SOURCE CREDIBILITY AND USER BEHAVIOR IN THE DIGITAL INFORMATION AGE: A PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH PRODUCTION
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https://doi.org/10.35631/JISTM.1144036Keywords:
Bibliometric, Digital Age, Information Science, Source Credibility, User BehaviourAbstract
Source credibility has become increasingly important in digital information environments, where users encounter information through social media, online platforms, and other digitally mediated channels to fulfil their information needs. This study provides a bibliometric performance analysis of global research on source credibility and user behaviour. The analysis included 1,046 publications published between 2015 and 2025. The findings demonstrate substantial growth in research output, with 59.27% of publications appearing between 2023 and 2025. The corpus accumulated 36,895 citations, averaging 35.27 citations per publication, with an h-index of 89 and a g-index of 167, indicating strong scholarly visibility and citation concentration. The findings establish a performance-based baseline for understanding the growth, scholarly impact, publication structure, and multidisciplinary development of source credibility research in the digital information age.
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