Addiction in Adolescents from Past to Present: A Bibliometric Analysis

ABSTRACTThis research aimed to examine the basic and conceptual structure of the research area about addiction in adolescents by examining studies in an international index (Web of Science (WoS) database: SCI-Expanded, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI) through bibliometric analysis. Research on addiction in adolescents has been examined using bibliometric analysis and mapping techniques. Accordingly, a total of 5558 studies from the WoS database were analyzed in line with the criteria for inclusion. Although there were partial decreases in some years for adolescent studies about addiction, the general progression was increasing. Regarding resource categories, first were addictive behaviors, followed by drug and alcohol dependence. Although smoking is related to substance use, it differs from other types of addiction. In addition, Internet addiction, one of the behavioral addictions, are among the strong research themes. University of Pittsburgh produced most institution-based publications, and the USA was the country with most publications and most cited publications in the world. Research about adolescent addiction focuses mostly on substance abuse/use and psychiatry disciplines. Since publications in the research area are not within the limits of Lotka’s law, authors in this research area need more publication productivity for two or more publications.KEYWORDS: Adolescentaddictiondependencebibliometric analysisscience mappingweb of science Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Authors’ contributionsAll authors planned and designed the study. All authors completed the screening, analysis, and discussion of the study. All authors read and approved the study.Data availability statementThe dataset analyzed in the current study is available at Web of Science, https://www.webofscience.comAdditional informationFundingThe author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.