Research Article

A Comparison of the Development of Medical Informatics in China and That in Western Countries from 2008 to 2018: A Bibliometric Analysis of Official Journal Publications

Table 1

Clusters of the keywords obtained by text mining 11  years (2008–2008) of English and Chinese MI journals (IJMI, JAMIA, MIM, CDM, CJHIM, and CJMLIS) with their ten most frequent keywords.

EN-cluster 1 (26)EN-cluster 2 (38)EN-cluster 3 (32)EN-cluster 4 (46)CN-cluster 1 (75)CN-cluster 2 (54)CN-cluster 3 (34)
Internet and TelemedicineHealth and Clinical Information SystemsMedical Data Statistical AnalysisEHRs and Information ManagementHospital Information Systems and EMRLibrary Science and Bibliometrics AnalysisMedical Reform Policy and Health Digitization
KeywordnKeywordnKeywordnKeywordnKeywordnKeywordnKeywordn

Adult900Decision support system558Information storage and retrieval471Electronic health record1568Electronic medical record511University library233Informatization126

Controlled study568User-computer interface475Computer program406966Hospital information system394Information service216Information platform115

Middle aged564Hospital information system346Methodology400United states646Health informatization309Bibliometrics191Health information management114

Major clinical study536Physician328Procedure348Medical information system619The information system193Hospital library153The hospital75

Aged477Hospital307Software334Information processing555Digital hospital171Medical library133The information center74

Internet450Medical order entry system246Natural language processing328Healthcare453Telemedicine169132Information construction68

Questionnaire319Clinical practice233Artificial intelligence290Medical information451Healthcare166Medical information127Application61

Telemedicine239Patient safety207Data base274Medical record423Hospital informatization158The database95Regional health61

Utilization227Health personnel attitude206Data mining250Patient care392Medical informatization132Information literacy90Reform of the medical and health system58

Outcome assessment205Practice guideline202Theoretical model235Standard361Information technology (IT)130Science and technology novelty search86China57

EN: English MI journals (IJMI, JAMIA, and MIM); CN: Chinese MI journals (CDM, CJHIM, and CJMLIS).