Tian Hua, Chen Jie
College of Life Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China.
School of Marxism, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China.
Digit Health. 2022 Apr 11;8:20552076221091352. doi: 10.1177/20552076221091352. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
The current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic highlights the potential of eHealth. Drawing the knowledge map of eHealth research through data mining and visual analysis technology was helpful to systematically present the research status and future trends of global academic circles.
Based on the web of Science Core Collection (SCIE/SSCI) database, using bibliometric theory and visual analysis technology, this work analyzed the global eHealth research publications from 2000 to 2021, and introduced the interdisciplinary characteristics, hot topics and future trends in this field.
A total of 10188 authors, 891 journals, 3586 institutions, 98 countries using 12 languages had conducted eHealth research in the world. The United States, the Netherlands, Australia and the United Kingdom were the main forces and international cooperation. However, the international co-operation between Eastern and Western countries was still relatively few. The frontier of global eHealth research mainly focused on #0eHealth innovation, #1physical activity, #2generalised anxiety disorder, #3lightweight authentication protocol, #4 eHealth information, #5technology readiness, #6 ehealth literacy scale, #7family carer, #8citance analysis, #9 guiding patient. Clusters #3 lightweight authentication protocol and #9 guiding patient were the latest clusters, indicating the research trend and direction of eHealth in the future.
Cooperation network framework at the regional, national and global levels and the cooperation of multidisciplinary teams with complementary backgrounds and expertise were needed to realize the in-depth popularization and application of eHealth knowledge. Interdisciplinary international cooperation should be the trend of eHealth research in the future.
当前的2019冠状病毒病大流行凸显了电子健康的潜力。通过数据挖掘和可视化分析技术绘制电子健康研究知识图谱，有助于系统呈现全球学术界的研究现状和未来趋势。
基于科学网核心合集（SCIE/SSCI）数据库，运用文献计量学理论和可视化分析技术，分析2000年至2021年全球电子健康研究出版物，并介绍该领域的跨学科特征、热点话题和未来趋势。
全球共有10188位作者、891种期刊、3586个机构、98个国家使用12种语言开展了电子健康研究。美国、荷兰、澳大利亚和英国是主要力量且存在国际合作。然而，东西方国家之间的国际合作仍相对较少。全球电子健康研究前沿主要集中在#0电子健康创新、#1身体活动、#2广泛性焦虑障碍、#3轻量级认证协议、#4电子健康信息、#5技术就绪度、#6电子健康素养量表、#7家庭照顾者、#8引文分析、#9指导患者。聚类#3轻量级认证协议和#9指导患者是最新的聚类，表明了未来电子健康的研究趋势和方向。
需要区域、国家和全球层面的合作网络框架以及具有互补背景和专业知识的多学科团队合作，以实现电子健康知识的深入普及和应用。跨学科国际合作应是未来电子健康研究的趋势。
