Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Concept of Fear of Missing Out with VOSviewer

Abstract

This study aims to map the existing lietrature on the conept of fear of missing out. Within the scope of quantitative data in the study, it is aimed to examine the existing literature on the concept of fear of missing out, which has become one of the main problems of our age, using bibliometric analysis. The unit of analysis is based on the bibliometric data of various types of studies scanned in the Web of Science database and published between 2013 and 2023. When we look at the distribution of 648 studies on Fear of Missing Out according to the years of publication, we see that there is the highest concentration in 2023 (148 studies) and 2022 (134 studies), the most cited researchers are Andrew K. Przybylski, Kou Murayama, Cody R. DeHaan, and Valerie Gladwell. The type of publication is mostly journal articles (563), the fields of research are psychology (264), business economics (88), computer science (51) and social sciences (30), and there are more publications indexed in SSCI (468), SCI (185) and ESCI (114).

Keywords

• Fear of Missing Out
• Anxiety
• Social Media
• Bibliometric Analysis

Fear of Missing Out Kavramı Üzerine Yapılan Çalışmaların VOSviewer ile Bibliyometrik Analizi

Öz

Bu çalışmada Fear of Missing Out kavramına dair yapılan çalışmaların haritasının çıkarılması hedeflenmiştir. Çalışmada nicel veriler kapsamında çağımızın başlıca problemlerinden biri haline gelmiş kavramlardan olan Fear of Missing Out (gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusu) kavramına ilişkin mevcut yazının bibliyometrik analiz kullanılarak incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Analiz birimi olarak Web of Science veri tabanında taranan, 2013-2023 yılları arasında yayınlanmış çeşitli türlerdeki çalışmaların bibliyometrik verileri baz alınmıştır. Fear of Missing Out ile ilgili 648 çalışmanın yayınlanma yıllarına göre dağılımlarına bakıldığında en fazla 2023 (148 çalışma) ve 2022 (134 çalışma) yıllarında yoğunlaşma olduğu, en fazla atıf alan araştırmacıların Andrew K. Przybylski, Kou Murayama, Cody R. DeHaan ve Valerie Gladwell olduğu, yayın türünün çoğunlukla dergi makalesi (563) olduğu, araştırma alanları bakımından psikoloji (264), işletme ekonomisi (88), bilgisayar bilimleri (51) ve sosyal bilimler (30) alanlarında çalışmalar yapıldığı, SSCI (468), SCI (185) ve ESCI (114) endekslerde taranan yayınların daha çok olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Gelişmeleri Kaçırma Korkusu
• Anksiyete
• Sosyal Medya
• Bibliyometrik Analiz

Kaynakça

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