A Bibliometric Analysis of Alert Override in Clinical Decision Support

Abstract

The aim of this study was to understand the status and trend in alert override research over the past two decades (1999–2018). We used the Web of Science core collection (WoSCC) database to extract all papers of alert override in clinical decision support from 1999 to 2018. A total of 150 papers were identified, most (86.67%) being articles. This study presented the key bibliometric indicators such as annual publications, top 5 authors, institutions, countries, and co-occurrence of terms from the titles and abstracts. VOSviewer was used to visualize keywords knowledge maps. The results show that alert override research has a wide variety of research themes and a multidisciplinary character. This study provides a broad view of the current status and trends in alert override research. It may help researchers, clinicians and policymakers better understand alert override research field change and direction in the future.