Analysis of the factors affecting information search stopping behavior: A systematic review

Abstract

This study has been conducted to better and more deeply understand search stopping behavior. The objective of this study was to identify the factors affecting search stopping behavior and notice the knowledge gaps in this field. This study was conducted as a systematic review. By reviewing the databases and studying the retrieved articles with relevant keywords, 1356 articles were identified and after refinement, 34 articles were reviewed without time limit. By studying selected articles in the field of search stopping behavior and using content analysis approach, the most important factors affecting search stopping behavior were analyzed. Factors affecting stopping behavior were classified into two different cognitive and environmental categories. The cognitive factors include information sufficiency and individual characteristics; and the environmental factors include search task, information retrieval system and time as the most important factors affecting search stopping behavior. One of the important research gaps in this field is the lack of a comprehensive model of factors affecting search stopping behavior. This is one of the studies to systematically review and examine the factors affecting information search stopping behavior and provides a model.