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	Map-uwanja wa Tathmini ya Upeo	Uchanganuzi wa Bibliometriki
Nyanja	Saintometriki	Saintometriki
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2005 (foundational framework); field-mapping purpose formalised c. 2015–2018	1969 (term coined); practice dates to 1920s–1930s
Mwanzilishi	Arksey & O'Malley (scoping review framework); field-mapping purpose formalised by Munn et al. and Peters et al.	Alan Pritchard (coined term); earlier quantitative work by Paul Otlet (1934) and S. C. Bradford (1934)
Aina	Evidence synthesis — systematic review variant	Quantitative literature analysis
Chanzo asilia	Munn, Z., Peters, M. D. J., Stern, C., Tufanaru, C., McArthur, A., & Aromataris, E. (2018). Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic review and scoping review approach. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18, 143.	Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical bibliography or bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation, 25(4), 348–349.
Majina mbadala	field-mapping scoping study, evidence-mapping scoping review, field map review, scoping review for field mapping	bibliometrics, bibliometric study, bibliometric mapping, publication analysis
Zinazohusiana	6	6
Muhtasari	A field-mapping scoping review is a purposive variant of the scoping review in which the overarching goal is to chart the conceptual and empirical landscape of a research field — identifying what has been studied, by whom, using which methods, and where knowledge gaps remain. It follows the Arksey and O'Malley scoping framework but is explicitly oriented toward producing a structured map of a field rather than answering a focused clinical or policy question.	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.