Worldwide research performance on telemedicine for newborns and neonatal intensive care units: A bibliometric and visualization study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine uses videoconferencing technology to enable real-time audio and visual communication, linking on-site healthcare providers with specialists at remote locations. Over the past decade, telemedicine has grown significantly within the field of neonatology. This study seeks to deepen the understanding of telemedicine applications for newborns and neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) through a detailed bibliometric analysis.

Methods

Publications on telemedicine in newborns and NICUs from January 1, 2004, to October 22, 2024, were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. Using Microsoft Excel, CiteSpace, the R package "bibliometrix," and VOSviewer, we analyzed the data to examine the number of publications, contributing countries/regions, institut

SUBMITTER: Luo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035156 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature