School of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
School of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
Res Social Adm Pharm. 2024 Sep;20(9):805-819. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2024.04.017. Epub 2024 May 1.
This bibliometric review analyzes the evolution of telepharmacy research, significantly amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. By employing bibliometric analysis, the study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state and emerging trends in telepharmacy. This approach helps in identifying key areas of growth, predominant themes, and potential gaps in the literature. Utilizing data from 330 papers (1981-2023) sourced from Scopus and analyzed with Bibliometrix™, this study applies both performance analysis and science mapping methods to examine the telepharmacy literature. The findings reveal a consistent growth in telepharmacy research, with an 8.07 % average annual growth rate. Performance analysis highlights key authors, influential works, and leading journals and countries in the field. Document co-citation analysis identifies four developmental phases of telepharmacy: emergence, take-off, expansion, and future trajectory by uncovering the intellectual structure of the field. Co-words analysis elucidates evolving conceptual structures and significant subfields over time. These findings serve to inform practitioners and researchers about the evolving landscape of telepharmacy, guiding future research and practice in this increasingly important field.
这篇文献计量学综述分析了远程药学研究的演变，这一研究在 COVID-19 大流行期间得到了显著推动。本研究采用文献计量学分析方法，旨在提供远程药学领域的现状和新兴趋势的全面概述。这种方法有助于确定增长的关键领域、主要主题和文献中的潜在差距。本研究利用来自 Scopus 的 330 篇论文（1981-2023 年）的数据，并使用 Bibliometrix™进行分析，应用绩效分析和科学图谱方法来研究远程药学文献。研究结果显示，远程药学研究呈持续增长趋势，平均年增长率为 8.07%。绩效分析突出了该领域的关键作者、有影响力的作品、主要期刊和国家。文献共被引分析通过揭示该领域的知识结构，确定了远程药学的四个发展阶段：出现、起飞、扩展和未来轨迹。共词分析随着时间的推移阐明了不断发展的概念结构和重要的子领域。这些发现有助于向从业者和研究人员告知远程药学不断发展的领域，为该日益重要的领域的未来研究和实践提供指导。
