The DOI matches its Crossref record; 14 of the 14 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
A bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on Internet, video games and cell phone addiction
Open accessAbstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to locate the scientific literature dealing with addiction to the Internet, video games, and cell phones and to characterize the pattern of publications in these areas. METHODS: One hundred seventy-nine valid articles were retrieved from PubMed and PsycINFO between 1996 and 2005 related to pathological Internet, cell phone, or video game use. RESULTS: The years with the highest numbers of articles published were 2004 (n = 42) and 2005 (n = 40). The most productive countries, in terms of number of articles published, were the United States (n = 52), China (n = 23), the United Kingdom (n = 17), Taiwan (n = 13), and South Korea (n = 9). The most commonly used language was English (65.4%), followed by Chinese (12.8%) and Spanish (4.5%). Articles were published in 96 different journals, of which 22 published 2 or more articles. The journal that published the most articles was Cyberpsychology & Behavior (n = 41). Addiction to the Internet was the most intensely studied (85.3%), followed by addiction to video games (13.6%) and cell phones (2.1%). CONCLUSIONS: The number of publications in this area is growing, but it is difficult to conduct precise searches due to a lack of clear terminology. To facilitate retrieval, bibliographic databases should include descriptor terms referring specifically to Internet, video games, and cell phone addiction as well as to more general addictions involving communications and information technologies and other behavioral addictions.
Overview
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“One bibliometric study (37) indicated a progressive and growing body of research, with the Internet being the most highly studied area, followed by videogames and then cell phones.”
From Cell-phone addiction: a review (2016) · cites this paper as [37]
In the citing paper
“Ever since Young [1] presented Internet Addiction: the Emergence of a New Disorder at the Congress of the American Psychological Association in Toronto, Internet addiction has been a widely discussed disorder in the media and in scientific literature [2].”
From Problematic Use of the Internet and Smartphones in University Students: 2006–2017 (2018) · cites this paper as [2]
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Citations
Cites
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Widiger, T. A. (2000) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1037/10518-009 · Cited by 19,766
Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction
Block, J. J. (2008) · American Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07101556 · Cited by 1,385
Incidence and correlates of pathological Internet use among college students
Morahan-Martin, J. M., & Schumacher, P. (2000) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/s0747-5632(99)00049-7 · Cited by 1,358
'Behavioral' Addictions: Do They Exist?
Holden, C. (2001) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.294.5544.980 · Cited by 746
Internet Addiction on Campus: The Vulnerability of College Students
KANDELL, J. J. (1998) · CyberPsychology & Behavior · doi:10.1089/cpb.1998.1.11 · Cited by 705
Niemz, K., Griffiths, M. D., & Banyard, P. (2005) · CyberPsychology & Behavior · doi:10.1089/cpb.2005.8.562 · Cited by 678
Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Internet Addicts: Treatment Outcomes and Implications
Young, K. S. (2007) · CyberPsychology & Behavior · doi:10.1089/cpb.2007.9971 · Cited by 668
Internet use and collegiate academic performance decrements: early findings
Kubey, R. W., Lavin, M. J., & Barrows, J. R. (2001) · Journal of Communication · doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2001.tb02885.x · Cited by 612
La adicción a Internet y al móvil. ¿Moda o trastorno?
Sánchez-Carbonell, X., Beranuy, M., Castellana, M., Chamarro, A., & Oberst, U. (2008) · Adicciones · doi:10.20882/adicciones.279 · Cited by 146
Self-citationIs Compulsive Buying a Real Disorder, and Is It Really Compulsive?
Hollander, E., & Allen, A. (2006) · American Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1176/ajp.2006.163.10.1670 · Cited by 123
Is Compulsive Buying a Real Disorder, and Is It Really Compulsive?
Hollander, E. (2006) · American Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.163.10.1670 · Cited by 28
European Union scientific production on alcohol and drug misuse (1976–2000)
Carbonell, X., Guardiola, E., Bellés, A., & Beranuy, M. (2005) · Addiction · doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01135.x · Cited by 19
Self-citationNieminen, P. A., & Isohanni, M. K. (1997) · Substance Use & Misuse · doi:10.3109/10826089709027312 · Cited by 16
[Spanish scientific production on drug dependence].
Guardiola, E., & Sánchez-Carbonell, J. (1993) · PubMed · Cited by 11
Self-citation
Research works printed but not linked: 3
- Aleixandre Benavent R, Cervera G, Valderrama Zuria ´n JC. Produccio ´n cientı ´fica nacional e internacional en drogas de disen ˜o [National and international scientific production on designer drugs] (1988-1997). Adicciones. 2000;12(2):195-205.
- Arbinaga F. Ana ´lisis bibliome ´trico de la revista ''Adic- ciones'' [A bibliometric analysis of the journal ''Adic- ciones'']. Adicciones. 2002;14(2):139-44.
- Castellana M, Llado ´M. Adolescencia y juventud: prevencio ´n y percepcio ´n del riesgo al consumo [Adoles- cence and youth: perception and prevention of the risk of consuming]. Rev Esp Drogodependencias. 1999 Apr- Jun;24(2):118-31.
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Thomée, S., Härenstam, A., & Hagberg, M. (2011) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-66 · Cited by 1,269
Billieux, J., Maurage, P., Lopez-Fernandez, O., Kuss, D. J., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015) · Current Addiction Reports · doi:10.1007/s40429-015-0054-y · Cited by 1,205
Cell-phone addiction: a review
De-Sola Gutiérrez, J., Rodríguez de Fonseca, F., & Rubio, G. (2016) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00175 · Cited by 722
Social networking on smartphones: When mobile phones become addictive
Salehan, M., & Negahban, A. (2013) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.003 · Cited by 700
Epidemiology of Internet Behaviors and Addiction Among Adolescents in Six Asian Countries
Mak, K.-K., Lai, C.-M., Watanabe, H., Kim, D.-I., Bahar, N., Ramos, M. S., Young, K., Ho, R. C. M., Aum, N.-R., & Cheng, C. (2014) · Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking · doi:10.1089/cyber.2014.0139 · Cited by 456
Metadata
- Authors
- Carbonell, X., Guardiola, E., Beranuy, M., & Bellés, A.
- Affiliations
- Fundació Blanquerna (ES)
- Universitat Ramon Llull (ES)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Carbonell, Xavier
- Beranuy, Marta
- Venue
- Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 102-107
- ISSN
- 1536-5050 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-9439
- PMC
- PMC2670219
- OpenAlex
- W2168543157
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 26.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- internet addiction, gaming addiction, smartphone addiction, behavioral addiction, publication trends
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Terminology as Topic, Periodicals as Topic, Bibliometrics, Databases, Bibliographic, Information Storage and Retrieval, Behavior, Addictive, Video Games, Internet, Biomedical Research, Cell Phone
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
