Thematic profile of the e-health field, based on mainstream scientific production

Abstract

The study and analysis of knowledge areas using metrics and visualization tools represent an important scientific, technical and social achievement. Applying appropriate tools of the Information Sciences to knowledge spaces, as little explored as the e-health field constitutes a step forward with regard to the level of recognition of these fields. The application of indicators to the products of the (formal and informal) scientific communication allows detection of research fronts and new trends, among other things. Applying this analysis to the field of e-health, monitoring and evaluation of its scientific production (mainly literature and scientific events) will help obtain a better insight into the development of the related field. In this article, the scientific production of ehealth in the “Web of Science” in the period 2010-2015 is analyzed to provide the thematic field profile.