RT journal article
T1 A Bibliometric Analysis of Gamification Research
A1 Trinidad García, Manuel
A1 Ruiz Carreira, Mercedes
A1 Calderón Sánchez, Alejandro
A2 Ingeniería Informática
K1 Bibliometrics
K1 Education
K1 Games
K1 Social networking (online)
K1 Market research
K1 Collaboration
K1 Bibliographies
K1 Bibliometrics
K1 computers and information processing
K1 gamification
K1 science mapping
K1 scientometrics
AB Gamification has rapidly emerged as one of the favorite persuasive technologies widely used with the aim of promoting a positive change in the user's behavior by means of including game-like elements in non-game contexts. As a research discipline, gamification is growing fast, maturing from basic and fundamental questions such as what and why gamify to more mature ones such as how to gamify, when and when not, and still facing empirical and theoretical challenges to prove the effects of its practice and consolidate the principles that guide meaningful gamification designs. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a bibliometric study to describe how gamification as a scientific discipline is structured and how it has evolved over time. To do this, we make use of bibliometric performance analysis and science mapping methods to display and analyze the intellectual, conceptual and social network structures of gamification research, as well as the evolution and dynamical aspects of the discipline. The results reveal the research fronts and intellectual structures of the field, the internal relationships among articles, authors and keywords, the existing networks of collaboration, the emerging trends, the hot topics, and the most influential authors, publications and sources. Together, they picture the intellectual landscape of gamification as a scientific field that will be useful for junior and senior researchers, practitioners, funding agencies and policymakers.
PB IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC,
SN 2169-3536
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24843
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24843
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026