Literature Review Concepts

Overview

• Focus on literature reviews and bibliometric analysis.
• Aim to provide clear concepts for writing literature review papers.

Keyword Search Findings

• Bibliometric analysis:
  • Top cited paper (769 times) published in 2005.
• Literature reviews:
  • At least 5 papers with over 3,000 citations.
• Systematic literature reviews:
  • At least 5 papers with over 1,000 citations.
• Citation analysis:
  • About 5 papers with over 1,000 citations.
• Continental analyses:
  • At least 10 papers with over 5,000 citations.

Types of Literature Reviews

1. Traditional Literature Review

   • Critical approach to establish hypotheses.
   • Focuses on single studies, theories, or hypotheses.
   • Analyzes one study or theory extensively.

2. Systematic Literature Review

   • Clear stated purpose and research questions.
   • Defined search approach for analyzing papers.
   • Inclusion and exclusion criteria for articles.
   • Produces qualitative appraisal of articles.

3. Bibliometric Analysis

   • Statistical analysis of published articles and citations.
   • Measures impact through co-citation analysis.
   • Reveals linkages between articles in a research topic.
   • Various types include:
     • Co-citation analysis
     • Citation analysis
     • Other specific methods (to be detailed later).

4. Meta-Analysis

   • Combines results from multiple scientific studies.
   • Focuses on regression coefficients from findings.

5. Content Analysis

   • Analyzes textual data with flexible methods.
   • Approaches vary from intuitive analysis to systematic textual analysis.
   • Can utilize software like NVivo or Excel.

Conclusion

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