Charting confidence: bibliometric insights into academic dropout and academic achievement

This study uses bibliometric analysis to review the research on the effects of academic dropout among university and college students. The analysis draws on a sample of 287 articles published in the SCOPUS database between 1984 and 2024. This paper conducts an in-depth examination of global research on burnout among university students. It underscores the factors contributing to academic dropout which academic persistent, student motivation, engagement, financial aid, academic performance and attitude. Additionally, the paper identifies leading contributors in terms of authors, articles, journals, and keywords, presenting analyses of co-citation, co-occurrence, and co-authorship networks. This paper furnishes a comprehensive overview of the current landscape in university student burnout literature, serving as a valuable resource for future scholars seeking to comprehend the evolution of this academic discourse and its intellectual framework. The country with the highest number of SCOPUS-indexed journals were determined using a mixed qualitative-quantitative methodology, identifying Spain as the most productive country. The findings also revealed that most authors have at least one publication published in SCOPUS journals within the timeframe, and Universidad de Oviedo has the highest collaboration between researchers or authors from different organizations.