Ding Xue, Lu Dingming, Wei Ruoxi, Zhu Fangfang
School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Digit Health. 2025 Feb 16;11:20552076251320761. doi: 10.1177/20552076251320761. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.
Online healthcare has been regarded as a permanent component and complementation in routine worldwide healthcare. Although there have been large-scale related studies in this field, studies are scattered across disciplines. Numerous publications are needed to systematically and comprehensively identify the status quo, development, and future hotspots in this field.
Publications on online healthcare were screened from the WoS database. By using VOSviewer and CiteSpace, this study analyzed 4636 articles in this field with 60,306 associated references. First, countries/regions distributions, institutions distributions, influential journals, and productive authors were obtained. Then, co-citation analysis, co-occurrence analysis, timeline analysis, and burst detection were further conducted to sketch the panorama of online healthcare.
There were 147 countries/regions participated in and contributed to this field in total. Accounting for over half of the total number of publications, the USA, England, Australia, China, and Canada played significant roles in this area. Among the 24,362 authors, Guo XT was the most influential author. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health was the journal with the most publications and citations. Studies in this field have shifted from basic research to applied practice research. COVID-19, mental health, healthcare, and healthcare workers were the most common keywords, indicating that studies on the impact of online healthcare on healthcare workers, online healthcare service for COVID-19, and mental health will be promising areas in the future.
Research on online healthcare is booming, while worldwide cooperation is still regionalized. Cross-regional cooperation among institutions and scholars is needed to enhance in the future. Online healthcare services for specific health fields and specific groups are the current and developing topics in this field.
在线医疗已被视为全球常规医疗中的一个永久性组成部分和补充。尽管该领域已有大量相关研究，但研究分散在各个学科。需要大量出版物来系统全面地识别该领域的现状、发展及未来热点。
从WoS数据库中筛选关于在线医疗的出版物。本研究使用VOSviewer和CiteSpace对该领域的4636篇文章及60306条相关参考文献进行分析。首先，获取国家/地区分布、机构分布、有影响力的期刊和高产作者。然后，进一步进行共被引分析、共现分析、时间线分析和突发检测，以勾勒在线医疗的全景。
共有147个国家/地区参与并对该领域做出了贡献。美国、英国、澳大利亚、中国和加拿大的出版物占总数的一半以上，在该领域发挥了重要作用。在24362名作者中，郭XT是最具影响力的作者。《国际环境研究与公共卫生杂志》是发表文章和被引次数最多的期刊。该领域的研究已从基础研究转向应用实践研究。COVID-19、心理健康、医疗保健和医护人员是最常见的关键词，表明在线医疗对医护人员的影响、针对COVID-19的在线医疗服务以及心理健康方面的研究将是未来有前景的领域。
在线医疗研究蓬勃发展，但全球合作仍呈区域化。未来需要加强机构和学者之间的跨区域合作。针对特定健康领域和特定群体的在线医疗服务是该领域当前和正在发展的主题。
