Wider Walton, Fauzi Muhammad Ashraf, Gan Su Wan, Yap Chin Choo, Akmal Bin Ahmad Khadri Mohd Wafiy, Maidin Siti Sarah
Faculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Malaysia.
Heliyon. 2023 Jun 5;9(6):e16988. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16988. eCollection 2023 Jun.
In recent years, there has been a rise in studies aimed at better understanding the needs and traits of emerging adults and the role that higher education institutions play in their development and success. Despite the relevance of higher education institutions to the emerging adulthood development, there has been scant work done to synthesise the literature on this topic. A bibliometric method was utilised to retrieve 2484 journal articles from Web of Science (WoS). Utilizing co-citation analysis and co-word analysis, we determined the most influential publications, mapped the knowledge structure, and predicted future trends. The results of the co-citation analysis indicate five clusters, while the co-word analysis indicates four. The results could be used as a roadmap for the future of research on emerging adults by a variety of interested parties, including policymakers, university administrators, funders, and academics.
近年来，旨在更好地理解新兴成年人的需求和特征以及高等教育机构在他们的发展与成功中所起作用的研究不断增加。尽管高等教育机构与新兴成年人的发展相关，但在综合该主题的文献方面所做的工作却很少。采用文献计量法从科学引文索引（WoS）中检索到2484篇期刊文章。利用共被引分析和共词分析，我们确定了最具影响力的出版物，绘制了知识结构，并预测了未来趋势。共被引分析的结果显示有五个聚类，而共词分析的结果显示有四个。这些结果可为包括政策制定者、大学管理人员、资助者和学者在内的各方提供未来新兴成年人研究的路线图。
