Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization

CitNetExplorer is a software tool for visualizing and analyzing citation networks of scientific publications. The tool allows citation networks to be imported directly from the Web of Science database. Citation networks can be explored interactively, for instance by drilling down into a network and by identifying clusters of closely related publications.

Why use CitNetExplorer?

• Analyzing the development of a research field over time. 
• Identifying the literature on a research topic. 
• Exploring the publication influence of a researcher. 
• Supporting literature reviewing. 

More information: https://www.citnetexplorer.nl/

Download (free): https://www.citnetexplorer.nl/download

Scopus – CSV – most options for analysis (co-authorship, co-occurrence, citation, co-citation, bibliographic coupling)

• search by topic or desired publications
• select citations and click export – select CSV
• limited to 2000 articles
• include 
  • Citation information 
  • Affiliations
  • Abstract and keywords
  • Include references 

Web of Sciences – plain text (txt) – most options for analysis (co-authorship, co-occurrence, citation, co-citation, bibliographic coupling)

• search by topic or desired publications
• select citations and click export – select plain text
• limited to 500 articles
• include records from 1 to ???
• Record content – Full Record and Cited References