bibliometric-analysis

Maps research field structure using co-citation, coupling, and keyword co-occurrence analysis.

19|1|Updated Jun 15, 2026
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npx skills add https://github.com/Abhinavbwj/AEC-Scholar --skill bibliometric-analysis-abhinavbwj
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Skill: bibliometric-analysis
Source: https://github.com/Abhinavbwj/AEC-Scholar/tree/main/aec-scholar/skills/bibliometric-analysis
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Abhinavbwj/AEC-Scholar --skill bibliometric-analysis-abhinavbwj

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Quantitatively mapping a research field's structure, evolution, and key actors is difficult to do rigorously — naive exports and uncleaned data produce meaningless network pictures instead of defensible findings. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Science Mapping: Guides co-citation, bibliographic coupling, co-word, and co-authorship network analysis with VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and Bibliometrix/biblioshiny. - Performance Analysis: Covers productivity and impact metrics including h/g-index, Bradford's law, Lotka's law, and field-normalized citation indicators. - Data Cleaning & Reporting Standards: Enforces thesaurus-based keyword merging, author disambiguation, explicit thresholds, and reproducible reporting per Donthu et al. (2021). - Use Case: An AEC researcher writing a review paper on digital twins in construction exports Scopus records, cleans keywords in VOSviewer, identifies intellectual foundations via co-citation clusters, and reports an emerging research gap. ## Quick Start Help me design a bibliometric analysis of BIM adoption research using my Scopus export, including tool choice, cleaning steps, and cluster interpretation.

Frequently Asked Questions about bibliometric-analysis

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I do a bibliometric analysis of a research field?▼

Define a documented search query, export full records with cited references from one primary database (Scopus or Web of Science), clean author and keyword variants with a thesaurus, then run co-citation, coupling, or co-word analysis in VOSviewer, CiteSpace, or Bibliometrix and interpret the clusters.

VOSviewer vs CiteSpace vs Bibliometrix — which tool should I use?▼

VOSviewer is best for clean co-occurrence and co-citation maps with thesaurus support. CiteSpace excels at temporal dynamics and burst detection. Bibliometrix/biblioshiny in R covers the full pipeline including performance analysis and thematic evolution, and is scriptable for reproducibility.

Can I merge Scopus and Web of Science data for bibliometric analysis?▼

No, citation and reference metadata do not merge cleanly across Scopus and Web of Science, causing double counting and mismatched references. Choose one primary database for the structured analysis and optionally report coverage from both.

Why do my bibliometric clusters look meaningless?▼

Meaningless clusters usually result from skipping data cleaning: undisambiguated author names, unmerged keyword synonyms like BIM versus building information modeling, and generic stop-words. Use a VOSviewer thesaurus file and validate clusters against domain knowledge.

What thresholds should I report in a bibliometric study?▼

Report minimum occurrence thresholds explicitly, such as keywords with at least 5 occurrences or authors with at least 3 documents, plus database, query string, time span, export date, software version, counting method, and clustering resolution for reproducibility.