Сравнение на методи

	Наукометричен анализ	Научно картографиране
Област	Наукометрия	Библиометрия
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	1969 (term); 1963 (Price's foundational work)	2000s
Създател	V. V. Nalimov and Z. M. Mulchenko (term coined); Derek J. de Solla Price (foundational methods)	Katy Börner, Chaomei Chen, and others
Тип	Quantitative literature analysis	Method
Основополагащ източник	Nalimov, V. V., & Mulchenko, Z. M. (1969). Naukometriya: Izucheniye razvitiya nauki kak informatsionnogo protsessa [Scientometrics: The Study of the Development of Science as an Information Process]. Nauka.	Börner, K., Chen, C., & Boyack, K. W. (2003). Visualizing knowledge domains. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 37, 179–255.
Други названия	scientometrics, science of science, quantitative science studies, research evaluation analysis	knowledge mapping, domain mapping, research landscape visualization
Свързани	6	5
Резюме	Scientometric analysis applies statistical and computational methods to publication and citation data to measure the growth, structure, and impact of scientific fields. Drawing on databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, or OpenAlex, it quantifies output trends, identifies leading authors and institutions, maps intellectual networks, and evaluates research impact — transforming large bibliographic corpora into evidence-based portraits of how knowledge develops and spreads.	Science mapping is a bibliometric visualization method that creates visual representations of research domains, showing the structure, development, and relationships of scientific fields. Using bibliographic data (citations, keywords, authors, journals), science mapping algorithms generate network diagrams where nodes represent documents, concepts, or authors and edges represent relationships (citation, collaboration, semantic similarity). The resulting maps make invisible intellectual structures visible, enabling researchers to understand field topology, identify emerging areas, and navigate disciplinary landscapes. Pioneered by Börner, Chen, and Boyack in the 2000s, science mapping has become a standard tool in research evaluation and strategic planning.