Affiliation:
1. Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2. Biomedical Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abstract
Abstract:
A bibliometric analysis would reveal the overall research trend, contributing journals, and supporting fund agencies on behavioral addiction. However, no previous attempt was noted on the behavioral addiction field. We aimed to perform a bibliometric analysis on behavioral addiction. We searched in the PubMed database on behavioral addiction. All the articles from the date of inception till February 22nd, 2024, were included in the analysis, using the keywords. The Harvard Catalyst software was used by the investigator for the analysis. We analyzed 3429 relevant publications with the earliest year being 1994 to the latest article in the year 2024. The maximum number of publications on behavioral addiction was seen in the year 2022 (n = 427), followed by 2023 (n = 418). The majority of articles were from the journal of behavioral addiction (n = 223). The journal with the highest average number of citations per article was cyberpsychology and behavior. The top field under which the articles are published is psychiatry (n = 848), followed by behavioral sciences (n = 569) and psychology (n = 350). This bibliometric analysis reveals the trend of scientific output in behavioral addiction, leading academic sphere, and leading journals. Further studies assessing the collaboration network among institutions, countries, and authors would foster understanding in the field.