Explosion of research on psychopathology and social media use after COVID-19: A scientometric study

Table 1 The top ten most impactive authors

Author	H_index	G_index	M_index	TC	PY_start
Haro JM	22	42	1.048	1804	2003
Griffiths MD	19	45		2107
Novick D	19	37	0.905	1414	2003
Suarez D	14	31	0.737	988	2005
Lin CY	12	27	2	780	2018
Primack BA	12	24	1.5	1842	2016
Shensa A	11	23	1.375	1811	2016
Sidani JE	11	21	1.375	1809	2016
Brailovskaia J	10	22	1.25	490	2016
Escobar-Viera CG	10	25	1.429	997	2017

TC: Total citation.

Table 2 The top ten most impactive journals

Journals	H_index	G_index	M_index	TC	IF
Journal of Medical Internet Research	31	52	2.818	3063	7.076
Computers in Human Behavior	25	53	2.273	3174	8.957
Plos One	24	62	2.182	3864	3.752
Journal of Affective Disorders	17	58	1.545	3440	6.533
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking	16	27	1.455	1234	6.135
Frontiers in Psychiatry	16	31	1.778	1042	5.435
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	15	43	1.5	1970	4.614
BMJ Open	13	26	1.444	749	3.006
JMIR Mental Health	13	34	1.444	1168	6.332
Psychiatry Research	12	34	0.706	1179	2.493

TC: Total citation; IF: Impact factor.

Table 3 Highly cited papers

	Ref.	Paper	DOI	TCs	TC per year	Normalized TC
1	Xiong et al[17], 2020	J Affect Disorders	10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.001	2095	523.75	84.06
2	Kramer et al[19], 2014	P Natl Acad Sci USA	10.1073/pnas.1320040111	1383	138.30	20.84
3	O'Keeffe et al[22], 2011	Pediatrics	10.1542/peds.2011-0054	1022	78.62	6.34
4	Gao et al[21], 2020	Plos One	10.1371/journal.pone.0231924	897	224.25	35.99
5	Dubey et al[16], 2020	Diabetes Metab Syndr Clin Res Rev	10.1016/j.dsx.2020.05.035	876	219.00	35.15
6	O'Keeffe et al[22], 2011	Pediatrics	10.1542/peds.2011-0054	834	64.15	5.18
7	Li et al[20], 2020	Int J Env Res Pub HE	10.3390/ijerph17062032	824	206.00	33.06
8	Kross et al[55], 2013	Plos One	10.1371/journal.pone.0069841	696	63.27	12.24
9	Schou Andreassen et al[18], 2016	Psychol Addict Behav	10.1037/adb0000160	685	85.63	17.38
10	Woods et al[23], 2016	J Adolesc	10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.008	534	66.75	13.55

TC: Total citation.