Compara mètodes

	Mapeig de la ciència	VOSviewer i CiteSpace: Eines per a l'Anàlisi Bibliomètrica i la Visualització
Camp	Bibliometria	Bibliometria
Família	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Any d'origen	2000s	2006–2010
Autor original	Katy Börner, Chaomei Chen, and others	Nees Jan van Eck & Ludo Waltman (VOSviewer); Chaomei Chen (CiteSpace)
Tipus	Method	Tool
Font seminal	Börner, K., Chen, C., & Boyack, K. W. (2003). Visualizing knowledge domains. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 37, 179–255.	Van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538.
Àlies	knowledge mapping, domain mapping, research landscape visualization	bibliometric mapping software, citation visualization tools, science mapping tools
Relacionats	5	4
Resum	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.	VOSviewer and CiteSpace are specialized software tools designed to conduct bibliometric analysis and create science maps from research literature. VOSviewer (developed by Van Eck & Waltman, 2010) excels at creating publication landscapes through co-occurrence, co-citation, and bibliographic coupling analysis with intuitive visual output. CiteSpace (developed by Chaomei Chen, 2006) focuses on detecting emerging research trends and research fronts through direct citation analysis and specialized temporal algorithms. Together, these tools democratized science mapping, enabling researchers without programming expertise to visualize research domains comprehensively.