Commentary on Studies Citing This Author Concerning Doodling as a Measure of Burnout

Abstract

The ability of doodling to act as an indicator of depression and anxiety regarding research burnout is a topic that has seen the publication of six articles by this author since 2021. This commentary aims to determine the extent to which any of these articles have been cited by subsequent researchers in furthering the literature on doodling. The keywords “C Nash Doodling Burnout” were searched through Google Scholar in February 2024 with 142 returns. Only four of these reports included all keywords. Of these returned studies, two were found to add to the literature on doodling substantially, in part as a result of the citations to the work of this author. However, one of these two publications did so while also including a misrepresentation of this author’s work. With few studies on doodling behavior, noting these publications and their limitations represents an important contribution. This work also adds to the paucity of publications by authors examining citations to their work.