Decadal Trends in Smart Healthcare: A Bibliometric Review of Smart City Innovations

Abstract

In recent years, the smart cities concept has witnessed significant expansion globally, with particular attention given to the healthcare sector. This evolution is closely associated with the emergence and increasing integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), cloud computing, and telemedicine. This study aims to analyze research trends in smart cities and healthcare over the past decade. To achieve this, we utilized the Scopus database to extract relevant information from a carefully curated corpus of 930 articles. Our analysis focuses on identifying key scientific journals, as well as the most cited articles. Our findings reveal a notable growth trend in publications and identify the top ten journals specialized in the selected field, such as IEEE Access, while also unveiling the most cited articles. Keyword co-occurrence analysis was conducted using the RStudio tool and the R programming language. This study offers valuable insights to encourage ongoing innovation in the field of healthcare.