Chiew, Thiam Kian and Khoo, Selina and Ansari, Payam and Kiruthika, Usha (2024) Mobile and wearable technologies for persons with disabilities: A bibliometric analysis (2000-2021). Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 19 (3). pp. 994-1002. ISSN 1748-3107, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2022.2138996.
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Purpose This study uses a bibliometric approach to analyse the patterns in research related to mobile and wearable technologies for persons with disabilities to evaluate the current state of relevant research. Materials and methods A systematic search was done using two strings covering ``disability'' and ``mobile and wearable technologies'' in the titles of publications in the Web of Science database. Two researchers independently screened the results for relevant publications. During this process, the inclusion and exclusion criteria were deliberated and refined. An independent researcher checked the screening results against the finalized inclusion and exclusion criteria to ensure that the screening was done consistently. Results A total of 2012 out of the 5990 retrieved publications from 2000 to 2022 were included for further analysis. We observed that publications in this area grew exponentially since 2011, almost doubling every 2 years between 2011 and 2015. Universities in the USA were the most active and prominent in relevant publications. Autism is the most researched disability in relation to mobile and wearable technologies. The publications cover both hardware (engineering, electrical and electronic) and software (computer science, theory and methods) technologies used for improving quality of life for persons with disabilities (rehabilitation). Conclusions The majority of publications were from high income countries, indicating the need to study the digital divide among high-, low- and middle-income countries in adopting mobile and wearable technologies for persons with disabilities, especially ways of making these technologies more affordable and accessible to the under-privileged members of the community.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mobile technologies; Wearable technologies; Disabilities; Bibliometric |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology > Department of Software Engineering Faculty of Sports and Exercise Science (formerly known as Centre for Sports & Exercise Sciences) |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2024 04:18 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2024 04:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46091 |
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