Internet gaming addiction – a bibliometric review

IF 2.1 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information Discovery and Delivery Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI:10.1108/idd-10-2022-0101

K. Gupta, C. Kumar, Amruta Deshpande, A. Mittal, Pallavi Chopade, Rajesh Raut

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Purpose The purpose of the study is to analyze a sample of 528 published papers over the past 11 years by conducting a bibliometric analysis. The study also aims to provide a consolidated overview of the existing literature on “gaming addiction” and presents the status of research with future directions for researchers who wish to explore and contribute to this rapidly evolving field. The descriptive statistics have been conducted through citation and co-citation analysis. Design/methodology/approach For the bibliometric analysis, the documents were retrieved from the Scopus database with the help of the Scopus analyzer while the VOS viewer1.6.16 software was used to analyze citations, co-authorship, etc. The literature search strategy was applied across various databases and the articles published between 2010 and December 2021 giving a total of 1,219 articles across all disciplines. Finally, 528 articles were shortlisted through the query restricted to subject areas, namely, business management, psychology, social science and multidisciplinary areas. Findings IGA has also been recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, as one of the disorders; hence, this certainly calls for focussed efforts to understand the same and control further damage. The number of articles devoted to the study of “gaming addiction” has increased rapidly in recent years. Moreover, this study identifies some of the most influential articles in this area. Finally, this paper highlights the new trends and discusses the future research associated with gaming addiction. Research limitations/implications This study focusses on gaming addiction and its trends, related to researchers and country-wise contributions. This is one of the few studies to review the literature on gaming addiction by using citation and co-citation analysis. The main findings of this paper will help academicians and practitioners to improve the body of knowledge on the topic and provide an overview of promising future research avenues. Originality/value Internet gaming is a newly emerging area and studies related to gaming addiction are very recent. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is a unique and comprehensive overview of the leading works done in this area.

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网络游戏成瘾——文献计量学综述

目的通过文献计量学分析，对过去11年中发表的528篇论文进行抽样分析。该研究还旨在对现有关于“游戏成瘾”的文献进行综合概述，并为希望探索这一快速发展的领域并为其做出贡献的研究人员介绍研究现状和未来方向。通过引文和共引分析进行描述性统计。设计/方法论/方法对于文献计量分析，在Scopus分析器的帮助下从Scopus数据库中检索文件，而VOS viewer1.6.16软件用于分析引文、合著等。文献搜索策略应用于各种数据库，2010年至2021年12月期间发表的文章共有1219篇，涉及所有学科。最终，528篇文章通过限制在主题领域的查询入围，即商业管理、心理学、社会科学和多学科领域。发现IGA也被《精神障碍诊断和统计手册》第五版认定为精神障碍之一；因此，这当然需要集中精力来理解同样的情况并控制进一步的损害。近年来，专门研究“游戏成瘾”的文章数量迅速增加。此外，这项研究确定了该领域一些最具影响力的文章。最后，本文强调了新的趋势，并讨论了与游戏成瘾相关的未来研究。研究局限性/含义本研究关注游戏成瘾及其趋势，与研究人员和国家相关。这是为数不多的通过引用和共引用分析来回顾游戏成瘾文献的研究之一。本文的主要发现将有助于学者和从业者提高对该主题的知识体系，并对未来有前景的研究途径进行概述。创意/价值互联网游戏是一个新兴领域，与游戏成瘾相关的研究也很新。据作者所知，这项研究是对该领域主要工作的独特而全面的概述。

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Information Discovery and Delivery INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： Information Discovery and Delivery covers information discovery and access for digital information researchers. This includes educators, knowledge professionals in education and cultural organisations, knowledge managers in media, health care and government, as well as librarians. The journal publishes research and practice which explores the digital information supply chain ie transport, flows, tracking, exchange and sharing, including within and between libraries. It is also interested in digital information capture, packaging and storage by ‘collectors’ of all kinds. Information is widely defined, including but not limited to: Records, Documents, Learning objects, Visual and sound files, Data and metadata and , User-generated content.