Academic Procrastination in Higher Education: The Evolution of Research

Abstract

This study aims to reveal research trends in the period 2007-2023 and analyze the evolution of research on the issue of academic procrastination in higher university using a type of literature study with a bibliometric approach. The total articles that were then analyzed were obtained from the Scopus database with three keywords and after passing the screening process as many as 88 articles. The data is then processed using VOSViewer and analyzed quantitatively, descriptively, and qualitatively of the content. The results showed that the development of publications related to “academic procrastination in higher education” fluctuated greatly and formed four clusters of scientific network maps. Furthermore, the results of qualitative content analysis show that self-efficacy, cross-sectional studies, time management, anxiety, and perfectionism are factors forming academic procrastination behavior in students, besides the impact of academic procrastination resulting in academic achievement and mental health. The data only uses documents in English and documents that meet several criteria for research needs with a publication time between 2007 until 2023, and only sample documents of university students. Based on the results of the research, it contributes to the evolution of research development on this topic as well as knowing the factors that shape academic procrastination behavior. Based on a search on the Scopus database, no research on this topic has been examined using a bibliometric analysis approach, so this study seeks to fill the research gap and represent the evolution of research on this topic.