Exploring emerging IoT technologies in smart health research: a knowledge graph analysis
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(2020) 20:260
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Exploring emerging IoT technologies in smart health research: a knowledge graph analysis Xuejie Yang1†, Xiaoyu Wang2*† , Xingguo Li1†, Dongxiao Gu1,3†, Changyong Liang1, Kang Li1, Gongrang Zhang1 and Jinhong Zhong1
Abstract Background: At present, Internet of Things technology has been widely used in various fields, and smart health is also one of its important application areas. Methods: We use the core collection of Web of Science as a data source, using tools such as CiteSpace and bibliometric methods to visually analyze 9561 articles published in the field of smart health research based on the Internet of things (IoT) in 2003–2019, including time distribution, spatial distribution, and literature co-citation analysis and keyword analysis. Results: The field of smart health research based on IoT has developed rapidly since 2014, but has not yet formed a stable network of authors and institutions. In addition, the knowledge base in this field has been initially formed, and most of the published literatures are multi-theme research. Conclusions: This study discusses the research status, research hotspots and future development trends in this field, and provides important knowledge support for subsequent research. Keywords: Internet of things, Disease, Health, Bibliometrics, Visual analysis
Background The Internet of Things (IoT) is an important representative of the new generation of information technology. It is the result of rapid development in the field of wireless communications in recent years, and it is a network that extends on the Internet [1]. It can connect various information sensing devices (such as Radio Frequency Identification, infrared sensors, laser scanners, etc.) to the Internet to realize the “Internet of Everything” [2]. At present, IoT has been widely used in various fields, such as smart city, smart home, intelligent logistics, intelligent transportation, etc. * Correspondence: [email protected] † Xuejie Yang, Xiaoyu Wang, Xingguo Li and Dongxiao Gu contributed equally to this work. 2 The 1st Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 117 Meishan Road, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
Among them, smart health is also one of its important application areas. There are countless people who lose their lives every year due to various diseases or health problems. In terms of chronic diseases, the number of people dying from chronic diseases accounts for 60% of the total number of deaths worldwide. People are paying more and more attention to health issues [3]. Therefore, the use of IoT technology to solve health problems has become one of the research hotspots in the field of smart health. IoT is connecting physical world with virtual world of Internet. Physical world includes household appliances (such as air purifiers, thermostats, etc.), automobiles, industrial machinery, construction, medical equipment, and human body [4]. Applying IoT technologies t
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