Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ανάλυση Συν-λέξεων	Χαρτογράφηση της Επιστήμης
Πεδίο	Επιστημομετρία	Βιβλιομετρία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1983	2000s
Δημιουργός	Michel Callon, Jean-Pierre Courtial, and colleagues	Katy Börner, Chaomei Chen, and others
Τύπος	Scientometric network analysis technique	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Callon, M., Courtial, J. P., Turner, W. A., & Bauin, S. (1983). From translations to problematic networks: An introduction to co-word analysis. Social Science Information, 22(2), 191–235.	Börner, K., Chen, C., & Boyack, K. W. (2003). Visualizing knowledge domains. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 37, 179–255.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	keyword co-occurrence analysis, co-word mapping, keyword co-word network, CWA	knowledge mapping, domain mapping, research landscape visualization
Συναφείς	6	5
Σύνοψη	Co-word analysis is a scientometric technique that quantifies how often pairs of keywords, subject terms, or title words appear together across a corpus of publications. By treating simultaneous occurrence as a proxy for conceptual relatedness, it constructs networks and clusters that reveal the intellectual structure, dominant themes, and emerging sub-fields of a research domain.	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.