Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ανάλυση Βιβλιογραφικών Αναφορών με Υποστήριξη VOSviewer	Χαρτογράφηση της Επιστήμης
Πεδίο	Επιστημομετρία	Βιβλιομετρία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1955 (citation analysis); 2010 (VOSviewer software)	2000s
Δημιουργός	Eugene Garfield (citation analysis); Nees Jan van Eck & Ludo Waltman (VOSviewer)	Katy Börner, Chaomei Chen, and others
Τύπος	Bibliometric workflow	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538.	Börner, K., Chen, C., & Boyack, K. W. (2003). Visualizing knowledge domains. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 37, 179–255.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	citation analysis with VOSviewer, VOSviewer citation mapping, visual citation analysis, VOSviewer-based citation network analysis	knowledge mapping, domain mapping, research landscape visualization
Συναφείς	6	5
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.	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.