ArticleFrontiers in research metrics and analytics2020
Interpreting Bibliometric Data.
Article in Frontiers in research metrics and analytics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Global trends of peripheral immune tolerance research: a bibliometric and visualization analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Global perspectives and clinical trends in Qigong research: a bibliometric and visual analysis (2005-2025).Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The role of microRNAs in axon regeneration after peripheral nerve injury: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Mapping autism's research landscape: trends in autism screening and its alignment with sustainable development goals.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Robot-assisted surgery for male reproductive diseases: global research trends, collaboration networks, and thematic evolution.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Global research trends and thematic evolution in robot-assisted ureteral reconstructive surgery: a bibliometric and visualisation study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Utilization of electrodermal activity in nursing research: A mapping review.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS · 2026Review
- Global research trends and thematic evolution in robot-assisted radical nephrectomy: a bibliometric and visualisation study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Global trends in robot-assisted ureteral reimplantation: a bibliometric and visualization analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Global research trends and thematic evolution of nerve-sparing and functional recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a bibliometric and visualisation analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- National-, institutional-, and individual-level determinants of pharmacology and pharmacy research excellence: an analysis of stanford-elsevier lists of the top 2% scholars (2017-2023).Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Global research trends in robot-assisted pediatric urological surgery: a visualized bibliometric analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Global research trends and thematic evolution in robot-assisted pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction: a bibliometric and visualization study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Mapping Global Trends inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Mapping the knowledge landscape of lymph node metastasis in ovarian cancer: a bibliometric and collaboration network analysis.Gynecology and pelvic medicine · 2026Article
- Evolution and Trends of the Exploration-Exploitation Balance in Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms: A Bibliometric Analysis of Metaheuristics.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Tibial shaft fractures: A bibliometric analysis of the top 50 most cited publications.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Review
- Global Trends in Diabetic Foot Research (2004-2023): A Bibliometric Study Based on the Scopus Database.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
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Abstract
Many academic analyses of good practice in the use of bibliometric data address only technical aspects and fail to account for and appreciate user requirements, expectations, and actual practice. Bibliometric indicators are rarely the only evidence put before any user group. In the present state of knowledge, it is more important to consider how quantitative evaluation can be made simple, transparent, and readily understood than it is to focus unduly on precision, accuracy, or scholarly notions of purity. We discuss how the interpretation of 'performance' from a presentation using accurate but summary bibliometrics can change when iterative deconstruction and visualization of the same dataset is applied. From the perspective of a research manager with limited resources, investment decisions can easily go awry at governmental, funding program, and institutional levels. By exploring select real-life data samples we also show how the specific composition of each dataset can influence interpretive outcomes.
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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.