I-HSIEN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/u85y24

碩士 === 國立高雄大學 === 資訊管理學系碩士班 === 106 === In recent years, mobile health has played a key role in health care in the high penetration of mobile phones and mobile network environment that is not limited by time and space. Health-related mobile applications have different outcomes for different users to meet specific needs in different situations. The market for mobile health applications is growing rapidly. Many new mobile applications are used in a variety of different areas of expertise but systematic research on the trends in mobile health research in these applications is still rare. This study provides a systematic review of the literature on mobile health to two purposes. First, we show how to use the bibliometric mapping method for literature review so that researchers can apply bibliometric visualization tools to other areas of interest in science. Second, we use a common literature search strategy to gradually collect a collection of literature that can represent the research field. The documents co-cited network generated by CiteSpace helps to analyze the knowledge structure and development trends in the research field. For example, identify key areas in which mobile health research is active, knowledge milestones for professional development, the dynamic evolution of one profession to another and the four stages of Shneider's scientific development involved in major disciplines.