Tag: Bibliometrics

PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
By Avishek Majumder on March 19, 2019 3 Comments

The PRISMA framework or Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), is a set of guidelines or steps developed by Moher.

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How to cite in the Chicago Manual of Style referencing?
By Avishek Majumder & Abhinash Jena on February 1, 2019 No Comments

Chicago Manual of Style referencing style was incepted in 1906 by the University of Chicago Press (University of Chicago, 2017). It follows two styles: note & bibliography and the author-date system.

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What is a systematic review of the literature?
By Soumya Srivastava on October 29, 2018 No Comments

A systematic literature review attempts ‘to identify, appraise and summarise all the empirical evidence. Evidence must meet pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a given research question. A systematic review of literature helps to develop the study that allows identification, quality, limitations and potential.

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Challenges of bibliometric mapping and scattering analysis and interpretations
By Avishek Majumder on April 10, 2018 No Comments

Challenges of bibliometrics arise at every checkpoint of bibliometrics. Thus, the last section of the bibliometric analysis comprises of challenges with respect to mapping and scattering analysis. Moreover, the challenges also comprise of interpretation from data analyses of mapping and scattering.

 
Analytical bibliometric study and its challenges
By Avishek Majumder on February 26, 2018 No Comments

Bibliometric studies are not a recent trend of studies. Bibliometrics are in simple terms metrics of bibliography where the studies are focused on understanding the trend of researches on a particular field of study or diverse field of studies (Hicks, Wouters, Waltman, De Rijcke, & Rafols, 2015). Bibliometrics are statistical analyses of written publications, books, journals or thesis articles and are frequently used in the field of library and information science, including scientometrics (Arsenova, 2013; Leydesdorff, 2015).

 
Challenges of using different bibliometrics and data analysis software
By Avishek Majumder & Priya Chetty on February 6, 2018 No Comments

Challenges of bibliometrics arise at every step of the study, selection of the specific software and type of analyses done. Thus, this article presented both the challenges and the solutions occurring in data analysis of bibliometrics.

 
How to empirically review the literature?
By on September 28, 2015 2 Comments

Empirical research according to Penn State University is based on “observed and measured phenomenon and derives the knowledge from actual experience rather than from theory or belief”.

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