Tilvitnanalisti

Tilvitnanalisti is a term used to describe a professional who specializes in citation analysis within bibliometrics and information science. The work involves measuring and interpreting how publications are cited, by whom, and with what impact, in order to understand the diffusion of knowledge and the structure of scientific communication. Responsibilities commonly include collecting and cleaning citation data from sources such as Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar; generating metrics; creating visualizations of citation networks; and producing reports or policy briefs for researchers, institutions, and funding agencies.

Common methods employed by tilvitnanalistar include standard citation analysis (citation counts, h-index), co-citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, and co-authorship network analysis. Analysts may compute field-normalized indicators like field-weighted citation impact and analyze temporal trends to gauge changes in influence over time. Data handling and interpretation are supported by software tools such as VOSviewer, CitNetExplorer, Gephi, and Bibliometrix, often in combination with bibliographic databases.

Applications of tilvitnanalysi encompass assessment of research performance, identification of influential works or authors, mapping collaboration patterns, and informing science policy and strategic decision-making within universities and funding bodies. Challenges include ensuring data quality and disambiguating author names, accounting for disciplinary differences in citation practices, mitigating gaming of metrics, and addressing ethical concerns related to privacy and responsible use of bibliometric information.

The field originated within bibliometrics and information science and has grown with the expansion of digital databases and increasingly formalized evaluation practices in higher education. See also bibliometrics, scientometrics, co-citation, co-authorship, and h-index.