How to Use Bibliometric Study for Writing a Paper: A Starter Guide

aleebrahim@Gmail.com
@aleebrahim
https://publons.com/researcher/1692944
https://scholar.google.com/citation
Nader Ale Ebrahim, PhD
Research Visibility and Impact Consultant
24th December 2021
All of my presentations are available online at:
https://figshare.com/authors/Nader_Ale_Ebrahim/100797
@aleebrahim
How to Use Bibliometric Study for
Writing a Paper: A Starter Guide

Research Visibility and Impact Center-(RVnIC)
©2020-2024 Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim
Abstract:
Bibliometric analysis is an essential statistical tool to map the
state of the art in a given area of scientific knowledge.
Bibliometric is one family of measures that uses a variety of
approaches for counting publication, citation, co-citation,
bibliographic coupling, keyword co-occurrence, and co-
authorship networks. Bibliometric methods involve the use of
several tools that can help researchers to identify a relevant and
current research problem. Bibliometric paper can be written
before writing a literature review article and at the introduction
section of any research papers. Researcher who develops a
research project based on bibliometric analysis has the
possibility of presenting the objectives and methods of his work
clearly and concisely. In this workshop, you will learn “How to
use Bibliometric Study for Writing a Paper”.
Keywords: H-index, Improve citations, Research tools,
Bibliometrics, Research Visibility, Research Impact

No. Topic
1 The definition
2 Select search terms
3 Retrieve data
4 Analysis data
5 Examples
6 Q & A
Outline

Altmetrics
Webometrics
Cybermetrics
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Informetrics
Science of
Science
Bibliographies –
largely
references
Alternative
metrics – views,
downloads, web
citations, etc
Web presence,
visibility and
impact – links,
pages,
documents
Whole Internet,
cyberspace
Source: Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire. "Can informetrics shape biomedical research? A case study of the HIV/AIDS research in sub-Saharan Africa ." Inkanyiso: Journal of
Humanities and Social Sciences 6.1 (2014): 49-65.
Informetrics, scientometrics, bibliometrics,
webometrics, cybermetrics and altmetrics

Source: Das, A.-K. (2015). Research Evaluation Metrics. 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization.
Frequently Used Terms for Research Evaluation
Metrics

• Statistically analysis patterns of publication within a specific
research area or body of literature
• Measuring academic and organizational performance based
on several indicators such as number of publications,
number of citations, and collaboration networks
• Analyses the research productivity, top-cited publications,
countries’ scholarly outputs, most frequent keywords and
the trend of publications to quantitatively explore a specific
research area
• Visualize the trends in existing literature and overview
current state-of-the-art topics to help future research
Source: S. A. Ebrahim, J. Poshtan, S. M. Jamali and N. A. Ebrahim, "Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Time-Series Classification Using Deep Learning," in IEEE
Access, vol. 8, pp. 90202-90215, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2993538.
A bibliometric study

• Understanding of patterns
• discovery of regularities, behavior
• Analysis of structures & dynamics
• discovery of connections, relations, networks
• search for regularities - possible predictions
• Discovery of impacts, effects
• relation between entities & amounts of their various
uses
• providing support for making of decisions, policies
Source: https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~tefko/Courses/e530/Lectures/Lecture09%20Bibliometric%20searching.ppt
Reasons for bibliometric studies

Create an online
questionnaire for selecting
the best keywords in your
research area.
Here is an example:
https://forms.gle/CFiXW5eg9pmdCMnf7

Source: Yusop, F. D., Ghaffar, F. A., Danaee, M., Firdaus, A., Hamzaid, N. A., Hassan, Z. F. A., . . . Chen, Y. M. (2020). TWO DECADES OF
RESEARCH ON EARLY CAREER FACULTIES (ECFs): A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TRENDS ACROSS REGIONS. Pertanika Journal of
Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH), 28(1), 325 - 342. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.12008841.v1

Source: Kalantari, A., Kamsin, A., Kamaruddin, H. S., Ebrahim, N. A., Gani, A., Ebrahimi, A., & Shamshirband, S. (2017). A bibliometric approach to tracking big
data research trends. Journal of Big Data, 4(1), 30. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3046448

Source: Nordin, N., Khalid, S.-N. A., Samsudin, M. A., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). Bibliometric Analysis of Publication Trends in Family Firms’
Social Capital in Emerging Economies Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 8(1), 144–179.

• Web of Science
• SCOPUS
• Google Scholar
• Microsoft Academic
• Dimensions
• ……………………
Major Multidisciplinary Citation Databases

Source: https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/web-of-science-core-collection/

Source: https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus
Scopus (Launched 2004)

Source: Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo and Salehi, Hadi and Yunus, Melor Md and Farhadi, Hadi and Fooladi, Masood and Farhadi, Maryam and Ale Ebrahim, Nader, A
Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases (April 7, 2013). Asian Social Science, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 18-26, April
27, 2013. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2257540
A Comparison between Two Main Academic
Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus
Databases

Source: https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication

Source: Ale Ebrahim, S., Poshtan, J., Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Time-Series Classification
using Deep Learning. IEEE Access, 8, 90202 - 90215. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2993538

Source: Zhang, B., Rahmatullah, B., Wang, S. L., Zhang, G., Wang, H., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). A Bibliometric of Publication Trends in Medical Image
Segmentation: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 1-21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13394

Source: https://www.mindmeister.com/39583892/research-tools-by-nader-ale-ebrahim?fullscreen=1

Source: http://www.metrics-toolkit.org/

Source: https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019871044

Source: https://www.labsexplorer.com/c/the-rise-of-altmetrics-shaping-new-ways-of-evaluating-research_214

Software Source: https://www.vosviewer.com/

Source: Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani*, Fatemeh Mohajer, Seyedh Mahboobeh Jamali and Nader Ale Ebrahim*, “Quantitative and Qualitative
Bibliometric Scope Toward the Synthesis of Rose Oxide as a Natural Product in Perfumery”, Current Organic Synthesis (2020) 17: 610.
https://doi.org/10.2174/1872208314666200722161044

Analyzed by: http://www.qiqqa.com/

1. Xue, T., Hanif, H., Ahmed, H. H., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). A Bibliometric
Analysis and Visualization of Academic Procrastination. Frontiers in
Psychology, section Educational Psychology, 12, 4391. doi:
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.722332
2. Zhang, B., Rahmatullah, B., Wang, S. L., Zhang, G., Wang, H., & Ale
Ebrahim, N. (2021). A Bibliometric of Publication Trends in Medical
Image Segmentation: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis. Journal of
Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 1-21. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13394
3. Habibi, A., Mousavi, M., Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). A
bibliometric study of Medical Tourism. Anatolia (RANA). doi:
https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2021.1954042
4. Ghorbani, Z., Kargaran, S., Saberi, A., Haghighinasab, M., Jamali, S. M., &
Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). Trends and patterns in digital marketing
research: bibliometric analysis. Journal of Marketing Analytics,
Accepted. doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41270-021-00116-9
5. Chen, W., Ahmed, M. M., Sofiah, W. I., Isa, N. A. M., Ale Ebrahim, N., &
Hai, T. (2021). A Bibliometric Statistical Analysis of the Fuzzy Inference
System - based Classifiers. IEEE Access, 9, 77811-77829. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3082908
6. Benkari, N., Jamali, S. M., Caldieron, J. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021).
Research Trends in Vernacular Architecture: A bibliometric study. ISVS e-
journal, 8(2), 72-91. doi:
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14607585.v1

7. Ale Ebrahim, S., Ashtari, A., Pedram, M. Z., Sanati-Nezhad, A., & Ale
Ebrahim, N. (2020). Publication Trends in Exosomes Nanoparticles for
Cancer Detection. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 15, 4453–
4470. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S247210
8. Ale Ebrahim, S., Poshtan, J., Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020).
Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Time-Series Classification using
Deep Learning. IEEE Access, 8, 90202 - 90215.
doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2993538 http://ssrn.com/abstract=3738282
9. Mohammadi Ziarani, G., Mohajer, F., Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N.
(2020). Quantitative and Qualitative bibliometric scope toward the
Synthesis of Rose Oxide as a Natural Product in perfumery. Current
Organic Synthesis, 17(8). doi:10.2174/1872208314666200722161044
http://ssrn.com/abstract=3665024
10. Nordin, N., Khalid, S.-N. A., Samsudin, M. A., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020).
Bibliometric Analysis of Publication Trends in Family Firms’ Social Capital
in Emerging Economies Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and
Economics, 8(1), 144–179.
11. Yusop, F. D., Ghaffar, F. A., Danaee, M., Firdaus, A., Hamzaid, N. A.,
Hassan, Z. F. A., . . . Chen, Y. M. (2020). TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH ON
EARLY CAREER FACULTIES (ECFs): A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TRENDS
ACROSS REGIONS. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities
(JSSH), 28(1), 325 - 342.

12. Ale Ebrahim, S., Ashtari, A., Pedram, M. Z., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2019). Publication Trends in Drug
Delivery and Magnetic Nanoparticles. Nanoscale Research Letters, 14(59). doi:10.1186/s11671-
019-2994-y http://ssrn.com/abstract=3393503
13. Elaish, M. M., Shuib, L., Ghani, N. A., Mujtaba, G., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2019). A Bibliometric
Analysis of M-Learning from Topic Inception to 2015. International Journal of Mobile Learning
and Organisation, 13(1), 91-112. doi:10.1504/IJMLO.2019.10016605
14. Ghanbari Baghestan, A., Khaniki, H., Kalantari, A., Akhtari-Zavare, M., Farahmand, E., Tamam, E., .
. . Danaee, M. (2019). A Crisis in “Open Access”: Should Communication Scholarly Outputs Take
77 Years to Become Open Access? SAGE Open, 9(3), 1-8. doi:10.1177/2158244019871044
15. Hussein, M. H., Ow, S. H., Loh, S. C., Thong, M.-K., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2019). Effects of Digital
Game-Based Learning on Elementary Science Learning: A Systematic Review. IEEE Access, 7(1),
62465-62478. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2916324 https://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/243/
16. Khodabandelou, R., Ale Ebrahim, N., Amoozegar, A., & Mehran, G. (2019). Revisiting Three
Decades Of Educational Research In Iran: A Bibliometric Analysis. Iranian Journal of Comparative
Education, 2(1), 1-21. doi:10.22034/ijce.2019.187779.1002
http://journal.cesir.ir/article_94155.html
17. Nordin, N., Samsudin, M.-A., Abdul-Khalid, S.-N., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2019). Firms’ sustainable
practice research in developing countries: Mapping the cited literature by Bibliometric analysis
approach. International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, 7(1/2).
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSM.2019.099036
18. Parnianifard, A., Azfanizam, A., Ariffin, M., Ismail, M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2019). Recent
developments in metamodel based robust black-box simulation optimization: An overview.
Decision Science Letters, 8(1), 17-44. doi:10.5267/j.dsl.2018.5.004
19. Qadir, K. W., Zafar, Q., Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmad, Z., Sulaiman, K., Akram, R., & Nazeeruddin, M. K.
(2019). A methodical review of the literature referred to the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs):
bibliometrics analysis and road mapping. Chinese Physics B. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab4577
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-1056/ab4577

aleebrahim@Gmail.com
@aleebrahim
https://publons.com/researcher/1692944
http://scholar.google.com/citations
Nader Ale Ebrahim, PhD
Research Visibility and Impact Consultant
All of my presentations are available online at:
https://figshare.com/authors/Nader_Ale_Ebrahim/100797
@aleebrahim
Thank you

1. Xue, T., Hanif, H., Ahmed, H. H., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Academic Procrastination. Frontiers
in Psychology, section Educational Psychology, 12, 4391. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.722332
2. Zhang, B., Rahmatullah, B., Wang, S. L., Zhang, G., Wang, H., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). A Bibliometric of Publication Trends in Medical
Image Segmentation: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 1-21. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13394
3. Habibi, A., Mousavi, M., Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). A bibliometric study of Medical Tourism. Anatolia (RANA). doi:
https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2021.1954042
4. Ghorbani, Z., Kargaran, S., Saberi, A., Haghighinasab, M., Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). Trends and patterns in digital marketing
research: bibliometric analysis. Journal of Marketing Analytics, Accepted. doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41270-021-00116-9
5. Chen, W., Ahmed, M. M., Sofiah, W. I., Isa, N. A. M., Ale Ebrahim, N., & Hai, T. (2021). A Bibliometric Statistical Analysis of the Fuzzy
Inference System - based Classifiers. IEEE Access, 9, 77811-77829. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3082908
6. Benkari, N., Jamali, S. M., Caldieron, J. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). Research Trends in Vernacular Architecture: A bibliometric study. ISVS
e-journal, 8(2), 72-91. doi: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14607585.v1
7. Mohammadi Ziarani, G., Mohajer, F., Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). Quantitative and Qualitative bibliometric scope toward the
Synthesis of Rose Oxide as a Natural Product in perfumery. Current Organic Synthesis, 17(8). doi:
https://doi.org/10.2174/1872208314666200722161044
8. Ale Ebrahim, S., Poshtan, Jamali, S. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Time-Series Classification using
Deep Learning. IEEE Access, 8, 90202 - 90215. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2993538
9. Samsudin, M. A., Jamali, S. M., Zain, A. N. M., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). The Effect of STEM Project Based Learning on Self-Efficacy among
High-School Physics Students. Journal of Turkish Science Education, 17(1), 94-108.
http://www.tused.org/index.php/tused/article/view/876
10. Ale Ebrahim, S., Ashtari, A., Pedram, M. Z., Sanati-Nezhad, A., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). Publication Trends in Exosomes Nanoparticles for
Cancer Detection. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 15, 4453–4470. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S247210
11. Yusop, F. D., Ghaffar, F. A., Danaee, M., Firdaus, A., Hamzaid, N. A., Hassan, Z. F. A, F. Senom, N. Ale Ebrahim, B. Y. Bonn, and Chen, Y. M.
(2020). TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH ON EARLY CAREER FACULTIES (ECFs): A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TRENDS ACROSS REGIONS.
Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH), 28(1), 325 - 342. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12008841.v1
12. Nordin, N., Khalid, S.-N. A., Samsudin, M. A., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). Bibliometric Analysis of Publication Trends in Family Firms’ Social
Capital in Emerging Economies Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 8(1), 144–179. doi:
My recent publication

References
1. Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire. "Can informetrics shape biomedical research? A case study of the HIV/AIDS
research in sub-Saharan Africa ." Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 6.1 (2014): 49-65.
2. Das, A.-K. (2015). Research Evaluation Metrics. 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France: United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
3. S. A. Ebrahim, J. Poshtan, S. M. Jamali and N. A. Ebrahim, "Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Time-
Series Classification Using Deep Learning," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 90202-90215, 2020, doi:
10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2993538.
4. Yusop, F. D., Ghaffar, F. A., Danaee, M., Firdaus, A., Hamzaid, N. A., Hassan, Z. F. A., . . . Chen, Y. M. (2020).
TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH ON EARLY CAREER FACULTIES (ECFs): A BIBLIOMETRIC
ANALYSIS OF TRENDS ACROSS REGIONS. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH),
28(1), 325 - 342. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.12008841.v1
5. Kalantari, A., Kamsin, A., Kamaruddin, H. S., Ebrahim, N. A., Gani, A., Ebrahimi, A., & Shamshirband, S.
(2017). A bibliometric approach to tracking big data research trends. Journal of Big Data, 4(1), 30.
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3046448
6. Nordin, N., Khalid, S.-N. A., Samsudin, M. A., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2020). Bibliometric Analysis of Publication
Trends in Family Firms’ Social Capital in Emerging Economies Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and
Economics, 8(1), 144–179.
7. Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo and Salehi, Hadi and Yunus, Melor Md and Farhadi, Hadi and Fooladi, Masood and
Farhadi, Maryam and Ale Ebrahim, Nader, A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections:
Web of Science and Scopus Databases (April 7, 2013). Asian Social Science, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 18-26, April 27,
2013. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2257540
8. Zhang, B., Rahmatullah, B., Wang, S. L., Zhang, G., Wang, H., & Ale Ebrahim, N. (2021). A Bibliometric of
Publication Trends in Medical Image Segmentation: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Applied
Clinical Medical Physics, 1-21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13394
9. Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani*, Fatemeh Mohajer, Seyedh Mahboobeh Jamali and Nader Ale Ebrahim*,
“Quantitative and Qualitative Bibliometric Scope Toward the Synthesis of Rose Oxide as a Natural Product in
Perfumery”, Current Organic Synthesis (2020) 17: 610. https://doi.org/10.2174/1872208314666200722161044

How to Use Bibliometric Study for Writing a Paper: A Starter Guide

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

What's hot

What's hot (20)

Similar to How to Use Bibliometric Study for Writing a Paper: A Starter Guide

Similar to How to Use Bibliometric Study for Writing a Paper: A Starter Guide (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

How to Use Bibliometric Study for Writing a Paper: A Starter Guide