Bibliometric Research Synthesis and Meta-analysis bibliometrix: An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis

Bibliometrix: one tool for the whole bibliometric workflow In the seminar we propose and use a unique tool, developed in the R language, which follows a classic logical bibliometric workflow that we reconstruct. We have designed and produced an R-tool for comprehensive bibliometric analyses. R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques and is highly extensible. In addition to enabling statistical operations, it is an object-oriented and functional programming language; hence, you can automate your analyses and create new functions. It has an open-software nature, which means it is well supported by the user community and new functions are regularly contributed by users, many of whom are prominent statisticians. As it is programmed in R, the proposed tool is flexible, can be rapidly upgraded, and can be integrated with other statistical R-packages. It is therefore useful in a constantly changing field such as bibliometrics. Seminar goals The aim of this seminar is twofold. First, we want to bring together in a single seminar cycle all the knowledge on research synthesis through a recommended workflow, from problem formulation to report writing. Second, we present our open-source bibliometrix R-package for performing comprehensive bibliometric analyses, and discuss how bibliometrix is a valid tool for performing bibliometric studies. We illustrate the main bibliometrix functions in the workflow, using topics selected by the participants to the seminars.