When to use it
Use it for a bibliometric review article or the literature chapter of a thesis that uses science mapping software. The workflow has four parts: retrieve, clean, analyze, interpret. Performance analysis and science mapping run side by side and meet at hotspots and trends.
Make it yours
- Name the database and the search date in the search node; reviewers look for those first.
- Replace the removal node with what you actually removed, with counts.
- If you searched two databases, duplicate the search-to-cleaning part as two parallel lines.
Mermaid code
flowchart TB
A[Define topic and time span] --> B[Build the search strategy]
B --> C[Search the database]
C --> D[Export records]
D --> E{Meets inclusion criteria}
E -->|No| F[Remove duplicates and irrelevant records]
E -->|Yes| G[Clean and standardize data]
subgraph M1[Performance analysis]
direction LR
H1[Publications per year] --- H2[Authors and institutions] --- H3[Journals and citations]
end
subgraph M2[Science mapping]
direction LR
I1[Keyword co-occurrence] --- I2[Clustering] --- I3[Burst terms and timeline]
end
G --> M1
G --> M2
M1 --> J[Research hotspots and trends]
M2 --> J
J --> K[Synthesis and future directions]Ask an AI for one with this structure
Send the prompt below to ChatGPT or Claude, then paste the whole reply into the editor; the code inside is detected automatically.
Draw a bibliometric analysis workflow diagram with Mermaid flowchart TB syntax. Define the topic and time span, build the search strategy, search the database and export records. Records that do not meet inclusion criteria are removed; the rest are cleaned and standardized. Then use two parallel subgraphs with items joined by plain lines: Performance analysis with publications per year, authors and institutions, journals and citations; and Science mapping with keyword co-occurrence, clustering, burst terms and timeline. Both lead to research hotspots and trends, then synthesis and future directions. Do not use parentheses in node text. Output only the mermaid code block.
FAQ
- Can I put the search string on the figure?
Search strings contain parentheses and quotes, which easily break a node. Write "Build the search strategy" on the figure and give the full string in the text.
- How do I show the number of records at each step?
Add a line break in the node, such as
Search the database<br/>n = 1520. With a number at each step, readers can follow the reduction.- Does it work for a systematic review?
Systematic reviews have their own reporting flow diagram. You can keep the first half of this chart and replace the second half with quality appraisal and evidence synthesis.
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Updated 2026-11-11