Methoden vergelijken

	VOSviewer-Assisted Co-Word Analysis	Bibliometrische Analyse
Vakgebied	Scientometrie	Scientometrie
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Jaar van ontstaan	Co-word analysis: 1983; VOSviewer software: 2010	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Grondlegger	Co-word analysis: Callon et al. (1983); VOSviewer tool: van Eck & Waltman (2010)	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Type	Bibliometric network analysis technique	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	keyword co-occurrence analysis via VOSviewer, VOSviewer co-word mapping, keyword network mapping, co-keyword analysis	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Verwant	6	6
Samenvatting	VOSviewer-assisted co-word analysis is a scientometric pipeline that constructs and visualizes keyword co-occurrence networks from a bibliographic corpus using VOSviewer software. By mapping how often pairs of author-assigned or index keywords appear together in the same publications, the method reveals the intellectual structure of a research field — its dominant themes, emerging topics, and conceptual clusters — producing interactive density and network maps that support systematic interpretation.	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.