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	Επισκόπηση πεδίου	Βιβλιομετρική Ανάλυση
Πεδίο	Επιστημομετρία	Επιστημομετρία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2005	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Δημιουργός	Hilary Arksey & Lisa O'Malley	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Τύπος	Evidence synthesis review design	Quantitative literature analysis
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), 19–32.	Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical bibliography or bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation, 25(4), 348–349.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	scoping study, literature scoping, evidence mapping review, rapid evidence map	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	A scoping review is a systematic evidence-synthesis method that maps the breadth and nature of research on a topic — identifying key concepts, evidence types, and gaps — without necessarily appraising study quality or pooling effect sizes. Developed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) and refined by Levac and colleagues (2010), it is particularly valuable for emerging or heterogeneous fields where a full systematic review would be premature or infeasible.	Bibliometric analysis applies statistical and mathematical methods to bibliographic records — publications, citations, authors, journals, and keywords — to measure and map the structure, output, and intellectual evolution of a research field. It is widely used to identify influential works, prolific authors, productive journals, collaboration networks, and emerging research themes across any academic discipline.