A Bibliometric Analysis on Global Psychological and Behavioral Research Landscape on COVID-19 Pandemic

Xilu Dong, Xuqiu Wei, Fei Shu, Qiang Su, Juntao Wang, Ning Liu and Junping Qiu
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Xilu Dong: Chinese Academy of Sciences and Education Evaluation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, #1158, Block 2, Baiyang Street, Qiantang New District, Hangzhou 310018, China
Xuqiu Wei: Institute of Information Management, Shandong University of Technology, 266 Xincun West Road, Zhangdian, Zibo 255000, China
Fei Shu: Chinese Academy of Sciences and Education Evaluation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, #1158, Block 2, Baiyang Street, Qiantang New District, Hangzhou 310018, China
Qiang Su: Zhejiang Academy of Higher Education, Hangzhou Dianzi University, #1158, Block 2, Baiyang Street, Qiantang New District, Hangzhou 310018, China
Juntao Wang: Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Ning Liu: Chinese Academy of Sciences and Education Evaluation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, #1158, Block 2, Baiyang Street, Qiantang New District, Hangzhou 310018, China
Junping Qiu: Chinese Academy of Sciences and Education Evaluation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, #1158, Block 2, Baiyang Street, Qiantang New District, Hangzhou 310018, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in December 2019 has spread globally. The ongoing psychological and behavioral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a major challenge to humanity, are of concern to researchers. To understand the academic community’s attention, focus and research collaboration on psychological and behavioral research during the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a macro analysis using a bibliometric approach. Using the topic selection strategy of TS = (“COVID-19” OR “coronavirus disease 2019” OR “SARS-CoV-2” OR “2019-nCoV”) AND TS = (“behavio*”) AND TS = (“psycholog*”), 2096 high-quality research articles and reviews were downloaded as data from the Web of Science core collection on 16 November 2021. Through analysis and visualization, the following conclusions are drawn in this study: (1) The popularity and importance of psychological and behavioral research under COVID-19 has increased significantly and needs further attention; (2). Related research focuses on eight hotspots, with quarantine, health care workers, the elderly, students, pregnant women, family, consumers, social media and emergency preparedness knowledge as the focus of the research object; and (3) Research collaboration is relatively high at the author, organizational and national levels. However, low-income countries need to get more attention. Furthermore, this article would help researchers make decisions for the research of psychological and behavioral issues under COVID-19 and planning for future prospects to contribute to academic development and applied methodology.

Keywords: COVID-19; psychological; behavioral; bibliometric; VOSviewer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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