Emerging Trends in Applying Artificial Intelligence to Monkeypox Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis

Monkeypox is a rather rare viral infectious disease that initially did not receive much attention but has recently become a subject of concern from the point of view of public health. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are considered beneficial when it comes to diagnosis and identification of Monkeypox through the medical big data, including medical imaging and other details from patients’ information systems. Therefore, this work performs a bibliometric analysis to incorporate the fields of AI and bibliometrics to discuss trends and future research opportunities in Monkeypox. A search over various databases was performed and the title and abstracts of the articles were reviewed, resulting in a total of 251 articles. After eliminating duplicates and irrelevant papers, 108 articles were found to be suitable for the study. In reviewing these studies, attention was given on who contributed on the topics or fields, what new topics appeared over time, and what papers were most notable. The main added value of this work is to outline to the reader the process of how to conduct a correct comprehensive bibliometric analysis by examining a real case study related to Monkeypox disease. As a result, the study shows that AI has a great potential to improve diagnostics, treatment, and public health recommendations connected with Monkeypox. Possibly, the application of AI to Monkeypox study can enhance the public health responses and outcomes since it can hasten the identification of effective interventions.