Bibliometric Analysis of Extended Reality in Health Professions Education, 2010-2025

A bibliometric analysis of 2,789 publications on Extended Reality (XR) in simulation-based Health Professions Education from 2010 to 2025. The data, authored by Afaf Sulaiman Alblooshi, includes contributions from 12,886 researchers across 4,276 institutions in 88 countries. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication growth and collaboration patterns based on annual output and institutional affiliations.
• Identify influential authors and journals based on citation impact and publication frequency.
• Map keyword trends and thematic developments in XR for health education based on keyword analysis.
• Assess geographic concentration of research productivity based on country-level contributions.

Strengths

• Includes 2,789 publications from 2010 to 2025, providing a substantial longitudinal view.
• Covers contributions from 88 countries and 4,276 institutions, offering a broad institutional scope.
• Analysis is based on data from three major academic databases: Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias, as research productivity is concentrated in high-income countries.

Provenance

Source

Publications retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, and PubMed.

Collection Method

Bibliometric analyses and network visualizations conducted using Biblioshiny in R and Microsoft Excel.

Time Range

2010 to July 29, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 04:35:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with contributions from 88 countries