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	Ανάλυση Βιβλιογραφικών Αναφορών με Υποστήριξη VOSviewer	Βιβλιομετρική Ανάλυση
Πεδίο	Επιστημομετρία	Επιστημομετρία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1955 (citation analysis); 2010 (VOSviewer software)	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Δημιουργός	Eugene Garfield (citation analysis); Nees Jan van Eck & Ludo Waltman (VOSviewer)	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Τύπος	Bibliometric workflow	Quantitative literature analysis
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538.	Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical bibliography or bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation, 25(4), 348–349.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	citation analysis with VOSviewer, VOSviewer citation mapping, visual citation analysis, VOSviewer-based citation network analysis	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	VOSviewer-assisted citation analysis combines established citation analysis methodology with the visual mapping capabilities of VOSviewer, a free bibliometric software developed at Leiden University. Researchers export bibliographic records from databases such as Web of Science or Scopus, import them into VOSviewer, and generate citation networks that reveal which documents, authors, or journals are most influential and how intellectual influence flows across a field.	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.