Zyoud Sa'ed H, Sweileh Waleed M, Awang Rahmat, Al-Jabi Samah W
1Poison Control and Drug Information Center (PCDIC), College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
2Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Int J Ment Health Syst. 2018 Jan 19;12:4. doi: 10.1186/s13033-018-0182-6. eCollection 2018.
Social media, defined 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 field of psychology. Specifically, this study will assess the growth in publications, citation analysis, international collaboration, author productivity, emerging topics and the mapping of frequent terms in publications pertaining to social media in the field of psychology.
Publications related to social media in the field 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 field of psychology. VOSviewer v.1.6.5 was used to construct scientific maps.
Overall, 959 publications were retrieved during the period between 2004 and 2015. The number of research publications in social media in the field of psychology showed a steady upward growth. Publications from the USA accounted for 57.14% of the total publications and the highest -index (48).The most common document type was research articles (873; 91.03%). Over 99.06% of the publications were published in English. was the most prolific journal. The - ranked first in terms of the total publications (n = 39). A visualisation analysis showed that personality psychology, experimental psychology, psychological risk factors, and developmental psychology were continual concerns of the research.
This is the first study reporting the global trends in the research related to social media in the psychology field. 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 psychology, psychological risk factors, and developmental psychology.
社交媒体被定义为交互式网络应用程序，在全球范围内呈上升趋势，尤其是在成年人中。本研究的目的是调查心理学领域中与全球使用最广泛的社交网络（即脸书、推特、领英、阅后即焚和照片墙）相关的文献趋势。具体而言，本研究将评估出版物数量的增长、引文分析、国际合作、作者生产力、新兴主题以及心理学领域中与社交媒体相关的出版物中频繁出现的术语映射。
从科学网获取2004年至2014年期间心理学领域中与社交媒体相关的出版物。对提取的记录进行文献计量学特征分析，如出版物数量的增长、引文分析、国际合作、新兴主题以及心理学领域中与社交媒体相关的出版物中频繁出现的术语映射。使用VOSviewer v.1.6.5构建科学图谱。
总体而言，在2004年至2015年期间共检索到959篇出版物。心理学领域中社交媒体研究出版物的数量呈稳步上升趋势。美国的出版物占总出版物的57.14%，且索引最高（48）。最常见的文献类型是研究文章（873篇；91.03%）。超过99.06%的出版物以英文发表。 是发表量最多的期刊。 在总出版物数量方面排名第一（n = 39）。可视化分析表明，人格心理学、实验心理学、心理风险因素和发展心理学一直是研究的关注点。
这是第一项报告心理学领域中与社交媒体相关研究的全球趋势的研究。基于科学网的原始数据，在12年的时间里使用文献计量学技术评估了出版物的质量和数量等特征。美国及其机构在这个主题中发挥着主导作用。心理学中与社交媒体最相关的主题是人格心理学、实验心理学、心理风险因素和发展心理学。
