دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی روندهای جهانی در تحقیقات مرتبط با رسانه های اجتماعی در علم روانشناسی - اشپرینگر 2018

Abstract

Background: Social media, defned as interactive Web applications, have been on the rise globally, particularly among adults. The objective of this study was to investigate the trend of the literature related to the most used social network worldwide (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Instagram) in the feld of psychology. Specif‑ cally, this study will assess the growth in publications, citation analysis, international collaboration, author produc‑ tivity, emerging topics and the mapping of frequent terms in publications pertaining to social media in the feld of psychology. Methods: Publications related to social media in the feld of psychology published between 2004 and 2014 were obtained from the Web of Science. The records extracted were analysed for bibliometric characteristics such as the growth in publications, citation analysis, international collaboration, emerging topics and the mapping of frequent terms in publications pertaining to social media in the feld of psychology. VOSviewer v.1.6.5 was used to construct scientifc maps. Results: Overall, 959 publications were retrieved during the period between 2004 and 2015. The number of research publications in social media in the feld of psychology showed a steady upward growth. Publications from the USA accounted for 57.14% of the total publications and the highest h-index (48).The most common document type was research articles (873; 91.03%). Over 99.06% of the publications were published in English. Computers in Human Behavior was the most prolifc journal. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ranked frst in terms of the total publica‑ tions (n = 39). A visualisation analysis showed that personality psychology, experimental psychology, psychological risk factors, and developmental psychology were continual concerns of the research. Conclusions: This is the frst study reporting the global trends in the research related to social media in the psychol‑ ogy feld. Based on the raw data from the Web of Science, publication characteristics such as quality and quantity were assessed using bibliometric techniques over 12 years. The USA and its institutions play a dominant role in this topic. The most preferred topics related to social media in psychology are personality psychology, experimental psy‑ chology, psychological risk factors, and developmental psychology.

Conclusions

Up to the authors’ best knowledge, this is the frst ever bibliometric study to report worldwide activity in social media—related research in psychology feld. Our study provides some novel insights useful for policy makers, researchers, and funders interested in advancing an evidence-based social media and psychology research agenda. International research collaborations and research networks should be encouraged to help prioritize social media—related psychology research particularly in countries with research capacities. Our fndings provide baseline data for scholars and policy makers to recognize the bibliometric indicators in the current study as measures of research performance in social media for future policies and funding decisions. Finally, our study showed that bibliometric analysis is a good methodological tool to map published literature in a particular subject and to pin point research gaps in that subject.