The current study aimed at investigating the contribution of researchers in the Arab region to the field of mental health and well-being of university students using bibliometric tools. Relevant literature was obtained from the Scopus database for the period from 2001–2020. Examples of keywords used in the query included “college student”, “university student”, and undergraduate student” combined with keywords such as wellbeing, wellness, suicide, and anxiety. No language restriction was used. Only research articles were considered. The search query was validated. Bibliometric indicators and mappings such as active countries, institutions, authors, highly cited documents, and the most frequently encountered topics were identified and discussed to shed light on research gaps in the Arab region. Research gaps were also identified. The analysis was carried out on February 12, 2021. The search query returned 309 research articles published by authors from 17 different Arab countries. Less than one-third (n = 97, 31.4%) of the retrieved articles were carried out in collaboration with authors from 39 non-Arab countries, mainly from the United Kingdom and the United States. The overall contribution of researchers from the Arab region to global research in the field was 5.6%. In total, 1212 authors from 791 different institutions participated in publishing the retrieved research articles. At the country level, Saudi Arabia (n = 125, 40.5%) ranked first, followed by Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon. At the institutional level, The University of Jordan (n = 25, 8.1%) ranked first, followed by King Saud University, and Kuwait University. The retrieved articles included 132 (42.7%) articles on stress/distress, 95 (30.7%) on anxiety, 61 (19.7%) on depression. Knowledge gaps on suicide, eating disorders, substance use, and happiness were identified. The retrieved articles appeared in 193 different journals and approximately two-thirds of the active journal were in general medicine, public health, and education. The contribution of researchers in the Arab region to the field showed a noticeable increase with time. However, important research gaps were identified. The contribution was confined to authors from a limited number of Arab countries. Funding and international research collaboration for the mental health and well-being of students need to be strengthened.

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阿拉伯地区研究人员对大学生心理健康和福祉同行评审文献的贡献

目前的研究旨在利用文献计量工具调查阿拉伯地区研究人员对大学生心理健康和福祉领域的贡献。相关文献取自Scopus数据库2001-2020年期间。查询中使用的关键字示例包括“大学生”、“大学生”和“本科生”以及诸如幸福、健康、自杀和焦虑等关键字。没有使用语言限制。仅考虑研究文章。搜索查询已验证。确定并讨论了文献计量指标和映射，例如活跃国家、机构、作者、高引用文献和最常遇到的主题，以揭示阿拉伯地区的研究差距。还发现了研究差距。该分析于 2021 年 2 月 12 日进行。搜索查询返回了来自 17 个不同阿拉伯国家的作者发表的 309 篇研究文章。不到三分之一（n = 97，31.4%）的检索到的文章是与来自 39 个非阿拉伯国家（主要来自英国和美国）的作者合作完成的。阿拉伯地区研究人员对该领域全球研究的总体贡献为5.6%。总共有来自 791 个不同机构的 1212 位作者参与发表了检索到的研究文章。在国家层面，沙特阿拉伯（n = 125，40.5%）排名第一，其次是约旦、埃及和黎巴嫩。在院校层面，约旦大学（n = 25，8.1%）排名第一，其次是沙特国王大学和科威特大学。检索到的文章包括 132 篇（42.7%）关于压力/苦恼的文章，95 篇（30.7%）关于焦虑的文章，61 篇（19.7%）关于抑郁的文章。确定了自杀、饮食失调、药物滥用和幸福感方面的知识差距。检索到的文章发表在 193 种不同的期刊上，大约三分之二的活跃期刊涉及普通医学、公共卫生和教育领域。随着时间的推移，阿拉伯地区研究人员对该领域的贡献显着增加。然而，发现了重要的研究空白。贡献仅限于来自有限数量的阿拉伯国家的作者。需要加强对学生心理健康和福祉的资助和国际研究合作。