Bibliometric Analysis of Social Science Articles on Drug Addiction: 2010-2024
Drug addiction is a prominent global issue that is becoming more and more problematic with serious consequences for public and individual health. In terms of addiction literature, studies conducted and to be conducted in social sciences help us to understand the deeper sociocultural causes of the problem. This study aims to examine the reflections of substance addiction, which has become an important problem in societies, in the social sciences literature. At the same time, it aims to shed light on the common qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the literature.
Science and the production of scientific knowledge have a social character and are therefore sociological. The study aims to present the conceptual and intellectual profile of the articles published in the field of social science on substance addiction between 2010-2024 and to interpret the findings sociologically. In this respect, the study is limited to articles that address addiction rather than addiction. The articles were obtained from the online version of Web of Science, by selecting social science fields in the 'Web of Science Categories'. The screening was conducted with the keywords "Society and Substance Abuse", "Sociology of Addiction", "Addiction", "Drug", "Drug Use", "Drug Addiction", "Illicit Drug Use", "Drug Abuse", "Adolescent Drug Use", "Drug Problems", "Drug Use Behaviour", "Drug Dependence", "Drug Dealing", "Illegal Drug Use", "Drug Possession", "Addiction Relapse". The data were analysed by bibliometrics, as it is a macro-oriented science mapping tool that measures scientific elements in a specific field.
In the study, the intellectual map of the field will be tried to be revealed by presenting (i) prominent authors, journals and institutions, (ii) conceptual network, (ii) distribution of concepts by year and will be interpreted from a sociological perspective.
Keywords: Drug Addiction, Bibliometric Analysis, Sociology of Substance Abuse