Sammenlign metoder

	Narrativ litteraturoversikt	Bibliometrisk analyse
Fagfelt	Scientometri	Scientometri
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Opprinnelsesår	Pre-20th century practice; peer-reviewed methodological guidance from 2000s onward	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Opphavsperson	Traditional academic practice; formalized discussion by Green, Johnson & Adams (2006)	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Type	Literature review methodology	Quantitative literature analysis
Opprinnelig kilde	Green, B. N., Johnson, C. D., & Adams, A. (2006). Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 5(3), 101–117.	Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical bibliography or bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation, 25(4), 348–349.
Alias	traditional review, expert review, unsystematic review, narrative synthesis	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Relaterte	6	6
Sammendrag	A narrative review is a broad, author-directed synthesis of published literature on a topic, written to summarize, interpret, and contextualize existing knowledge without following the rigorous, pre-registered search and selection protocols that characterize systematic reviews. It draws on the author's expertise to weave disparate sources into a coherent account that identifies themes, debates, and directions for future research.	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.