Sarcouncil Journal of Internal Medicine and Public Health

Abstract: Purpose –This study aims to analyze journal articles on e-cigarette smoking behavior to identify publication trends, impactful authors, leading journals, and most influential articles in this field. This study also conducted a knowledge structure analysis to map the knowledge base of articles, including their conceptual, intellectual, and social structures. Furthermore, the study proposes guidelines for further research in the future. Design/methodology/approach –Bibliometric techniques were used to analyze 290 out of 361 articles on e-cigarette smoking behavior indexed in Scopus published between 2007 and 2024 as a sample dataset. This study uses the Bibliometrix R package with the Biblioshiny application to generate bibliometric analysis and result visualizations. Three bibliometric methods, namely social network analysis, co-citation analysis, and co-occurrence clustering, were further conducted to sketch the contours of the structure and evolution of e-cigarette smoking behavior. Findings –Based on the analysis of 290 published articles, this study found that research on e-cigarette smoking behavior has increased over the past decade. This study highlights bibliographic elements such as impactful authors, leading journals, and most influential articles. Furthermore, this study reveals the knowledge structure, both conceptual, intellectual, and social structures.This study also highlights the importance of longitudinal studies as further research to understand how e-cigarette smoking behavior develops over time and what factors are most influential among the factors that have been identified in previous studies. Research limitations/implications –This study conducted a knowledge mapping of research on e-cigarette smoking behavior that can close the gap in the literature. In addition, the findings of this study highlighted many factors that influence e-cigarette smoking behavior that can be used as guidelines in developing more effective and efficient health promotion strategies. However, this study is limited to only one database and ignores the contribution of non-English language articles so that research with a wider scope is needed. Originality/value –This study provides a comprehensive view of the knowledge structure of studies on e-cigarette smoking behavior that can enrich the existing literature and can be used as a guide for future research and to develop more effective and efficient health promotion strategies