Theme Trends and Knowledge Structure on Mobile Health Apps: Bibliometric Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the widespread and unprecedented popularity of mobile phones, the use of digital medicine and mobile health apps has seen significant growth. Mobile health apps have tremendous potential for monitoring and treating diseases, improving patient care, and promoting health.

Objective

This paper aims to explore research trends, coauthorship networks, and the research hot spots of mobile health app research.

Methods

Publications related to mobile health apps were retrieved and extracted from the Web of Science database with no language restrictions. Bibliographic Item Co-Occurrence Matrix Builder was employed to extract bibliographic information (publication year and journal source) and perform a descriptive analysis. We then used the VOSviewer (Leiden Uni

SUBMITTER: Peng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7418015 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature