机构：[1]College of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. [2]Guangzhou Huagong Information Software Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China. [3]AI Lab, Yidu Cloud (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China. [4]School of Computer Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China. [5]The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.广东省中医院
BackgroundSocial media plays a more and more important role in the research of health and healthcare due to the fast development of internet communication and information exchange. This paper conducts a bibliometric analysis to discover the thematic change and evolution of utilizing social media for healthcare research field.MethodsWith the basis of 4361 publications from both Web of Science and PubMed during the year 2008-2017, the analysis utilizes methods including topic modelling and science mapping analysis.ResultsUtilizing social media for healthcare research has attracted increasing attention from scientific communities. Journal of Medical Internet Research is the most prolific journal with the USA dominating in the research. Overly, major research themes such as YouTube analysis and Sex event are revealed. Themes in each time period and how they evolve across time span are also detected.ConclusionsThis systematic mapping of the research themes and research areas helps identify research interests and how they evolve across time, as well as providing insight into future research direction.
基金：
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [61772146, 61871141]; Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission [201803010063]
第一作者机构：[1]College of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Chen Xieling,Lun Yonghui,Yan Jun,et al.Discovering thematic change and evolution of utilizing social media for healthcare research[J].BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING.2019,19:doi:10.1186/s12911-019-0757-4.
APA：
Chen, Xieling,Lun, Yonghui,Yan, Jun,Hao, Tianyong&Weng, Heng.(2019).Discovering thematic change and evolution of utilizing social media for healthcare research.BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING,19,
MLA：
Chen, Xieling,et al."Discovering thematic change and evolution of utilizing social media for healthcare research".BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING 19.(2019)
