Methoden vergelijken

	Netwerkgebaseerde scientometrische analyse	Bibliometrische Analyse
Vakgebied	Scientometrie	Scientometrie
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Jaar van ontstaan	1965 (Price); computational refinement 2000s–2010s	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Grondlegger	Derek J. de Solla Price (network citation structure); Nees Jan van Eck & Ludo Waltman (computational network mapping)	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Type	Quantitative bibliometric method	Quantitative literature analysis
Oorspronkelijke bron	van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538.	Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical bibliography or bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation, 25(4), 348–349.
Aliassen	scientometric network analysis, bibliometric network analysis, citation network scientometrics, science network mapping	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Verwant	6	6
Samenvatting	Network-based scientometric analysis applies graph-theoretic methods to bibliographic data — publications, citations, authors, and keywords — to map the intellectual structure of a scientific field. By modeling documents or authors as nodes and their relationships (citations, co-authorships, co-word occurrences) as edges, it reveals clusters of knowledge, central actors, emerging topics, and the flow of ideas across disciplines. Tools such as VOSviewer, Gephi, and the R package bibliometrix are commonly used.	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.