Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Σφαιρική Ανασκόπηση με Υποβοήθηση VOSviewer	Επισκόπηση πεδίου
Πεδίο	Επιστημομετρία	Επιστημομετρία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2010s–present	2005
Δημιουργός	Combination: Arksey & O'Malley (scoping review, 2005); van Eck & Waltman (VOSviewer, 2010)	Hilary Arksey & Lisa O'Malley
Τύπος	Hybrid review methodology	Evidence synthesis review design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538.	Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), 19–32.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	VOSviewer scoping review, bibliometric-enhanced scoping review, VOS-assisted scoping review, science-mapping scoping review	scoping study, literature scoping, evidence mapping review, rapid evidence map
Συναφείς	5	6
Σύνοψη	A VOSviewer-assisted scoping review integrates the structured, broad-mapping purpose of a scoping review with VOSviewer's bibliometric visualization capabilities. After standard database searching and eligibility screening, the retained records are exported to VOSviewer, which produces co-authorship, keyword co-occurrence, and citation-based cluster maps. These visual outputs guide thematic synthesis, reveal intellectual structure, and make the scope of a field immediately transparent.	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.