New and emerging forms of data and technologies: literature and bibliometric review

TL;DR

This paper reviews the landscape of new data forms and technologies, highlighting research trends, collaboration patterns, and unexpected findings in the context of digital society and global health challenges.

Contribution

It provides a bibliometric analysis of emerging data types and technologies, revealing collaboration gaps and growth trends in research related to digital society and health.

Findings

Limited US-UK research collaboration on emerging data topics

Growing research interest in US-China relations despite media negativity

Potential future shifts in research collaboration patterns

Abstract

With the increased digitalisation of our society, new and emerging forms of data present new values and opportunities for improved data driven multimedia services, or even new solutions for managing future global pandemics (i.e., Disease X). The results are somewhat unexpected. Despite the special relationship between the US and the UK, there is not much evidence of collaboration in research on this topic. Similarly, despite the negative media publicity on the current relationship between the US and China (and the US sanctions on China), the research on this topic seems to be growing strong. However, it would be interesting to repeat this exercise after a few years and compare the results. It is possible that the effect of the current US sanctions on China has not taken its full effect yet.