Representation of Medical Concepts in Emojis Using Medical Subject Headings to Identify Gaps and Opportunities: Cross-Sectional Analysis
Significant gaps in medical emoji representation across various domains were identified. Future efforts should prioritize underrepresented medical categories and leverage artificial intelligence-driven approaches for emoji development to enhance health care communication and accessibility.
Authors
- Ángeles Monge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2242-7593)
- Norawit Kijpaisalratana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1710-5552)
- Shuhan He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-5077)
- Suhanee Mitragotri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7316-6879)
- Ahmad Fauzi Hassan
- Abdul Badih El Ariss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-3130)
Institutions
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- MGH Institute of Health Professions (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/70130
- Primary Topic
- Digital Communication and Language
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00