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VOSviewer-assisted systematic literature review

A VOSviewer-assisted systematic literature review combines the rigorous search-and-appraisal pipeline of a standard systematic review with bibliometric network visualization produced by the VOSviewer software. The approach allows researchers to systematically retrieve and screen the literature while simultaneously mapping co-citation clusters, keyword co-occurrence networks, and institutional collaboration patterns, yielding both a narrative synthesis and a visual, quantitative overview of the field's intellectual structure.

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VOSviewer-Assisted Systematic Literature Review
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
  • Kitchenham, B., & Charters, S. (2007). Guidelines for performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering. EBSE Technical Report EBSE-2007-01, Keele University and Durham University. · URL
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Same method familyBibliographic Couplingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketBibliometric Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyCo-Citation Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyScience Mappingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketScientometric Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketSystematic Literature Reviewmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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