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VOSviewer-Assisted Citation Analysis

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.

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Sources

  1. 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
  2. Garfield, E. (1972). Citation analysis as a tool in journal evaluation. Science, 178(4060), 471–479. DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4060.471

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