Background
Methods
Bibliographic database
Search strategy and validity
Data analysis
Collaboration and authorship analysis
Visualization and mapping
Statistical analysis and ethics
Results
Description of retrieved literature
Type of document | Frequency | %
N = 5465 |
---|---|---|
Article | 4194 | 76.7 |
Review | 523 | 9.6 |
Note | 199 | 3.6 |
Letter | 198 | 3.6 |
Article in Press | 116 | 2.1 |
Editorial | 91 | 1.7 |
Conference Paper | 78 | 1.4 |
Short Survey | 66 | 1.2 |
Total | 5465 | 100% |
Growth of publications
Year | Frequency | %
N = 5465 | TC | Mean ± SD of citations | Median (Q1 – Q3) of citations |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 155 | 2.8 | 2438 | 15.7 ± 33.8 | 5 (1–17) |
2007 | 176 | 3.2 | 3248 | 18.5 ± 31.5 | 11 (1–21.75) |
2008 | 189 | 3.5 | 3646 | 19.3 ± 32.6 | 6 (1–20.5) |
2009 | 234 | 4.3 | 4955 | 21.2 ± 42.7 | 6 (1–23) |
2010 | 288 | 5.3 | 5994 | 20.8 ± 45.6 | 7 (1–24.75) |
2011 | 343 | 6.3 | 6886 | 16.6 ± 39.7 | 4 (0–17) |
2012 | 505 | 9.2 | 8332 | 20.1 ± 26.7 | 7 (2–21) |
2013 | 630 | 11.5 | 8581 | 13.6 ± 23.4 | 6 (2–16) |
2014 | 861 | 15.8 | 6179 | 7.2 ± 11 | 3 (1–9) |
2015 | 989 | 18.1 | 3749 | 3.8 ± 6.7 | 2 (0–4.5) |
2016 | 1095 | 20.0 | 929 | 0.8 ± 1.8 | 0 (0–1) |
Year | Frequency | AGR | Cumulative total publications | Loge
W
| RGR | DT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 155 | - | 155 | 5.0 | - | - |
2007 | 176 | 13.5 | 331 | 5.8 | 0.8 | .9 |
2008 | 189 | 7.4 | 520 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
2009 | 234 | 23.8 | 754 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
2010 | 288 | 23.1 | 1042 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
2011 | 343 | 19.1 | 1385 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
2012 | 505 | 47.2 | 1890 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
2013 | 630 | 24.8 | 2520 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
2014 | 861 | 36.7 | 3381 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
2015 | 989 | 14.9 | 4370 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
2016 | 1095 | 10.7 | 5465 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
Authorship pattern, collaboration, and prolific authors
Year | Frequency | %
N = 5465 | Total number of authors | Average number of authors per document |
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 155 | 2.8 | 515 | 3.3 |
2007 | 176 | 3.2 | 696 | 4.0 |
2008 | 189 | 3.5 | 702 | 3.7 |
2009 | 234 | 4.3 | 820 | 3.5 |
2010 | 288 | 5.3 | 1092 | 3.8 |
2011 | 343 | 6.3 | 1352 | 3.9 |
2012 | 505 | 9.2 | 2165 | 4.3 |
2013 | 630 | 11.5 | 2739 | 4.3 |
2014 | 861 | 15.8 | 3943 | 4.6 |
2015 | 989 | 18.1 | 3962 | 4.0 |
2016 | 1095 | 20.0 | 5568 | 5.1 |
Total | 5465 | 100 | 23554 | 4.0 |
Year | Frequency | %
N = 5465 | Total number of authors | Number of single authored publications | % | Number of multi- authored publications | % | number of authors in multi-authored publications | CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 155 | 2.8 | 515 | 48 | 31.0 | 107 | 69.0 | 408 | 3.8 |
2007 | 176 | 3.2 | 696 | 36 | 20.5 | 140 | 79.5 | 556 | 4.0 |
2008 | 189 | 3.5 | 702 | 43 | 22.8 | 146 | 77.2 | 556 | 3.8 |
2009 | 234 | 4.3 | 820 | 65 | 27.8 | 169 | 72.2 | 651 | 3.9 |
2010 | 288 | 5.3 | 1092 | 59 | 20.5 | 229 | 79.5 | 863 | 3.8 |
2011 | 343 | 6.3 | 1352 | 76 | 22.2 | 267 | 77.8 | 1085 | 4.1 |
2012 | 505 | 9.2 | 2165 | 87 | 17.2 | 418 | 82.8 | 1747 | 4.2 |
2013 | 630 | 11.5 | 2739 | 95 | 15.1 | 535 | 84.9 | 2204 | 4.1 |
2014 | 861 | 15.8 | 3943 | 106 | 12.3 | 755 | 87.7 | 3188 | 4.2 |
2015 | 989 | 18.1 | 3962 | 117 | 11.8 | 872 | 88.2 | 3090 | 3.5 |
2016 | 1095 | 20.0 | 5568 | 95 | 8.7 | 1000 | 91.3 | 4568 | 4.6 |
Total | 5465 | 100 | 23554 | 827 | 15.1 | 4638 | 84.9 | 18916 | 4.1 |
Geographical distribution of publications
Rank | Country | Frequency | %
N = 5465 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 1926 | 35.2 |
2 | United Kingdom | 485 | 8.9 |
3 | Australia | 280 | 5.1 |
4 | Canada | 268 | 4.9 |
5 | South Korea | 205 | 3.8 |
6 | India | 183 | 3.3 |
7 | Germany | 173 | 3.2 |
8 | China | 155 | 2.8 |
9 | Spain | 153 | 2.8 |
10 | France | 149 | 2.7 |
11 | Netherlands | 116 | 2.1 |
12 | Sweden | 113 | 2.1 |
13 | Switzerland | 106 | 1.9 |
14 | Italy | 94 | 1.7 |
15 | South Africa | 80 | 1.5 |
16 | Japan | 72 | 1.3 |
16 | Taiwan | 72 | 1.3 |
18 | New Zealand | 65 | 1.2 |
19 | Turkey | 60 | 1.1 |
20 | Denmark | 55 | 1.0 |
21 | Iran | 54 | 1.0 |
22 | Norway | 50 | 0.9 |
Rank | Institution/Organization | Frequency | % (N = 5465) | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VA Medical Center | 85 | 1.6 | USA |
2 | University of Washington, Seattle | 64 | 1.2 | USA |
3 | The University of Sydney | 60 | 1.1 | Australia |
4 | University of California, San Francisco | 59 | 1.1 | USA |
5 | Karolinska Institutet | 57 | 1.0 | Sweden |
6 | The University of British Columbia | 54 | 1.0 | Canada |
7 | Massachusetts General Hospital | 52 | 1.0 | USA |
8 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | 49 | 0.9 | UK |
9 | Harvard Medical School | 48 | 0.9 | USA |
9 | University of Pittsburgh | 48 | 0.9 | USA |
9 | University of Toronto | 48 | 0.9 | Canada |
9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 48 | 0.9 | USA |
13 | Imperial College London | 44 | 0.8 | UK |
14 | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | 43 | 0.8 | USA |
15 | University of California, Los Angeles | 41 | 0.8 | USA |
16 | University Michigan Ann Arbor | 38 | 0.7 | USA |
16 | University of Oxford | 38 | 0.7 | UK |
18 | Duke University | 36 | 0.7 | USA |
19 | University of Auckland | 34 | 0.6 | New Zealand |
19 | University of New South Wales UNSW Australia | 34 | 0.6 | Australia |
21 | Johns Hopkins University | 33 | 0.6 | USA |
21 | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 33 | 0.6 | USA |
23 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | 31 | 0.6 | USA |
23 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | 31 | 0.6 | USA |
23 | University Health Network University of Toronto | 31 | 0.6 | Canada |
23 | UCL (University College London) | 31 | 0.6 | UK |
23 | University of Queensland | 31 | 0.6 | Australia |
28 | Brigham and Women’s Hospital | 30 | 0.5 | USA |
Preferred journals
Rank | Journal | Frequency | %
N = 5465 |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Journal of Medical Internet Research
| 193 | 3.5 |
2 |
Telemedicine and E Health
| 129 | 2.4 |
3 |
Plos One
| 77 | 1.4 |
4 |
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
| 67 | 1.2 |
5 |
Telemedicine Journal and E Health
| 52 | 1.0 |
6 |
Journal of Medical Systems
| 50 | 0.9 |
7 |
BMC Public Health
| 48 | 0.9 |
8 |
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
| 46 | 0.8 |
9 |
BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making
| 40 | 0.7 |
9 |
International Journal of Medical Informatics
| 40 | 0.7 |
11 |
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
| 38 | 0.7 |
12 |
Health Informatics Journal
| 28 | 0.5 |
13 |
AIDS and Behavior
| 27 | 0.5 |
13 |
Trials
| 27 | 0.5 |
15 |
Journal of Health Communication
| 26 | 0.5 |
16 |
BMJ Open
| 25 | 0.5 |
16 |
Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics
| 25 | 0.5 |
18 |
AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings
| 24 | 0.4 |
19 |
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
| 23 | 0.4 |
20 |
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
| 21 | 0.4 |
20 |
Sensors Switzerland
| 21 | 0.4 |
22 |
Lancet
| 20 | 0.4 |
22 |
Soins Gerontologie
| 20 | 0.4 |
Top cited documents
Rank | Title | Year | Journal name | Cited by | Reference | Type of document |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
“Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): A randomised trial”
| 2010 |
The Lancet
| 449 | [49] | Article |
2 |
“Text messaging as a tool for behavior change in disease prevention and management”
| 2010 |
Epidemiologic Reviews
| 419 | [12] | Review |
3 |
“Healthcare via cell phones: A systematic review”
| 2009 |
Telemedicine and e-Health
| 386 | [18] | Article |
4 |
“Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a resource-limited setting: A randomized controlled trial of text message reminders”
| 2011 |
AIDS
| 352 | [59] | Article |
5 |
“CONSORT-EHEALTH: improving and standardizing evaluation reports of Web-based and mobile health interventions.”
| 2011 |
Journal of medical Internet research
| 308 | [60] | Editorial |
6 |
“How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare: An overview, with example from eCAALYX”
| 2011 |
BioMedical Engineering Online
| 299 | [61] | Review |
7 |
“A randomized controlled trial of Sweet Talk, a text-messaging system to support young people with diabetes”
| 2006 |
Diabetic Medicine
| 298 | [62] | Article |
8 |
“Ecological momentary interventions: Incorporating mobile technology into psychosocial and health behaviour treatments”
| 2010 |
British Journal of Health Psychology
| 293 | [7] | Article |
9 |
“A text message-based intervention for weight loss: Randomized controlled trial”
| 2009 |
Journal of Medical Internet Research
| 278 | [63] | Article |
10 |
“Mobile phone based clinical microscopy for global health applications”
| 2009 |
PLoS ONE
| 276 | [64] | Article |