Bibliometric Analysis

Bibliometric Analysis Tutorial

Optional Discussion Activity

Due: By the end of Module 2
Highly recommended

Search Scopus

Visit NAU Library Scopus database

Must visit it through NAU library system.

For Module 2 Optional Discussion

Click Search
Search your topic. EX: Mobile learning
Select your search field. Generally, Article, Abstract, Keywords are relevant enough.
Click Search

You can use "limit" to narrow down your search results if relevant.
If the search doesn't return any result, you can consider other journals or other database, such as Web of Science. Here is the tutorial for Web of Science.

Search Scopus

For Module 10 Discussion #3

Click Search
Search your journal. EX: Educational Media Interaction
Select your search field. Select "Source Title"
Click Search

You can use "limit" to narrow down your search results if relevant.

Refine Search

If relevant, use left panel to refine your search.

Select Articles

Click ALL to select all your search results
- You can different search criteria to refine your search results if relevant
Click CSV export

Export Search Results

Click CSV Excel
Select the exported fields
Export
Save the file to your computer

VOSViewer

Visit VOSViewer, a Bibliometric network analysis software
Download VOSViewer OR
Use VOSViewer Web Start online without installation

Click Create

Choose Data Type

Select Create a map based on bibliographic data
Click Next>

Select File

Click Scopus
- Select your downloaded Scopus CSV file
Click Next>

Choose method

Select Co-occurrence
Select one of available keywords method
Click Next>

If "All keywords" available, you can click it to gain more keywords.

Choose Threshold

You can go with the default value based on your search results or your can refine your number of occurrence of a keyword
- The smaller occurrences; the more keywords appear on your visualization vice versa
- If not satisfied, you can come back to adjust the number.
Click Next>

Choose # of Keywords

You can go with the default value
- The smaller number; the less keywords displayed on your visualization vice versa.
- If not satisfied, you can come back to adjust the number.
Click Next>

Verify Keywords

Verify keywords to be displayed on your visualization

Some journals are indexed differently; therefore, you may not see a lot keywords were extracted and displayed. If this is the case, consider broadening your Scopus search.

Network Visualization

Large circle represents higher occurrence
Different colors represents different clusters
If you visualization has too many or to few keywords, you can go back to update the numbers of keywords.

Overlay Visualization

Density Visualization

Customize Visualization

Use left panel to adjust and customize your visualization to your reflect your research contexts.

Cluster Visualization

Select any specific circle/keyword to view its network relationship topics

Cluster Visualization

Save Visualization

Click Screenshot
Save them to your computer

Save project

Click Save to save your project
You can repeat your different part of process to make your analysis more precise to your research contexts.

Optional Reading & Resources

I encourage you to learn more about VOSViewer if you have interests in bibliometric analysis.

Bibliometric analysis, or bibliometric network analysis, is a type of social network analysis (SNA). Generally, we cover it more in ETC777 Research in Distance Education.

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