Wearable Devices in Healthcare Services. Bibliometrix Analysis by using R Package

Authors

  • Javed Ali Department of Business Administration, Sukkur IBA University, Sindh, Pakistan. Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
  • Ahmad Jusoh Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
  • Norhalimah Idris Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
  • Awais Gul Airij Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Rabia Chandio Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v18i08.31785

Keywords:

Wearable Devices, Healthcare Services, Bibliometrix Analysis, R-package

Abstract


Purpose: The current study aims at exploring the theme – wearable devices in healthcare services from 2008 to 2021. It intends to identify the most prominent sources, authors, affiliations, countries, documents, words and trend topics.

Methodology: Total 204 records have been extracted from Scopus after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, and analysed by using biblioshiny software of R-package.

Findings: Results of bibliometrix analysis show the prominent sources in ‘wearable devices & healthcare’ search are IEEE Access and Sensors (Switzerland). Moreover, Lee S. and Shen J. are found be the most productive and prolific authors, King Saud University is leading institutions in producing the articles, China, South Korea, India and USA are identified as the most productive countries and Network Security, Cryptography, Deep Learning, Healthcare Application and Healthcare System are found to be the trending topics and themes in the year 2021.

Originality: This study presents the deep analytics regarding wearable devices in healthcare services and it also suggests useful future research avenues and insights for researchers and practitioners.

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Published

2022-06-28

How to Cite

Javed Ali, Ahmad Jusoh, Norhalimah Idris, Awais Gul Airij, & Rabia Chandio. (2022). Wearable Devices in Healthcare Services. Bibliometrix Analysis by using R Package. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 18(08), pp. 61–86. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v18i08.31785

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 08 (2022)

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