A Bibliometric Analysis of Wearable Device Research Trends 2001–2022—A Study on the Reversal of Number of Publications and Research Trends in China and the USA

Itsuki Kageyama, Karin Kurata, Shuto Miyashita, Yeongjoo Lim, Shintaro Sengoku and Kota Kodama ()
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Itsuki Kageyama: Graduate School of Technology Management, Ritsumeikan University, 2-150 Iwakuracho, Ibaraki 567-8570, Japan
Karin Kurata: Graduate School of Technology Management, Ritsumeikan University, 2-150 Iwakuracho, Ibaraki 567-8570, Japan
Shuto Miyashita: School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 108-0023, Japan
Yeongjoo Lim: Graduate School of Technology Management, Ritsumeikan University, 2-150 Iwakuracho, Ibaraki 567-8570, Japan
Shintaro Sengoku: School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 108-0023, Japan
Kota Kodama: Graduate School of Technology Management, Ritsumeikan University, 2-150 Iwakuracho, Ibaraki 567-8570, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: In recent years, Wearable Devices have been used in a wide variety of applications and fields, but because they span so many different disciplines, it is difficult to ascertain the intellectual structure of this entire research domain. No review encompasses the whole research domain related to Wearable Devices. In this study, we collected articles on wearable devices from 2001 to 2022 and quantitatively organized them by bibliometric analysis to clarify the intellectual structure of this research domain as a whole. The cluster analysis, co-occurrence analysis, and network centrality analysis were conducted on articles collected from the Web of Science. As a result, we identified one cluster that represents applied research and two clusters that represent basic research in this research domain. Furthermore, focusing on the top two countries contributing to this research domain, China and the USA., it was confirmed that China is extremely inclined toward basic research and the USA. toward applied research, indicating that applied and basic research are in balance. The basic intellectual structure of this cross-sectional research domain was identified. The results summarize the current state of research related to Wearable Devices and provide insight into trends.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; cluster analysis; co-occurrence analysis; wearable device (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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