A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis Of Mobile Health (M-Health) Research

Abstract

The term m-health has been flourishing in the field of health after the growth of mobile phone usage. The increase in phone and internet usage led us to the gateway of various opportunities including m-health applications. These applications help mankind who are unable to access quality healthcare services. These technologies aid the government in transforming their country's healthcare opportunities it also helps the individuals as well in maintaining and monitoring their health data. This article picturizes the area of m-health using the bibliometric data available in the Scopus database as it is trustworthy. Using this as the base, we examined authors' keywords, citations, annual scientific production, Bradford's law, countries coupling, and more using RStudio’s biblioshiny software. This analysis revealed that there is a huge growth in various fields such as mobile health, m-health, telemedicine, digital health, and smartphone applications. Furthermore, emerging trends such as mobile health units, behavioral health, and physiotherapy can be concentrated in the future. This study provides valuable insights to researchers and practitioners in the field of healthcare.