From Phones to Phobia: A Global Scientometric Exploration of Nomophobia Research (2010–2024)

"No-Mobile-Phone-Phobia" (NOMOPHOBIA) is considered a modern-day phobia, used to describe a psychological condition in which a person experiences a fear of being out of mobile phone contact or being unable to use one. There has been an exponential upward trend in research on Nomophobia over the last decade. This paper presents an analysis of From Phones to Phobia: A Global Scientometric Exploration of Nomophobia Research. A total of 481 records are visible over the last fifteen years (2010-2024) and downloaded from the Scopus database. The data were exported into Microsoft Excel and analyzed using statistical and bibliometric methods. The study found that 22.0% of the most productive records were recorded in 2024 (106 records), followed by 2023 (87 records, 18.1%) and 2022 (81 records, 16.8%). Among the top 15 researchers, Griffiths, M.D., has the most publications (14 papers, 11.5%) and is ranked 1st. The study found that Nottingham Trent University had 16 (11.5%) publications and ranked first among the top 15 institutions.