Research questions and hypothesis
The objective of the present paper and the underlying study was to analyze different
types of information sources/scientific papers used to develop the research on nursing
informatics competencies by using the bibliometric analysis in the manner to answer
the following research questions (RQ1, RQ2) and hypothesis (H1):
RQ1: What are the bibliometrics characteristics of the published papers in the area of
nursing informatics competencies?
RQ2: Which are the main research entities in the area of nursing informatics
competencies and how research related to them is distributed?
H1: Trend of number of published articles related to the research on nursing
informatics competencies is positive.