Wearable devices in healthcare services. Bibliometrix analysis by using R package

Abstract

Purpose: The current study aims at exploring the theme – wearable devices in healthcare services from 2008 to 2021. It intends to identify the most prominent sources, authors, affiliations, countries, documents, words and trend topics. Methodology: Total 204 records have been extracted from Scopus after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, and analysed by using biblioshiny software of R-package. Findings: Results of bibliometrix analysis show the prominent sources in ‘wearable devices & healthcare’ search are IEEE Access and Sensors (Switzerland). Moreover, Lee S. and Shen J. are found be the most productive and prolific authors, King Saud University is leading institutions in producing the articles, China, South Korea, India and USA are identified as the most productive countries and Network Security, Cryptography, Deep Learning, Healthcare Application and Healthcare System are found to be the trending topics and themes in the year 2021. Originality: This study presents the deep analytics regarding wearable devices in healthcare services and it also suggests useful future research avenues and insights for researchers and practitioners.