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	Revue narrative assistée par bibliométrie	Analyse bibliométrique
Domaine	Scientométrie	Scientométrie
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	2017 (bibliometrix package); narrative review methodology is older	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Auteur d'origine	Aria & Cuccurullo (bibliometrix R package); narrative review as a traditional form predates this tool	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Type	Mixed quantitative-qualitative review methodology	Quantitative literature analysis
Source fondatrice	Aria, M., & Cuccurullo, C. (2017). bibliometrix: An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis. Journal of Informetrics, 11(4), 959–975.	Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical bibliography or bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation, 25(4), 348–349.
Alias	bibliometrix narrative review, R-bibliometrix narrative synthesis, quantitative-assisted narrative review	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Apparentées	6	6
Résumé	A bibliometrix-assisted narrative review combines the quantitative field-mapping capabilities of the bibliometrix R package with the interpretive flexibility of a traditional narrative review. Bibliometric indicators — publication trends, author and country productivity, co-citation networks, keyword co-occurrence — are computed and visualised first to orient the reviewer, then a discursive, thematic narrative synthesises the intellectual content of key sources. The result is a structured yet flexible overview of a field that is more transparent and reproducible than a purely informal narrative.	Bibliometric analysis applies statistical and mathematical methods to bibliographic records — publications, citations, authors, journals, and keywords — to measure and map the structure, output, and intellectual evolution of a research field. It is widely used to identify influential works, prolific authors, productive journals, collaboration networks, and emerging research themes across any academic discipline.