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Review
. 2021 Oct 18:12:722332.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.722332. eCollection 2021.

Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Academic Procrastination

Xue Tao  1   2 , Hafiz Hanif  3 , Hamsa Hameed Ahmed  2 , Nader Ale Ebrahim  4   5
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Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Academic Procrastination

Xue Tao et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Numerous students suffer from academic procrastination; it is a common problem and phenomenon in academic settings. Many previous researchers have analyzed its relationships with other factors, such as self-regulation and academic success. This paper aims to provide a full outline of academic procrastination and explore the current hot spots and trends. Bibliometrix and VOSviewer were used to conduct quantitative analysis. The data was collected from the Web of Science core collection database, which contains 1,240 articles from the years 1938 to 2021. The analysis shows that the publication of articles on academic procrastination has been rapidly increasing since 1993. In terms of the most influential countries and institutions, the United states took a prominent lead among all countries, and the most productive institutions in this area were the University of Washington and University of California, Los Angeles. By analyzing the authors, we see that most authors like working with a few collaborators, leading to main groups of authors, such as Murat Balkis and June J. Pilcher. The most frequently cited author was Esther D. Rothblum. Based on the co-citation journals network, Personality and Individual Differences was the prolific and influential journal referring to the number of citations and articles it received. The VOSviewer tool identified the hot spots of academic procrastination, which were mainly distributed as follows: (a) procrastination, (b) academic procrastination, (c) self-regulation, (d) academic performance, and (e) motivation. Therefore, this paper is helpful for scholars and practitioners to know the trend of academic procrastination research comprehensively.

Keywords: VOSviewer; academic procrastination; bibliometric analysis; bibliometrix tool; the trend.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

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Data queries.
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Figure 2
The annual publication rate of academic procrastination research.
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The visualized map of organizations/countries participating in academic procrastination study: (A) Mapping of major countries participating in academic procrastination study. (B) Mapping of organizations involved in academic procrastination study.
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The visualization map of main authors participating in academic procrastination research: (A) Mapping of main authors participating in academic procrastination research. (B) Mapping of co-cited authors participating in academic procrastination research.
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Figure 5
The time zone view of the co-citation journal network: 1938–2021.
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Figure 6
Knowledge domain map of keyword co-occurrence network related to academic procrastination research: (A) network visualization map based on article weights; (B) density visualization map based on article weights.
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Figure 7
Overlay visualization based on procrastination link-weights and citation scores.
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Figure 8
Overlay visualization based on academic procrastination link-weights and citation scores.
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Figure 9
Overlay visualization based on self-regulation link-weights and citation scores.
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Figure 10
Overlay visualization based on academic performance link-weights and citation scores.
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Figure 11
Overlay visualization based on motivation link-weights and citation scores.
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