เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การสืบค้นเอกสารเทา	การวิเคราะห์การอ้างอิง
สาขาวิชา	ทักษะการวิจัย	ทักษะการวิจัย
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1990s (formalized in systematic review guidelines)	1955 (citation indexes); 1975 (Impact Factor); 2005 (H-index)
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Information specialists and systematic review methodologists (Cochrane Collaboration, Health Technology Assessment)	Eugene Garfield (Citation Indexes, 1955); Jorge Hirsch (H-index, 2005)
ประเภท	Tool	Tool
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Rothstein, H. R., & Hopewell, S. (2009). Grey literature. In J. P. Higgins & S. Green (Eds.), Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions (Version 5.0.2, Chapter 13). The Cochrane Collaboration.	Hirsch, J. E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(46), 16569–16572.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	grey literature, gray literature, unpublished literature	citation metrics, bibliometric analysis, citation tracking
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	4
สรุป	Grey literature comprises documents and data not published through conventional commercial channels—including theses, government reports, clinical trial registries, conference abstracts, organizational policy documents, and working papers. Unlike journal articles, grey literature is not indexed in MEDLINE or Scopus and often lacks peer review. However, it is crucial for systematic reviews because it may contain null or negative findings that are less likely to be published (publication bias). Systematic grey literature searching is now a standard component of evidence synthesis and is recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration, PRISMA, and other methodological guidelines.	Citation analysis is the systematic study of how scholarly works are cited by subsequent research, used as a proxy for research impact and influence. Founded formally by Eugene Garfield in 1955 (introducing citation indexes), the field encompasses metrics ranging from simple citation counts to sophisticated indices like the H-index (Hirsch, 2005) and field-normalized indicators. Citation analysis is used to evaluate researcher productivity, track influence of ideas, assess journal quality, and detect research trends. While citation counts are not perfect measures of quality (high citation does not equal high quality; time lag in citation accumulation), they provide valuable quantitative data for research evaluation alongside peer review and expert assessment.