The PRISMA framework or Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), is a set of guidelines or steps developed by Moher.
Bibliometrics, literature review techniques, meta analysis, systematic reviewChicago 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.
Bibliometrics, Chicago/ Turabian, referencing and citationsA 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.
Bibliometrics, literature review techniques, systematic reviewChallenges 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.
BibliometricsBibliometric 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).
BibliometricsChallenges 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.
BibliometricsEmpirical 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”.
Bibliometrics, empirical research, literature review techniques