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	VOSviewer-Assisterad Meta-analys	Bibliometrisk analys
Ämnesområde	Scientometri	Scientometri
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	2010s (integration practice emerged after VOSviewer release in 2010)	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Upphovsperson	Workflow combining Glass (1976) meta-analysis with van Eck & Waltman (2010) VOSviewer	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Typ	Tool-assisted evidence synthesis workflow	Quantitative literature analysis
Ursprungskälla	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.
Alias	bibliometric-enhanced meta-analysis, VOSviewer meta-analysis workflow, science-mapping assisted meta-analysis, network-visualisation meta-analysis	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Närliggande	5	6
Sammanfattning	VOSviewer-assisted meta-analysis integrates the bibliometric network visualisation capabilities of VOSviewer into the literature identification and mapping phases of a standard meta-analysis. Before the statistical pooling of effect sizes begins, VOSviewer is used to visualise co-citation networks, keyword co-occurrence maps, and publication clusters, helping researchers comprehensively delineate the research field and identify all eligible primary studies for quantitative synthesis.	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.