Table 3.

Co-citation clusters on emerging adulthood in higher education institutions.

Cluster	Cluster label	Number of articles	Representative publications
1 (red)	Emerging adulthood and mental health	21	[4,9,15,20,37,45,57,79,94,101,113].
2 (Green)	Emerging adulthood and transitional challenges	13	[2,5,6,12,60,77,98,104].
3 (Blue)	Alcohol and substance use in emerging adulthood	13	[22,31,32,52,81,91,102,109].
4 (yellow)	Identity formation in emerging adulthood	7	[40,[66], [67], [68],96]
5 (Purple)	Parental control and emerging adult well-being	6	[18,78,82,90,92]