COVID-19 Preventive Behavior and Digital Media: A Bibliometric Study

Abstract

Many studies on COVID-19 preventive behavior and digital media have been carried out. However, no bibliometric study has been done on the said topic. This article is the first bibliometric study conducted on the topic of COVID-19 preventive behavior and digital media. In detail, the current bibliometric study is aimed at analyzing researchers’ data, journal outlets for publication, and the state of the art concerning the topic of COVID-19 preventive behavior and digital media. The bibliometric study was done by using data derived from the Scopus database. After undergoing a search and screening process, 68 articles were analyzed in the study. The study results mapped out the most productive researcher, distribution of country of origin, and existing multinational collaboration networks as well as an overview of international influence in research. The study results also mapped out the landscape of journal outlets for publishing the topic of COVID-19 preventive behavior and digital media, the most preferred and most cited journal for the said topic, as well as the network of influence among the journals, in the form of citation analysis. Regarding the state of the art, the current study mapped out the most influential paper and the network of influence among the papers. In addition, by using keyword co-occurrence analysis and bibliometric coupling analysis, we have successfully identified specific research carried out on topics relating to COVID-19 preventive behavior and digital media. Subsequently, opportunities for future research were identified based on findings of the current study.