Digital Health Literacy: Bibliometric Analysis
BackgroundDigital health is growing at a rapid pace, and digital health literacy has attracted increasing attention from the academic community. ObjectiveThe purposes of this study are to conduct a systematic bibliometric analysis on the field of digital health li...
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BackgroundDigital health is growing at a rapid pace, and digital health literacy has attracted increasing attention from the academic community.
ObjectiveThe purposes of this study are to conduct a systematic bibliometric analysis on the field of digital health literacy and to understand the research context and trends in this field.
MethodsMethods: A total of 1955 scientific publications were collected from the Web of Science core collection. Institutional co-operation, journal co-citation, theme bursting, keyword co-occurrence, author co-operation, author co-citation, literature co-citation, and references in the field of digital health literacy were analyzed using the VOSviewer and CiteSpace knowledge mapping tools.
ResultsThe results demonstrate that the United States has the highest number of publications and citations in this field. The University of California System was first in terms of institutional contributions. The Journal of Medical Internet Research led in the number of publications, citations, and co-citations. Research areas of highly cited articles in the field of digital health literacy mainly include the definition and scale of health literacy, health literacy and health outcomes, health literacy and the digital divide, and the influencing factors of health literacy.
ConclusionsWe summarized research progress in the field of digital health literacy and reveal the context, trends, and trending topics of digital health literacy research through statistical analysis and network visualization. We found that digital health literacy has a significant potential to improve health outcomes, bridge the digital divide, and reduce health inequalities. Our work can serve as a fundamental reference and directional guide for future research in this field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1ca05bcba334340b4564e69ec7cffa12023-08-28T22:42:29ZengJMIR PublicationsJournal of Medical Internet Research1438-88712022-07-01247e3581610.2196/35816Digital Health Literacy: Bibliometric AnalysisKeng Yanghttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-6004Yekang Huhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6096-6419Hanying Qihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5762-9024 BackgroundDigital health is growing at a rapid pace, and digital health literacy has attracted increasing attention from the academic community. ObjectiveThe purposes of this study are to conduct a systematic bibliometric analysis on the field of digital health literacy and to understand the research context and trends in this field. MethodsMethods: A total of 1955 scientific publications were collected from the Web of Science core collection. Institutional co-operation, journal co-citation, theme bursting, keyword co-occurrence, author co-operation, author co-citation, literature co-citation, and references in the field of digital health literacy were analyzed using the VOSviewer and CiteSpace knowledge mapping tools. ResultsThe results demonstrate that the United States has the highest number of publications and citations in this field. The University of California System was first in terms of institutional contributions. The Journal of Medical Internet Research led in the number of publications, citations, and co-citations. Research areas of highly cited articles in the field of digital health literacy mainly include the definition and scale of health literacy, health literacy and health outcomes, health literacy and the digital divide, and the influencing factors of health literacy. ConclusionsWe summarized research progress in the field of digital health literacy and reveal the context, trends, and trending topics of digital health literacy research through statistical analysis and network visualization. We found that digital health literacy has a significant potential to improve health outcomes, bridge the digital divide, and reduce health inequalities. Our work can serve as a fundamental reference and directional guide for future research in this field.https://www.jmir.org/2022/7/e35816 |
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| title | Digital Health Literacy: Bibliometric Analysis |
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