Gamification and Psychology: A Bibliometric Study
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The utilization of gamification elements plays a crucial role in psychological research and
application. This bibliometric study aimed to analyze and synthesize journal articles indexed in
Scopus in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the current knowledge base surrounding
the intersection of gamification and psychology. Using the keywords “Gamification” and
“Psychology”, a total of 200 articles (restricted to empirical studies and reviews) were obtained.
Descriptive analyses revealed that the most highly cited article was Plass et al. (2015) “Foundations
of game-based learning”, the most productive author was Landers R. N., and the most cited author
was Hamari J. Through a series of network and cluster analyses on bibliometric information, four
important themes (i.e., gamification and positive psychology, gamification and health psychology,
gamification and self-determination theory, and gamification for psychological measurement and
assessment) were synthesized, which may represent the core structure of the knowledge base and
provide insight into potential directions for future research.
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ผู้ส่งบทความ (และคณะผู้วิจัยทุกคน) ตระหนักและปฎิบัติตามจริยธรรมการวิจัยอย่างเคร่งครัด ทั้งนี้บทความ เนื้อหา ข้อมูล ข้อความ ภาพ ตาราง แผนภาพ แผนผัง หรือข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ ที่ปรากฎในบทความ เป็นความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้ส่งบทความ กองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นตามเสมอไป และไม่มีส่วนรับผิดชอบใดๆ โดยถือเป็นความรับผิดของของเจ้าของบทความเพียงผู้เดียว
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