Binge Drinking: The Top 100 Cited Papers

María-Teresa Cortés-Tomás, José-Antonio Giménez-Costa, Beatriz Martín-del-Río, Consolación Gómez-Íñiguez and Ángel Solanes-Puchol
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María-Teresa Cortés-Tomás: Basic Psychology Department, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
José-Antonio Giménez-Costa: Basic Psychology Department, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Beatriz Martín-del-Río: Department of Behavioural Sciences and Health, University Miguel Hernandez, 03205 Elche, Spain
Consolación Gómez-Íñiguez: Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University Jaume I, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Ángel Solanes-Puchol: Department of Behavioural Sciences and Health, University Miguel Hernandez, 03205 Elche, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: We conducted a review to analyze the 100 most-cited studies on binge drinking (BD) in the Web of Science (WoS) database to determine their current status and the aspects that require further attention. We carried out a retrospective bibliometric analysis in January 2021. The year of publication, authors, design, subject, journal, institution and lead author’s country, as well as the definition of BD, were extracted from the articles. The data on the country, year, thematic category of the journals and their rank were obtained from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Journal Citation Reports 2020. The number of citations was collected from the WoS, and the h index was collected from the Scopus database. The citation density and Bradford’s law were calculated. The majority of the articles were empirical quantitative studies with a cross-sectional design published between 1992 and 2013 in 49 journals. There were 306 authors, mostly English-speaking and from the USA. The definitions used to describe BD are not homogeneous. The most-cited topics were the analysis of consequences, determinants and epidemiology. There is a need to unify the definitions of BD and base them on scientific evidence. The multidisciplinary nature of BD is not well reflected in each of the thematic areas discussed in this work.

Keywords: literature review; top 100; bibliometric analysis; binge drinking; alcohol abuse; drug use and health outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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