Exploring the Potential of Big Data Analytics in Urban Epidemiology Control: A Comprehensive Study Using CiteSpace

Jun Liu, Shuang Lai (), Ayesha Akram Rai, Abual Hassan and Ray Tahir Mushtaq
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Jun Liu: School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Shuang Lai: School of Public Policy and Administration, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Ayesha Akram Rai: School of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Abual Hassan: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Ray Tahir Mushtaq: School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-24

Abstract: In recent years, there has been a growing amount of discussion on the use of big data to prevent and treat pandemics. The current research aimed to use CiteSpace (CS) visual analysis to uncover research and development trends, to help academics decide on future research and to create a framework for enterprises and organizations in order to plan for the growth of big data-based epidemic control. First, a total of 202 original papers were retrieved from Web of Science (WOS) using a complete list and analyzed using CS scientometric software. The CS parameters included the date range (from 2011 to 2022, a 1-year slice for co-authorship as well as for the co-accordance assessment), visualization (to show the fully integrated networks), specific selection criteria (the top 20 percent), node form (author, institution, region, reference cited, referred author, journal, and keywords), and pruning (pathfinder, slicing network). Lastly, the correlation of data was explored and the findings of the visualization analysis of big data pandemic control research were presented. According to the findings, “COVID-19 infection” was the hottest cluster with 31 references in 2020, while “Internet of things (IoT) platform and unified health algorithm” was the emerging research topic with 15 citations. “Influenza, internet, China, human mobility, and province” were the emerging keywords in the year 2021–2022 with strength of 1.61 to 1.2. The Chinese Academy of Sciences was the top institution, which collaborated with 15 other organizations. Qadri and Wilson were the top authors in this field. The Lancet journal accepted the most papers in this field, while the United States, China, and Europe accounted for the bulk of articles in this research. The research showed how big data may help us to better understand and control pandemics.

Keywords: big data; pandemic control; urban health; sustainability; energy; privacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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