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VOSviewer-assisted meta-analysis

VOSviewer-assisted meta-analysis integrates the bibliometric network visualisation capabilities of VOSviewer into the literature identification and mapping phases of a standard meta-analysis. Before the statistical pooling of effect sizes begins, VOSviewer is used to visualise co-citation networks, keyword co-occurrence maps, and publication clusters, helping researchers comprehensively delineate the research field and identify all eligible primary studies for quantitative synthesis.

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VOSviewer-Assisted Meta-Analysis
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / scientometrics
  • van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538. · DOI 10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3
  • Glass, G. V. (1976). Primary, secondary, and meta-analysis of research. Educational Researcher, 5(10), 3–8. · DOI 10.3102/0013189X005010003
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Taxonomic bucketBibliometric Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyCo-Citation Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPRISMA-based reviewmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyScience Mappingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketSystematic Literature Reviewmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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