Social networks in the context of the psychological and intellectual performance of university students in Ecuador.

The aim of this scientific contribution is to demonstrate the influence of social networks on the psychological performance and intellectual performance of university students in Ecuador.Through a bibliometric and scientometric study of this topic; in the Scopus database and academic research.This scientific contribution focuses on the following areas of results: i) Bibliographic review of scientific contributions related to the influence of social networks on the psychological performance and intellectual performance of university students.ii) Bibliometric study of the scientific contributions related to the influence of social networks on the psychological performance and intellectual performance of university students.iii) Text mining and term map of scientific contributions related to the influence of social networks on the psychological performance and intellectual performance of university students.The main conclusions highlight that: i) The world economic powers are those that show the most interest in analyzing and quantifying the impact of social networks on the psychological performance and intellectual performance of university students.ii) There is growing interest on the part of the international scientific community in research into the impact of social networks on the psychological performance and intellectual performance of university students.